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Eve Gleichman & Laura Blackett: Writing as Collaboration Even if you don't have a co-author, Eve Gleichman & Laura Blackett explain why treating your writing as a collaboration will elevate your work. Author:   The Harvard Review, BOMB Daily, and elsewhere. Eve is a graduate of Brooklyn College’s MFA fiction program and lives in Brooklyn.  Eve Gleichman (left) and Laura Blackett (right) Photo credit Marie Rutoski In this post, Gleichman and Blackett explain why treating your writing as a collaboration will elevate your work and much more! **** Push yourself beyond your comfort zone and ...

Mary Alice Monroe: On Writing the Family Saga Award-winning author Mary Alice Monroe discusses what it's like to draft a series that spans generations and storylines. Author: May 9, 2021 More than 7.5 million copies of her books have been published worldwide, and she’s earned numerous accolades and awards, including Induction into the South Carolina Academy of Authors’ Hall of Fame; the Southwest Florida Author of Distinction Award; South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence; RT Lifetime Achievement Award; the International Book Award for Green Fiction, and the prestigious Southern Book...

By Sarah Yung | Apr 15, 2021 Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the sixth annual Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Conference took place this past weekend on Zoom for its second year of fully virtual programming. The now three-day symposium was held by Kweli Journal on April 9–11, featuring a notable lineup of book creators and industry professionals participating in the nation’s largest children’s conference exclusively for Black, Indigenous, and other creators of color. Master Classes from Industry Pros Friday featured intensives with four esteemed members of...

Enter for a chance to win one of 10 finished copies of FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER! In Firekeeper's Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbr Enter for a chance to win one of 10 finished copies of FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER! In Firekeeper's Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange. Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, b...