Carrying the World in Our Hands

Amanda Gorman’s poetry is more necessary now than ever before.

On Second Thought

Untangling the mysterious power of revision.

Cultural Bridge-Building

Toward an ethics of giving due in Things Fall Apart.

Say Anything*

*Unless it’s a bad word.

A Critical Success

Why book reviewers must push past the white gaze.

Moscow on My Mind

Some thoughts on Fitzgerald, Tolstoy, and the war in Ukraine.

A Delicate Balance

Tending to the cosmic ledger.

Problems in Publishing

Cultural appropriation and hard-to-access titles are industry-wide issues.