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Search ArticlesTara Westover Joins Bard College as Visiting Writer in Residence in the Division of Languages and Literature
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Bard College’s Division of Languages and Literature is pleased to announce the appointment of Tara Westover as visiting writer in residence. Her appointment begins in the fall 2026 semester. Westover is an American historian and memoirist.
Dina Gets Lucky by Uzma Jalaluddin
Dina Gets Lucky Uzma Jalaluddin Lake Union It’s tough being the eldest daughter—the intelligent, hardworking daughter who does everything she can to please others. Toronto Lawyer Dina Haq lives in perpetual fear that her parents will find out that her tumultuous marriage to the cheating Arshad is over. They don’t even know it was officially ended six months ago.
A Tale of Ten Literary Agents
“Good morning writers! I’m sending out a bonus post this week as I’ve been fortunate enough to collaborate with the brilliant @karingillespie on a joint article where we’ve shared what we’ve learned from having five literary agents EACH over the course of our writing careers. I really hope the post gives you a greater understanding of that all-important agent-author relationship… and the pitfalls to avoid.
Lisa Roe on Writing Big & Lily: An Author Interview on Sisterhood, Alaska, and Starting Fiction at 62
Roe’s Big & Lily Explores the Bonds and Burdens of Sisterhood Interview by Ellen Birkett Morris AUTHORLINK: Tell me about your apprenticeship as a creative writer. Did you have a mentor who offered advice that you can share with us? ROE: I’ve been very lucky to find author friends and mentors who’ve been so generous with their time and knowledge. But the very first piece of advice came from my father who was an aspiring novelist when I was young and writing my nascent stories.
Dear Missing Friend: Susan McGuirk on Turning a “Missing Friends” Newspaper Ad Into an Epistolary Novel of Irish Immigration
Quick facts Book: Dear Missing Friend Author: Susan McGuirk Publisher: Sea Crow Press Format: Epistolary historical fiction (novel told through letters) Setting/Era: Irish immigration to America, 1841 onward, through the California Gold Rush and Civil War Debut novel: Yes Author Interview by Diane Slocum Catherine McGuirk and her brothers leave the poverty of Ireland in 1841 to find a better life in America.
Your Fellow Americans by Peter Santenello
Your Fellow Americans Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home By Peter Santenello Come along with an adventurous and charismatic independent journalist (perhaps you’re one of his four million subscribers on YouTube) on a journey through some of the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we’ve got to love this place and one another. Have you ever swapped stories on a porch with Amish snowbirds in Florida? Searched for reindeer with the Siberian Yupik in Alaska?
Year of the Black Rainbow by Claudio Sanchez and Peter David
Year of the Black Rainbow Part of Amory Wars By Claudio Sanchez and Peter David The brutal beginning of The Amory Wars—where gods are questioned, heroes are forged, and the fate of the universe first fractures. Set generations before the rise of Coheed and Cambria, Year of the Black Rainbow opens the cosmic saga at its most volatile moment. Across the seventy-eight planets of Heaven’s Fence, the Keywork-the mysterious energy binding all life-begins to fail.
How a publishing scam targets vulnerable writers
The New Music Man* How a charismatic scammer preyed on my publishing dream by Julianne McCullagh Key facts: Book: The Narrow Gate, a self-published novel about three generations of women navigating betrayal, spirituality, and grief Author: Julianne McCullagh, writer and speaker based in Sharon, MA Scam red flag: a request for payment via a Nigerian bank account, after a paid “editorial service” and promises of a literary agent and film/streaming interest Lesson: increasingly sophisticated,...
She Haunts Me Still by De Elizabeth
She Haunts Me Still De Elizabeth Dutton Publishing Mallory Webb, nineteen, native Rhode Islander, theater major, is cursed. Her mother’s horrible death and the ghost of a woman long dead haunted Mallory’s life for years. Her best friend and her aunt helped Mallory get through the trauma. Now she has the chance to pursue her love for theater at her mother’s alma mater, the prestigious Shore Liberal Arts College. The theater program is hard and unforgiving.
Bring Back the Humans
Bring Back the Humans Looking for data privacy and power in all the wrong places By Doris Elaine Booth Key takeaways: Personal data exposure in the U.S. is a structural problem, not primarily foreign political malice. Interconnected “cloud” systems and shared open-source code mean a flaw in one platform can cascade across many. AI-driven content moderation (Instagram, Quora, Reddit) is banning accounts at scale with little human review.