Round-Up: Tehran International Book Fair, New NEA Funding, and LSU
From the thirtieth Tehran International Book Fair to the NEA budget, here’s the latest literary news.
NEA
Threatened with budget cuts, literary programs fight on
Organizations engaged in the day-to-day work of running NEA-funded literary programs are continuing to serve their communities while facing potential budget cuts.
Weekly Round-Up: NEA Cuts, Man Booker Prize, and F. Scott Fitzgerald
From NEA budget cuts to a new F. Scott Fitzgerald story, here’s the latest literary news.
Round Up: Roxane Gay, PEN Memberships, and NEA
From Roxane Gay pulling her book from Simon & Schuster to a list of NEA funded projects, here’s the latest literary news.
Why the MFA System Should Be Used to Subvert Cuts to the NEA
The scariest part of the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities is that people seem to have accepted them already.
Waiting to Write
Like any writer I dream of being awarded a life-altering grant or winning the state lottery, or at the very least, the heart of some word-loving benefactor, a silver-haired sugar mama or daddy who’ll rescue me from hard labor, no strings attached, simply for the satisfaction of seeing my words released into the universe. Centuries…