Written by Katelyn Connolly In the LitHub article “11 Pop Songs for Literary People,” Emily Temple jokes about the interlocking prestige of books and songs. There’s definitely some truth to that. When you see a person reading a book you like, you probably get pretty curious about what’s blasting through their headphones, and vice versa.…
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Written by Katelyn Connolly Migritude is a text obsessed with movement. The content of Shailja Patel’s striking work of poetic theatre, first staged in 2006 and published in book form in 2010, is a meditation on the history, politics, and emotion of migration. Her story moves across Africa, Europe. and North America. Its form is…
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Written by Katelyn Connolly In her Twitter bio, Hope Ewing describes herself as a “drink pusher, writer. Not necessarily in that order.” Fittingly, in a recent article written for Literary Hub, she explores the relationship between art and alcohol abuse, an issue that hits close to home for many artists and members of creative communities.…
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Written by Katelyn Connolly In January 2017, a group of literary agents and publishers announced an “Open Call for Submissions from Muslim Writers,” just two months after the election of President Donald Trump. The call responded to the now-infamous “Muslim ban” the president signed during his first week in office, which sought to halt immigration…
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