2019 Lamar York Prize Winners and Finalists
We’re grateful for the extraordinary voices and visions in this year’s Lamar York Prize entries. Thank you to all of the writers who entered, with a special [read more]
What inspires you? Aline Mello answers.
We asked Lost & Found issue contributor Aline Mello to share what inspired her poem “Studying for the Citizenship Test with My Mother,” [read more]
Origins and Inspiration from Raul Palma
Raul Palma
UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT
I wrote the first draft of “[read more]
Inspiration from Kieran Wray Kramer
SEE AND BUILD
For me, with writing, I know a story will come. This is a gift my childhood gave me. And it’s because I lived close to the [read more]
Contributor Reads
Enjoy their work in the Lost & Found issue, and seek out their full-length collections:
From Christian Anton Gerard, Holdfast
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Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction
Kevin Wilson is judging in fiction, and Adriana Páramo is judging in [read more]
Intern Intrigue
Cheers to our newest and fabulous intern!
Name: Fariha Hossain
Age: 20, but my wire-rimmed glasses whisper, “Granny,” while my singing, light-up toothbrush giggles, “Baby”
Major: English and Philosophy (the [read more]
Classroom Adoption
Why join our Classroom Adoption Program?
- Students and instructors become first scholars on new work
- Special-focus issues pair with research themes
- Online access to full issues
Contributor Reads
From Chaya Bhuvaneswar, White Dancing Elephants:
Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s debut collection maps with great assurance the intricate outer reaches of the human [read more]
Inspiration from Richard Dokey
THE EMPTY PAGE
A Japanese writer, whose name I cannot recall, killed himself. He left a note. The note said, “I did this because I could no longer stand [read more]
Contributor Reads
More books by contributors from our current issue, 38.1!
From Jessica Cuello, Hunt:
Winner of The Washington Prize.
Jessica Cuello’s Hunt is a [read more]
