#ClipOfTheDay : “I think the thing that you feel when you get to the right word is that you’ve found the answer to a question.” In this Merriam-Webster video, Gabrielle Zevin discusses the word choices within her novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. at.pw.org/WordChoicesZev…

#PWNonfictionPrompt : Reflect on the notion of belonging—what are various places and times when you have felt a strong sense of belonging, and situations when you did not feel you belonged? Read more: at.pw.org/Belonging

“What do you do if you hate your book cover?” In the latest installment of her #SubscriptionOnly column, Kate McKean debunks the myth that writers have no say about their book design: at.pw.org/MayJune2024

#ClipOfTheDay : “What is it about a woman being ambitious that feels so wayward, that feels so dangerous?” For Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast, R.O. Kwon 권오경 talks about the themes of ambition and desire in her new novel, Exhibit. at.pw.org/Exhibit

#PWFictionPrompt : Inspired by Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, write a story in which a creature or person returns from the dead, either in actuality or under circumstances in which their reappearance feels as if they are “back from the dead.” Read more: at.pw.org/Returning

“But along the way my reviews ended up being so much more useful than just a log of what I’d read,” writes Natalie Schriefer (Natalie Schriefer) in her new essay. “From them I learned how to write about writing.” at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

“From smaller villages or megacities, authors are generating literary terrains into being. There, dynamic words and their countless histories build new cornerstones, parapets,” writes Sean Sam, fiction editor of 128 Lit at.pw.org/AERSam

#ClipOfTheDay : In this video, PBS Books and American Library Association’s Booklist Reader editors recommend their top twelve books for this summer, which include James by Percival Everett, State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg, and One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon. at.pw.org/BooklistReader…

#PWPoetryPrompt : This week write a poem that traces or enacts a loss of language, perhaps using invented words, phrases, and spellings. Read more: at.pw.org/MotJuste

“It’s hard to be human right now, knowing what humans can do. And it’s hard to be a poet, knowing what words cannot do.” Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي in our new issue: “In This Time of War: The Muses Refuse Silence” at.pw.org/TheMusesRefuse…

“I worked in fits and starts: on my lunch break at my grocery-store job, sitting in my car in a strip-mall parking lot, or dictating to my phone.” In today’s #TenQuestions Evan Dalton Smith discusses his debut nonfiction book, out now from UNC Press: at.pw.org/10Q4DaltonSmith

“Given that contests are inherently a gamble, how can you maximize your chances of being successful?” Offering advice tailored for different genres, Aimee Seiff Christian writes about things to consider when submitting your work: at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

Our Craft Capsules series, in which authors reveal the personal and particular ways they approach the art of writing, just published its two hundredth installment! Read today’s advice from Lilly Dancyger about how to make it through a long book project: at.pw.org/Fun

#PWFictionPrompt : If you’re having trouble starting a scene, try taking it out of the story and writing it as a screenplay. Use it as a blueprint for your scene. Read more #FromTheArchive : at.pw.org/Adaptation

#FromTheArchive : “Creativity arises from playfulness, not from relentless concentration. It’s more powerful to look at a problem askance than head-on,” says Helen Phillips in #WritersRecommend . “I try to experience as many random things as possible.” at.pw.org/HelenPhillips

#ClipOfTheDay : “You really have to write as though this will be it, that there won’t be another chance with this, as though paper is scarce.” Colm Tóibín on writing his new novel, Long Island, in a LIVE from NYPL event with Caoilinn Hughes. at.pw.org/LongIsland

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a book of lectures on a life in poetry by Lisa Jarnot, and #PWWritingPrompts on a night at a museum, contrarian behavior, and food memories. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

American Library Association demonized because of stance against book banning; a look inside U.S. Book Show; translators flock to Seattle; Kundiman faces backlash over its response to the war in Gaza…check out this week’s headlines in Daily News: pw.org/daily_news

How can editors be sure that the work isn’t plagiarized? “A lot of literary magazines don’t have a lot of resources and get inundated with submissions,” Mary Gannon (Mary Gannon) tells Enma Karina Elias: at.pw.org/ConfrontingAPl…

#ClipOfTheDay : In this Poetry.LA interview, bridgette bianca reads from her debut book, be/trouble (@writlarge), and talks about documenting her experiences as a professor and her love of romance novels in a conversation with host Luivette Resto. at.pw.org/bbianca