“When I stand in front of an artwork, my main desire is to quiet my thinking and distract myself from myself,” writes Shara McCallum, author of Behold (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social). More: at.pw.org/WRMcCallum

“It seems that AI picked up pieces of my work it found online and hallucinated fake content and an imagined professional profile that then got cited in court.” Sassafras Patterdale uncovers what to do when AI creates an artificial identity for you as a writer. at.pw.org/ArtificialId...

“I recommend writers, or anyone aspiring to be a ‘serious’ writer, do anything within legal limits to pursue their craft.” In this week’s #TenQuestions, Colin Pope discusses writing his new collection, Losers, out now from the University of Wisconsin Press. Read more: at.pw.org/10q4pope.

#ClipOfTheDay: In this live episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Barbara Kingsolver reads from her novel Partita and talks about how her Appalachian upbringing allowed her to explore music and language despite class barriers. Watch: at.pw.org/Kingsolver

“Across the course of my entire career, I have been trying to find the fuller version of agenting.” Literary agent Annie Hwang discusses founding her own agency, Renegade Literary, resisting the biases of the publishing industry, and representing poets. Enjoy more: at.pw.org/RenegadeLaunch

“Each time a writer notices their noticing...they are flirting with their muse.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Traci Brimhall recommends writers observe the world closely and open themselves to daily opportunities for inspiration. at.pw.org/BrimhallCC3

#PWFictionPrompt: Select an epic song that resonates with your current mood and compose a fictional scene that occurs while the tune plays in the background. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/NovemberRain

#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for All of a Sudden, a film adaptation of You and I: The Illness Suddenly Get Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, which consists of letters exchanged between the two as Miyano contended with terminal breast cancer. Watch: at.pw.org/AllOfASudden

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new essay collection on the travails and joys of literary translation by Emily Wilson, and #PWWritingPrompts on waiting, mimicking, and witnessing gratitude. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

Preview the first lines—and listen to readings!—from our newest #PageOne books: Work Lunch by Lee Bains, How to Court Disaster by Kate Blakinger, and The Dead One, the Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber by Jay Gao. More: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x6

“When language moves, my nervous system moves with it. When it resists, the resistance has weight. … It narrows the field of attention until the sentence becomes the only thing that exists.” Patricia MacDowell on sensory overload and writing as a neurodivergent individual: at.pw.org/WritingAtThe...

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Toronto Public Library event moderated by Ella Street, Emily Wilson talks about the challenges of translating Greek and Roman literature as described in her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature. Watch: at.pw.org/EmilyWilson

The storied subscription service Book of the Month celebrates a centennial of reading and sparking conversation about books. Adrienne Raphel covers how the company has maintained and changed over the years, including wry campaign taglines and BookTok responses. at.pw.org/BookOfTheMonth

“The books that stay with me longest are the ones that ask questions more than pose answers.” More from Sarah Bowlin, senior agent at Aevitas Creative Management, on what writers can do to keep her reading: at.pw.org/AERBowlin

“Discovery has in fact always been curated.” For our latest issue, Laura Bogart does a deep dive into book discoverability in the digital marketplace. What books are centered by websites’ algorithms? Read on and find out: at.pw.org/BookDiscover...

In this week’s #TenQuestions, Keith Pilapil Lesmeister parses the writing of his new collection, Ask Me About the Money, out now from Cornerstone Press. “I write while walking my dog. Most days we walk for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening.” Read more: at.pw.org/10q4lesmeister.

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Word Up virtual panel moderated by Jennifer Baker, four book publishing professionals—Angela Abreu, Ibrahim Ahmad, Nicole Counts, and Chantz Erolin—discuss what compels them to stay in the field and their visions for the future. Watch: at.pw.org/BIPOCPublish...

“I didn’t call myself a fiction writer until I was in my fifties. Unlike some of my other social and professional identities, writing fiction was expansive, internal, and quiet.” Read more of Hillary Behrman’s #5Over50 essay in our new issue: at.pw.org/HillaryBehrman

“Using a familiar structure such as the sonnet creates a pathway and set of constraints that helps me hone my experiences into a shape I understand.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Traci Brimhall encourages writers to experiment with poetic forms in nonfiction. At.pw.org/BrimhallCC2

#PWPoetryPrompt: Write a poem with the intention of getting lost in the writing process. Let your imagination guide you toward surprise. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/GuidedBySurp...

#ClipOfTheDay: Adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith from her play Switzerland, this film is inspired by the novels of Patricia Highsmith and follows a young literary agent who is tasked to convince the eccentric and prolific author to write a sixth Ripley novel. Watch: at.pw.org/TalentForMur...

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic collection of personal letters, essays, and reflections by Elena Ferrante, and #PWWritingPrompts on myths, urban horror, and packing. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

What does it take to resist the siren song of one’s devices and stay focused at your writing desk? Irene Connelly talks to other writers to find out what strategies are working for them. Click the link and find out: at.pw.org/TechAtBay

Hundreds of digitized audio recordings of literary events at 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center, from 1949 to 2021, are now making iconic readings accessible online. Read more about this archive and how it transports listeners and viewers to special moments in time: at.pw.org/92NYArchive

#ClipOfTheDay: In this event presented in partnership by Princeton Public Library and Labyrinth Books, Chad Harbach reads from his second novel, The Brightness, and speaks with Matthew Thomas about his impactful writing style and the themes in his stories. Watch: at.pw.org/HarbachReading

Alexandra Kleeman considers the necessarily thorny process of writing, and what happens when we lose that exploration to AI “…[I]t is in the process of muddling through, word by word and sentence by sentence, that the writer discovers what their story is really made of.” at.pw.org/TouchingGrass

“It gives me a way into a story that I can later expand on while also providing me with limiters. That way a lot of overthinking is taken out of my writing process,” writes @lydiamwrites.bsky.social, author of Desperate Bodies (Roxane Gay Books). More: at.pw.org/WRMathis

“The whole reason for being of the novel, if I had to boil it down, is trying to capture what it feels like to be in the part of your life when you are full of potential.” Learn more about Chad Harbach’s second novel, The Brightness, in our new issue: at.pw.org/ChadHarbach

“I find joy in nature and others’ laughter at my jokes and my dogs. I joke, I’m funny, and as long as that’s the case, it’s enough.” In this week’s #TenQuestions, Emma Smith-Stevens discusses her new collection, Greyhounds, out now from Dzanc Books. Read more: at.pw.org/10q4smith-st....

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Waterstones interview, R. F. Kuang talks about the idea of linguistic relativity in the ways language can shape people’s experience of the world, and how the loss of her grandmother inspired her latest novel, Taipei Story. Watch: at.pw.org/TaipeiStory