New Irish Writing’s winning story for September 2024 Dominic Stevens, whose short story was the winning selection for New Irish Writing in September 2024 Illustration for New Irish Writing by Eleno Leouchev Dominic Stevens, whose short story was the winning selection for New Irish Writing in September 2024 Illustration for New Irish Writing by Eleno […]
Support your source for independent reporting on OPB in 2024 and beyond! Culture Tom Spanbauer in Portland, Ore. during the summer of 2024. Spanbauer influenced a generation of Pacific Northwest authors through his “Dangerous Writing” workshops. Often hailed as the Godfather of Portland’s literary world , author Tom Spanbauer spent nearly three decades shaping a […]
I have been, as mentioned, rather ill the last week and a half. I am out of the hospital, but the infection that sent me there this time, as opposed to the dehydration that sent me there before, has not entirely cleared up. Eating and speaking are difficult, and this is the first time I […]
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: German Larkin Author Lisa Taddeo has a bittersweet relationship with Hollywood. Last year, amid a rebrand and an executive shakeup, Showtime decided to drop the adaptation of her best-selling nonfiction book, Three Women , after the series was filmed. It was devastating news to tell her sources, who had shared […]
Key points Expressive writing can help students process emotions and foster personal growth. Expressive writing can also help to increase students’ comfort in exploring and expressing emotion. Incorporating expressive writing in the curriculum positions emotional health as integral to learning. Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a […]
Key points Expressive writing can help students process emotions and foster personal growth. Expressive writing can also help to increase students’ comfort in exploring and expressing emotion. Incorporating expressive writing in the curriculum positions emotional health as integral to learning. Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a […]
Calligraphy has evolved by losing the ligatures between letters and has adopted forms more similar to printed correspondence. Elva Etienne (Getty Images) In Valencia, in the mid-20th century, a young bank employee and professor of business administration named Ramón Rubio founded a small academy aimed primarily at training candidates who aspired to become accountants in […]
Crystal King is the author of The Chef’s Secret and Feast of Sorrow , which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a Must Read for the MassBook Awards. She is an author, culinary enthusiast, and marketing expert, and has taught at multiple universities including Harvard Extension and Boston University. […]
In the late 1980s, my friends and I knew something called Dungeons & Dragons existed—and we knew that it was for us. But no shop in our little upstate New York hometown carried the books, and the World Wide Web was still a few years off. We did have a set of the dice, so […]
“The Mighty Red” (out Oct. 1 from Harper) invites readers into a small sugar beet farming town reeling from the 2008 economic crisis and the repercussions of environmental destruction. In this new novel, author Louise Erdrich introduces a memorable ensemble of characters led by adolescents in turmoil. A teenage love triangle anchors this immersive book: […]
