“I would like to be a night-blooming jasmine,” Tishani Doshi said when I asked her which she’d choose if she could be any flower. She told me that they come up a lot in her work, and they remind her…
Interview with Indian Poet Tishani Doshi
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Christina Montilla joins At The Inkwell Seattle as new curator
Seattle, Washington (July 20, 2018) — At The Inkwell, the New York City-based literary reading series, announced today that Christina Montilla will lead the Seattle reading series as Benjamin Schmitt steps down to pursue other creative endeavors. Founded in 2013, At The…
In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees
Jeff Talarigo’s stunning new book In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees, defies easy description. It is fiction, with an autobiographical gloss. It is a collection of short pieces. It is set – mostly – in Gaza. In a refugee…
Winners Announced At The Inkwell Poem of the Day contest
On Saturday, April 15, At The Inkwell RVA (Richmond, Virginia) hosted it’s first Poem of the Day open mic reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. The reading was well-attended with nearly two dozen poets competing for more than $200…
San Francisco co-host Brianna Williams returns to her first love
“I did the wrong thing, I should’ve been a writer,” Brianna Williams told herself during her senior year as a business administration student at the University of Southern California. After graduation, she ran away to Prague to write a book.…