Glock and her partner, writer T Cooper, discuss their young adult series, Changers, about a group of teens that swap identities at the start of each school year. “As an LGBT family, we are writing content for the kids we used to be,” Glock explains. 

Movies and the Midwest are major inspirations, Heathcock says, and explains why he believes that “learning can and should be thrilling.”

“Fruitful fictional worlds contain real risks and consequences," reflects Ploughshares writer Clare Beams in a meditation on Bynum’s skillfully-developed difficult characters. 

Both Hutchinson and Jess are nominated in the category of Poetry. Hutchinson is a finalist for his book House of Lords and Commons and Jess is nominated for the collection Olio. 

In The New Yorker, Wayne’s parody of workout tips fit for a king includes a suggestion to “use portrait as inspiration!”.

The Millions reflects on the forces of infatuation explored throughout the novel, and writes that “the project is one of recognition and revelation within the reader.”

Weiner’s poem is a meditation on “a man being swallowed by a war/ a man being taken into the mouth of a woman/ or being swallowed by his work.”

Daniels discusses his new collection The Correspondance and why “life is outlandish all the time.”

Jackson, a former winner of the award, will host the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award honoring writer Crystal Wilkenson.

In the New York Times, Mehta profiles Indian politician Bal Keshav Thackeray alongside President-elect Trump and asks, “What happens if the violent incitement of Mr. Trump’s campaign continues into his presidency?”