Guirgis won for The Motherf**ker with the Hat.

The Rumpus interviews Jenny Johnson about how poems offer space to confront homophobia and connect us to nature.

The Washington Post praises the latest collection by Phillips as “full of grace and beauty,” declaring that, “wherever Phillips goes, his language is hauntingly astute.”

The Chicago Tribune deems Hunter “the leading dramatic chronicler of dispossessed, working-class Americans.”

In The Atlantic, Paris Review editor Lorin Stein on why a passage from Car Crash While Hitchhiking by Denis Johnson is his favorite of all-time.

A. Van Jordan received the 2015 prize from Rutgers University for his significant contribution to English-language literature. 

Bookforum dubs Heaven by Rowan Ricardo Phillips a “virtual constellation” and notes that “nothing in Phillips’s book is quite exactly what it seems.”

American Theatre explores the impact Anne Washburn’s play Mr. Burns has had on both theaters and audiences.

In Travel and Leisure, Luc Sante reveals his “little rituals” and favorite places in Paris.

In The Paris Review, the latest installment of Rowan Ricardo Phillips's basketball column explores how Portland basketball team the Trail Blazers provided a city - and a young fan - with a sense of self.