Incarcerated people and their loved ones will continue to be exploited by sheriffs and telecom companies for 2 more years, thanks to the FCC delaying the reduction of prison & jail phone rates. Shameful to say the least. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/07/0…

Do you want your electricity bill to go up? Do you want kids to lose their school lunches? Do you want to throw millions of Americans off health care? The GOP budget bill will do all of that & more. The House must vote NO on this bill.

N.Y. prisons must comply with law limiting solitary confinement, judge says nydailynews.com/2025/07/02/ny-…

So happy to see In Inheritance of Drowning as a Poetry NIEA Finalist! Deep thanks to the NIEA for recognizing my work. Thrilled that GTWO fam @brentameneyro won! Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists! #poetry #poets #nationalindieexcellenceawards CavanKerry Press

BREAKING: Brian Boles and Charles Collins have been exonerated in New York after 30 years of wrongful conviction. No physical evidence ever connected them to the crime. innocenceproject.org/news/brian-bol…

With Mary, not only my co-author, but my dear friend. All things considered, I’ve been lucky.

My favorite former home and the inspiration for my novel in progress:

I'm excited to offer three creative #writing classes at the Delaware Art Museum this fall. Registration just opened and each class is capped at 10 students. Visit CassandraLewis.com for detailed descriptions and registration links.

I can't wait to share all things search with #CNF writers next month. It's a topic I care deeply about.

I understand the reluctance, but it’d be helpful if people started naming the university press that’s emailing authors today about feeding their books to AI. Part of the solution here might be distinguishing the presses behaving well from those behaving badly.

What ICE’s Assault on Ventura County, California Means for the Rest of America lithub.com/what-ices-assa… via Literary Hub #immigration #ICE #Ventura

Exclusive: Netflix's Powerful 'Songs From the Hole' Documentary Shares Trailer complex.com/pop-culture/a/…

Pretrial detention is a public safety concern. It makes people lose jobs, housing & government benefits – life-altering consequences that judges ignore. How does this leave anyone better off? prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/0…

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.

Here is the interview about the story The Forge Literary Magazine. It’s one of the great extras this wonderful magazine does! forgelitmag.com/2025/08/04/and…

Happy publication day to Lisa Alvarez for her new book, Some Final Beauty and Other Stories, from the University of Nevada Press! It is a gorgeous collection full of heart and beautifully rendered stories. Get your copy now! unpress.nevada.edu/9781647791971/… Univ of Nevada Press #newbooks

🚨This is urgent: Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16 in Texas for a crime that never even happened. But there's still time to stop this irreversible injustice. Read about his story and learn how to help: innocenceproject.org/news/what-to-k…

I just received an advance copy of my forthcoming book, Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (University of New Mexico Press). It's gorgeous. Coming to your favorite bookstore on Sept. 2. Details: simonandschuster.com/books/Waiting-… #playwriting #immigration #ICE #WritingCommunity

Spots are filling for my very first online workshop! Reserve yours at the link below.

Submissions open Friday in poetry, fiction, & nonfiction! 100 free subs for historically underrepresented writers in each genre. We will close fiction, online fiction, & poetry after 250 paid subs each are received. southernhumanitiesreview.com/submit.html #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity