Today this life changing program died. It has given a place for POC and LGBTQIA writers to flourish under mentorship and provided those writers spaces in the publishing industry. It would have been 25 next year. Tagging some stellar mentors and alumni here in this thread.

Reyna Grande Charles Yu Aimee Bender Cynthia Bond Pp @benloory @lilliamr Janet Fitch Ramona Ausubel Hector Tobar #danajohnson Alex Espinoza to name a few.

Ever wonder how we got here #Election2020 and how we can defend liberal democracy? Author and CNN Politics Senior Political Analyst John Avlon curated a reading list for our virtual @Bookshop_Org storefront addressing these issues and more. Buy them here: bit.ly/3mdmlZg

“[W]e were never terrible to each other. If she didn't call the house, the small kindnesses would continue." Libby Flores (MFA ‘14) published two #flashfiction stories in Water-Stone Review. waterstonereview.com/current/

The one and only Libby Flores pens a letter to her Hispanic/Republican father in Texas, an undecided voter, for McSweeney's #vote

Throughout the pandemic, our Bookmobile delivered free books & school supplies to students & families, safely & responsibly. Our mission is as vital as ever. Watch a video about our work w/ ArtBridge, Artbook | D.A.P. & NYCHA w/ support from Frankenthaler Foundation bit.ly/artmobil

Hi, want to have a creative jumpstart (or resuscitate) your writing in the new year? Come hang with me. This will be like mini sprints and lots of inspiration along the way! I love flash fiction and believe it can unlock something in a writer. bit.ly/34ghDUf

Finally finished that 10,000+ word article about being a kidney donor, very well written but I can't understand why all the debate around plagiarism, ethics, and art. So am taking to Twitter for a change to engage in "The Discourse" to find out what I missed about #BadArtFriend

I so rarely tweet, but this collaboration with Libby Flores feels tweet-worthy—it’ll certainly age better than the last time I was in the Styles section. Thanks Rachel Sherman for caring enough about our story to get it right for the The New York Times Vows section…

Congrats to the staff of PEN America for unioning. I am pro union and pro PEN and think this is a very good thing for all parties!

Two weeks from tonight! Grab your reading glasses and your dancing shoes, it’s been three years since a live National Book Awards event, can’t wait to celebrate with my After-Party peeps!

22 years later and this is still one of the most powerful pieces I've read about 9/11, and in less than 500 words: mrbellersneighborhood.com/2001/10/witnes…

Today Lewis H. Lapham and the board of the American Agora Foundation, which publishes Lapham’s Quarterly, are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul W. Morris (Paul W. Morris) as executive director and publisher. laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/wel…

Morris is formerly the executive director of House of SpeakEasy and the director of literary programs at PEN America. laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/wel…

It’s my great privilege to be welcomed so warmly by the staff at Lapham’s Quarterly and by Lewis Lapham himself. Looking forward to the adventure ahead!

If you’re in Oakland on March 17, stop by Clio’s, a new bookstore directly inspired by Lapham’s Quarterly, for an event about the magazine’s past and future. eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-w…

A sad day for us at Lapham’s Quarterly, and a great loss to the world of letters. A remarkable man and mind.