"So, if you have found something that brings you meaning—whether a hobby, a cause, a learning experience or a creative endeavor—but fear that life's constraints will hold you back from engaging in it, ...

Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...

Book signings have unfolded at bookstores and libraries since the days of Hemingway, with a popularity rooted in the opportunity they offer for attendees to talk to an author. The Geneva Public ...

This is a subscriber-exclusive edition of I Have Notes, a newsletter in which I share essays, interviews, advice, and writing discussions. I’ve been thinking about the often subtle shift that occurs ...

In a sun-lit library at Shortridge High School one cold October afternoon, high school sophomore Ace Butler is weaving a poem about what happens to your soul when you're dreaming, how dreams are a ...

Most of us think of writing as a means of communication — whether we’re sending a text, crafting a memo, or penning a novel to convey our feelings and ideas to others. And that definitely is a hugely ...