About the Author Danez Smith is the author of four collections including Don’t Call Us Dead, Homie, and most recently Bluff, a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry....
How can we build and sustain communities that honor the art of storytelling? Whether through art, activism, mutual aid, or shared space, people find ways to connect, resist isolation, and...
Artists have always pushed boundaries—only to face backlash, bans, or erasure. From books and films to music and visual art, censorship continues to shape what stories get told and who gets...
Join a stellar panel of award-winning Midwestern crime writers for a conversation on the craft of writing a good mystery, moderated by Shamus Award-winning author James D.F. Hannah. About the...
Jill Christman is the author of If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays, two memoirs (Darkroom: A Family Exposure and Borrowed Babies: Apprenticing for Motherhood), and essays in...
Join two Indianapolis-based social media influencers whose reach extends far beyond the Midwest for a conversation about online literary communities. Nathan Shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) and Sydney Adams (@sydsydbookworrom_) have built followings...