Letters from inside: a year of correspondence
We exchanged pages with thirty incarcerated writers for a year. Here's what we learned about endurance, voice, and the page as a doorway.
First drop: the merch that funds the books
Our first drop of branded apparel arrived this week. 25% of every purchase funds book donations. The shirts come with stories.
A bookmobile, three counties, one librarian
Profile: meet Janelle, who drives 400 miles a week to keep rural readers stocked with novels, biographies, and the occasional Murakami.
Therapy Through Words: spring cohort applications open
Our flagship eight-week workshop is back. Guided prompts, peer feedback, and a small group of writers willing to be honest on the page.
Six hundred books, one Saturday: a South Bronx book drive recap
Volunteers, librarians, and one PA truck moved six hundred books into three after-school programs in five hours. Photos and a list of what we sent.
Notes from the inside: three incarcerated poets we're publishing this spring
An introduction to three writers whose chapbooks we're producing this April. Excerpts, photos, and how to support their work.
What we read in January
A monthly column. Our facilitators share what they read this month — fiction, biography, two surprise reissues, and one disappointment.
Our first zine: 'Rural Libraries, Forever'
A 36-page risograph zine profiling six rural librarians across Appalachia and the Mountain West. Pre-orders open now; profits fund their summer reading programs.
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