Poet Brian Bilston’s “Index of Discarded First Lines” leaves so much intriguingly unsaid, and if nothing else, offers great possibilities for writing prompts. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Bilston’s...
Kelly Barnhill is the author of four novels, including The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Bookshop|Amazon), which won the 2017 Newbery Medal for children’s literature. She’s also been helping neighborhood teens with their college essays...
Joan from Dallas, Texas, asks about to wing it, meaning to improvise or proceed with little preparation. The phrase does not come from pilots or flying by guesswork, but from the slang of 19th-century theater. It referred to understudies who learned...