Cheryl Strayed on the life of Adrienne Rich for the New York Times “The Lives They Lived” series.

Read Rivka Galchen’s latest New Yorker story, “The Lost Order,” then come out to Community Bookstore on January 8th to see her read along with Adrian Van Young and Adam Wilson. Go to the Facebook invite for more info.

 The Rumpus talks with T Cooper.

Getting to know Isaac Bashevis Singer.

200 years of the Grimm brothers.

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