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Interview + Reading with Sean Murphy (text + audio)

This is an edited transcription of a longer interview conducted over Zoom, available in-full below. Sean Murphy reads the opening of his story “Going to Graceland” (Volume 67, issue 3) from 11:38–14:41. Tell us about your relationship to writing. It started at a young age: something about poetry spoke to me. You . . .

Dolores Huerta Left Us Homework

Dolores Huerta, September 24, 1965, holding a Huelga (strike) sign Credit: El Malcriado, Wikimedia Commons; Libraries UCSD Millions are grieving Dolores Huerta and uplifting her legacy of leading many movements—labor, migrant, feminist, anti-racist, and queer. She is a driving force, a light for justice and a beloved elder who fought endlessly to . . .

Jane Yolen: A Remembrance

Photo of Group:Standing left to right:  Holly Thompson, Corinne Demas,  Barbara Diamond Goldin, Ruth Sanderson, Jeannine Atkins.  Seated: Jane Yolen Author’s Note: Jane Yolen, who died June 11, 2026, was a transformative figure in the world of children’s literature, but her more than 450 published books spanned an extraordinary breadth of creativity, . . .

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