Creative Writing

Like Facebook for readers. You can rate and review books you've read, and search for "Internet friends" who like the same kinds of books you do.

Post your stories, get feedback on them, and respond to other people's stories.

Also like Facebook for young readers and writers.

This Lower-East-Side bar in Manhattan sponsors many, many fine readings and hosts many, many fine authors.

THE literary publicist of the New York literary scene and a frequent guest in Rider creative writing classes.

Poet Jac Jemc posts all the rejections she receives from lit mags.

Mentoring The Next Generation of Women Writers Since 1998

826NYC's writing center opened its doors in September 2004. Since then their programs have offered over one thousand students opportunities to improve their writing and to work side by side with community volunteers. This past year they built their first satellite tutoring center, created in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library, which has introduced their programs to an entirely new community of students

Online archive of interviews of novelists, short fiction writers, playwrights, poets, and critics from the 1950s to the present by The Paris Review. Browse by decade or author's name. "The Review’s Writers at Work interview series offers authors a rare opportunity to discuss their life and art at length; they have responded with some of the most revealing self-portraits in literature."

Newton started blogging in May 2002 with the aim of meeting others who were passionate about books, culture, and politics.

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author