The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

I signed my first baby up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library when she was one week old, at the advice of her pediatrician. It was May 2020, and the pandemic was just beginning to close its fist…

Reading literature is a force of good for our health and communities, writes Jen Benka.

Reading literature is a force of good for our health and communities, writes Jen Benka.

Amid other support pulling back, the national $50 million Literary Arts Fund chose Hub City Press and The Watering Hole Poetry Organization for its first round of grants.

Grants will range from $40,000 to $500,000.

The new Literary Arts Fund will award a total of $7.7 million to 40 nonprofits across the United States.

The Literary Arts Fund has announced $7.7 million in grants across 40 organizations in 19 states. The recipients include the National Book Foundation and the North Carolina Writers' Network.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on the beauty and unburdening of returning to her childhood home in Sonoma Valley.

The award-winning poet, whose forthcoming book, "Night Owl," will be published in March, will participate in two talks during Bookstore1Sarasota's annual PoetryLife Weekend.

We followed a romance novel for an entire year to get a peek at the publishing process. Here's how "Mistakes Were Made" by Lucy Score got to shelves.

Agents and editors say market fit, timing and competition, not just quality, are key factors determining which manuscripts get acquired today.

Find out why Imani Perry is on TIME’s 2026 Closers list

According to a recent study, reading for pleasure has fallen by 40% in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward trend. By many measures, reading skills for both students and adults contin...

According to a recent study, reading for pleasure has fallen by 40% in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward trend. By many measures, reading skills for both students and adults contin...

Before finishing her latest novel, the bestselling author had to overcome serious illness and self-doubt.

Elizabeth Alexander talks about the Mellon Foundation's new grants and funding for literary arts and jazz musicians, and why money for the arts from the nonprofit sector is crucial.

Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts F...

A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.