The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a poetry anthology about human connection edited by Pádraig Ó Tuama, and #PWWritingPrompts on colors, crystals, and sad comedy. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a study of Toni Morrison’s work and life by Namwali Serpell, and #PWWritingPrompts on short sentences, tuna melts, and original voices. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a book-length essay on exploring literary translation by Kate Briggs, and #PWWritingPrompts on renditions, title errors, and reshaping reality. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a poetry anthology on immigrant and refugee experiences edited by Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond, and #PWWritingPrompts on wonder, pathways, and unknown landmarks. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the craft of writing fiction by Jerome Stern, and #PWWritingPrompts on stammering, surprising connections, and jealousy. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a guide book with advice from literary agent Alia Hanna Habib, and #PWWritingPrompts on metaphorical subjects, nonhuman characters, and vignettes. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the history of memoir writing by Ben Yagoda, and #PWWritingPrompts on beloveds, breakups, and biographical myths. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The cover of The Craft of Poetry by Lucy Newlyn.

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a craft book on poetry written in verse by Lucy Newlyn, and #PWWritingPrompts on rhyming couplets, long journeys, and letters. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic anthology of interviews with renowned authors edited by Mark Yakich and John Biguenet, and #PWWritingPrompts on nostalgic objects, fears, and memorable ads. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic anthology of poetic meters edited by Annie Finch and Alexandra Oliver, and #PWWritingPrompts on the first month, shame and desire, and context. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The cover of Braving the Fire, featuring a line of lit tea light candles.

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a a guide to writing about grief and loss by Jessica Handler, and #PWWritingPrompts on wonder and brutality, investigations, and mortality. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a collection of essays on the craft of translation edited by Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky, and #PWWritingPrompts on catchy lyrics, battling tones, and eating habits. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a craft book on writing as a way of life by Brian Morton, and #PWWritingPrompts on passing time, anonymity, and technology. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an expansive anthology of poetry edited by the late Jerome Rothenberg and Javier Taboada, and #PWWritingPrompts on friendly organisms, outsiders, and cheesy decor. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new craft book on the writing life and writing fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, and #PWWritingPrompts on AI poetry, journaling, and loneliness. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend the collected notebooks of Albert Camus, translated from the French by Ryan Bloom, and #PWWritingPrompts on poetry and comics, the clashing of traditions, and holiday newsletters. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a craft book on creating graphic literature edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart and #PWWritingPrompts on resistance, exams, and holiday spending. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a book collecting inspiring interviews of renowned writers by Dean Nelson and #PWWritingPrompts on unnatural habitats, uneasy trips, and family burdens. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a book on the power of poetry by Tracy K. Smith and #PWWritingPrompts on dreamy imagery, soundscapes, and backstories. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an anthology of haunting Indigenous stories edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and #PWWritingPrompts on surveillance, unknowability, and reimagining hatred. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an anthology of concrete poetry edited by Nancy Perloff and #PWWritingPrompts on limitations, attic finds, and trends in etiquette. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a guide on how to write about grief by Sam Meekings and #PWWritingPrompts on early memories, character names, and frames. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a craft book on writing as a spiritual act by Sue Monk Kidd and #PWWritingPrompts on epic poems, frenetic energy, and rabbit holes. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a diary on the process of translating literature by Daniel Hahn and #PWWritingPrompts on waiting, disturbances, and frenemies. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic international anthology of poetry edited by Czeslaw Milosz and #PWWritingPrompts on making an effort, absurdities, and status. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a collection of essays and lectures by Flannery O’Connor, and #PWWritingPrompts on poetic fruit, mythos, and unreliable settings. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic anthology of essays on women poets and their influences edited by Arielle Greenberg and Rachel Zucker, and #PWWritingPrompts on letdowns, mediums, and sibling rivalries. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a collection of essays on the rich worlds created by marginalized writers by Patty Krawec, and #PWWritingPrompts on soundscapes, old skills, and embarrassments. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic guide on the writing process and the artist’s identity by Brenda Ueland, and #PWWritingPrompts on sharing the air, shorelines, and imperfect objects. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a collection of essays on the wonder of science and poetry by Maria Popova, and #PWWritingPrompts on bodega ramps, odd jobs, and artificial lighting. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN