Team Talk: the Porch Team's Best of 2024

Meeting at the crossroads of poetry, libations, and liberation

An interview with Ciona Rouse, founder of Bard's Towne Books & Bourbon

The Art of Programming: A 2024 Retrospective

Team Talk: Winter Session Wish List

Meet the Teacher: David James Poissant

Meet the Teacher: Claire Coenen

Meet the Teacher: Cortney Warner

Why Therapists Are Recommending Creative Writing Classes to Their Clients

Plus, the Science Behind the Benefits for Our Well-Being

The Case for Arts Philanthropy

You know that supporting charities is a good thing. But do you give to the arts?

Songwriting with Camp SLANT

Team Talk: Craft Books We Swear By

Tried-and-true picks for any writer's bookshelf

Attending to the Need to Be Heard

The Porch's Immigrants Write program plans its next chapter

Team Talk: What's Your Favorite Pen?

We have thoughts and feelings

An interview with Ananda Lima

On Craft, her new book of speculative short stories and debut work of fiction

A quick history of zines—and why you should make one

A brief history of zines by Porch intern Nora Masters, featuring zine artist and teacher Elise Anderson

Meet the Teacher: Amy Estes

Meet the Teacher: Ellie Black

Art Wire 2023-24, a collaboration with OZ Arts, comes to a close

That's a wrap on Art Wire 2023-24!

Going Beyond the Words with Beth Lordan's Forms of Fiction

Meet the Teacher: Andrew Steiner

Social Media in 2024: Quick Tips for Writers

Meet the Teacher: Hilary Bell

The Power of the Page: Writing for Good

A Writing for Good facilitator on the benefits of expressive writing

The Porch Welcomes Visiting Writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Gratitude & Gardening: Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Get to Know Ross Gay

An Appreciation: Ross Gay’s Poem “Thank You”

The Best Spots for Writing Goods in Nashville

A Conversation on Autofiction with Heather Hasselle

An interview with Heather Hasselle

What Is a Writing Residency—And Should I Apply For One?

How Classical Music Can Unlock the Creative Writer’s Brain

Reflections on Words & Music, a collaboration between The Porch and the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra

The Porch Team's Best of 2023

It's time for our team's annual rundown of what delighted, inspired, and distracted us (in a good way!) this year. We have contributions from Katie, Susannah, Yurina, Bonnie, Nina, L and Grant. Hope y'all enjoy our picks!

Negative Space in Fiction

An interview with Holly Goddard Jones

Books and Shadow Books: A Chat with Novelist Molly McGhee

Is The Artist's Way for You? (Is it for Everyone?)

Christina Berke leads us into the bestselling creativity guide

I Quit Everything: Chatting with Freda Love Smith

A conversation with Freda Love Smith

Healing Through Storytelling: How Creative Writing Connected Me to My Mexican American Heritage

Uniting Humanity — in a Flash!

On writing flash fiction and nonfiction to deepen craft and relieve pressure

Art Wire 2023: An Inspired Evening of Writing

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Not Invisible, Just Scattered: Reflecting on the Inaugural Nashville AAPI Writers Showcase

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The Dystopian Novel: A Surprising Source of Hope

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Beachcombers

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What I'm Trying to Say: Some Thoughts on Translation

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Writing into the Unknown with Visiting Writer Matthew Vollmer

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A Celebration of Everything Alive and Whole

An interview with the 24th US Poet Laureate Ada Limón, from Chapter 16

Close to the Body: On poetry, writing in community, and more, with Pauletta Hansel

Loving Yourself Through the Process: A conversation with Sheree Greer

An Appreciation: Ada Limón’s poem “Calling Things What They Are”

A few of our favorite books by Black authors