Literature

“The Boys who Play Sports” by then-senior Ben White, won second place in last spring’s high school section of Montclair Literary Festival's poetry slam.

Vaurie Wilson's "The Wishing Willow,' the third winner in the Anderson Park Short Story contest, imagines good kid — and bullies — and a magic tree.

By GRETA POGLINCOThe following is the first place-winning short story in the first Montclair Literary Festival, held earlier this year.When it’s so hot you could cook an egg on a sidewalk it decides to...

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell will be in conversation with award-winning news producer and Montclair resident Tom Johnson on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 4 p.m., at the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave.O’Donnell relies on...

In “A Dirty Word: How a Sex Writer Reclaimed Her Sexuality,” Montclair writer Steph Auteri writes about using her job as a sex writer as a type of therapy.

Dave Itzkoff, culture reporter for the New York Times, will talk about his biography of Robin Williams, "Robin," to Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall.

Writing is solitary. A writers' conference provides visibility, education, and community, writes Steph Auteri in "All write Now."

Four members of the Montclair Write Group contributed to "Corona City: Voices from an Epicenter," an anthology of COVID-19 stories and photographs. The collaborative project won two categories in the international 2021 Next Generation...

Everyone knows there are a lot of writers and journos in Montclair. During Superstorm Sandy, many of them wrote in the warmth of the Montclair Public Library.The library's warmth continues to appeal to the...

Montclair author Dorothea Benton Frank discusses her new book, "Same Beach, Next Year."