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Q&A: Some Assembly May Be Required
by Kevin Larimer
January/February 2012
Polly Becker, a Boston-based artist who in her formative years was influenced stylistically by artists such as Edward Gorey, Alphonse Mucha, and Aubrey Beardsley, speaks about the assemblages she created for the cover and our special section on inspiration.
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Bodwell’s Baker’s Dozen
by Joshua Bodwell
January/February 2012
In the spirit of year-end best-of reading lists, we offer Joshua Bodwell’s Baker’s Dozen 2011 as a companion to his article “You Are What You Read: The Art of Inspired Reading Lists,” which appears in this issue’s special section on inspiration.
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Musicians Steve Earle and Josh Ritter Release Debut Novels
by Benjamin Percy
July/August 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Dial Press recently released the debut novels of crossover artists Steve Earle and Josh Ritter, musicians who, despite busy tour schedules, managed to carve out time to put their passions into print as well as into songs.
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Why We Write: In the Presence of Living
by Lise Saffran
March/April 2011
While caring for her dying grandmother, author Lisa Saffran gained new perspective on the richness of life in language as well as a renewed perseverance as a creative writer.
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Thinking Like an Editor: How to Order Your Poetry Manuscript
by April Ossmann
March/April 2011
Ordering a poetry collection requires the ability to see each poem from a distance as well as analyze the manuscript as a whole. The former executive editor of Alice James Books reveals her strategies for editing a strong book.
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Q&A: Jim Tierney’s Inspired Illustrations
by Kevin Larimer
January/February 2011
A day after he finalized the last of his illustrations for our January/February 2011 issue, Jim Tierney, an illustrator and designer at Penguin, spoke about the inspiration behind his work.
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Q&A: Chip Kidd Covers Our Inspiration
by Kevin Larimer
January/February 2010
Chip Kidd, whose famous designs have graced over eight hundred book jackets in the last twenty-four years, speaks about the cover he created for this issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Fifty of the Most Inspiring Authors in the World
by Staff
January/February 2010
Fearless, inventive, persistent, beautiful, or just plain badass—here are some of the living authors who shake us awake, challenge our ideas of who we are, embolden our actions, and, above all, inspire us to live life more fully and creatively.
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Beyond Words: Five Writers Who Practice Other Arts
by Suzanne Pettypiece
January/February 2010
Author-artists Michael Kimball, Michelle Wildgen, Jesse Ball, Abha Dawesar, and Jen Bervin talk about their "other" creative pursuits—cooking, photography, bookmaking, painting, and drawing—in relation to their writing.
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How to Get Unstuck: The Psychology of Writer’s Block
by Dennis Cass
January/February 2010
A look at the psychology of writers block and how scientific studies in creativity offer insight into how writers can use the tools they already have to break through.
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