Ten Questions for Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
“Show up no matter what so your writing knows you are there.” —Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, author of Savage Tongues
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Craft Capsule: How to Be a Writer and an Organizer
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth makes time for both community organizing and writing.
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GalleyCrush: Dear Memory
Victoria Chang’s Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on October 12, 2021.
Ten Questions for Shin Yu Pai
“The hardest part of writing Virga was finding the courage to be vulnerable on the page.” —Shin Yu Pai, author of Virga
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Craft Capsule: Why You Need an Authenticity Editor
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth writes about how authenticity editors have helped enrich her work in all genres.
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GalleyCrush: Villainy
Andrea Abi-Karam’s Villainy, forthcoming from Nightboat Books on September 14, 2021.
Ten Questions for Katie Kitamura
“I only write about the things that haunt me in some way.” —Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies
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Craft Capsule: The Multi-Genre Mindset
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth shares her approach to balancing projects in multiple genres.
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GalleyCrush: Matrix
Lauren Groff’s Matrix, forthcoming from Riverhead Books on September 7, 2021.
Ten Questions for Beth Morgan
“Engaging with art doesn’t have to be about understanding something or getting the right answer.” —Beth Morgan, author of A Touch of Jen
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Craft Capsule: The “Routine” of Writing With Chronic Pain
The author of Southbound and The Parted Earth shares how chronic pain has forced her to challenge traditional notions of writing productivity.
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GalleyCrush: Everything I Have Is Yours
Eleanor Henderson’s Everything I Have Is Yours, forthcoming from Flatiron Books on August 10, 2021.
Ten Questions for Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston, the author and the translator of Bolla.
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GalleyCrush: The Last Thing
Patrick Rosal’s The Last Thing: New & Selected Poems, forthcoming from Persea Books on September 21, 2021.
Ten Questions for Clare Sestanovich
“The book often knows more, and knows better, than you do.” —Clare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire
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Craft Capsule: Becoming Strange Again
The author of Love and Other Poems offers advice on how to avoid being stuck.
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GalleyCrush: Bewilderment
Richard Powers’s Bewilderment, forthcoming from W. W. Norton on September 21, 2021.
Ten Questions for Mariana Oliver and Julia Sanches
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Mariana Oliver and Julia Sanches, the author and the translator of Migratory Birds.
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Poem Written in a Cab
From Love and Other Poems, published by Copper Canyon Press in February 2021.
Craft Capsule: Poem Written in a Cab
The author of Love and Other Poems steals time to write poetry during cab rides across New York City.
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The Pop-Up Literary Agency
A pop-up literary agency at the University of Arizona allows students to gain practical, hands-on experience in the publishing world by connecting children’s picture book authors with established agents.
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Small Press Points: Kaya Press
The L.A. press publishes genre-defying poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translation from the Asian Pacific American and Asian diaspora.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford and The Vault by Andrés Cerpa.
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Literary MagNet: M. Leona Godin
The author of There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness charts her literary passions and road to publication by the journals she has worked with as a contributor or editor.
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The Written Image: Patricia Hanlon
Writer and artist Patricia Hanlon has turned her experiences swimming in New England’s wild salt marshes into a book and a series of landscape oil paintings.
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