Small Press Points: Common Notions
Currently based in Philadelphia, Common Notions Press publishes primarily nonfiction books on topics of social justice and radical imagination.
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Article Archive: News and Trends
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including No Such Thing as Monday by Siân Hughes and Lion by Tina Chang.
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Q&A: Annie Hwang Launches Renegade
The literary agent Annie Hwang discusses founding her own agency, Renegade Literary, resisting the biases of the publishing industry, and representing poets.
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92NY’s Literary Audio Archive
Hundreds of digitized audio recordings from decades of literary events at the Unterberg Poetry Center make iconic readings accessible online.
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Literary MagNet: Sara Elkamel
Sara Elkamel highlights journals that have published her translations of Dalia Taha’s poetry, including Modern Poetry in Translation and ArabLit Quarterly.
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The Written Image: The Poetry Society of America’s Poem District
The PSA is transforming the neighborhood around its Brooklyn storefront, adding poems to the outside walls of bookstores, public schools, community gardens, cafés, offices, and public housing.
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Relaunching the Rumpus
Under the leadership of Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman, the iconoclastic literary magazine has launched several new editorial and programming initiatives.
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A Century of Book of the Month
The storied subscription service celebrates its centennial of reading and sparking conversation about books.
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Small Press Points: Lost Kite Editions
New press Lost Kite Editions, launched earlier this year in Minneapolis, has grown out of a partnership between writers incarcerated in Minnesota prisons and non-incarcerated writers from the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
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Q&A: Youth Poet Laureate Daniel Umemezie
Daniel Umemezie, the national youth poet laureate, discusses the impact of poetry on his formative years, art as a door to empathy, and the value of cultivating a creative life.
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Poetry and Public Lands
Installations, workshops, and other initiatives celebrate literature in national parks, allowing nature and poetry to illuminate each other.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Perfect Italian by Kiki Petrosino and Triage by Clauda Rankine.
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The Authors Guild Confronts AI
The Human Authored Certification Mark seeks to restore trust between readers and writers.
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Redefining Canon From the Outside
A new imprint is redefining classic literature, reissuing books that were previously overlooked.
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The Written Image: The In Gratitude Initiative
Inspired by Ross Gay’s poetry, Just Buffalo Literary Center embarked on a six-month project this year to explore patterns of gratitude and delight with their local literary community.
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Literary MagNet: Joe Wilkins
The nonfiction writer Joe Wilkins highlights journals that have published his essays, including Orion Magazine and River Teeth.
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Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison
Spearheaded by Ohio Humanities and Literary Cleveland, a yearlong commemoration of Toni Morrison’s oeuvre is underway, featuring statewide, national, and virtual events.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including If You Love That Lady by Maya C. Popa and Without Terminus by chaun webster.
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Literary MagNet: Aamina Ahmad
The fiction writer Aamina Ahmad highlights journals that have published her short stories, narratives “interested in the way contemporary Pakistani society functions,” and “the pressures it exerts on ordinary people.”
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Small Press Points: Slant Books
Founded in 2013 by Greg Wolfe and now based in Seattle, Slant Books takes up Emily Dickinson’s encouragement to her reader: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.”
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Q&A: World Literature Today at 100
Daniel Simon, the editor in chief of World Literature Today, discusses how literature can promote cross-cultural dialogue and how the journal has evolved ahead of its centennial.
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The Written Image: Library Checkout Cards by Heidi Pitre
An artist transforms library checkout cards into handmade odes to literary works with illustrations in gouache.
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Librarians Aren’t Afraid of AI
Undaunted by the emergent technology, librarians reflect on the need for AI literacy and the undeniably human components of their job.
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A New Home for Translators in San Francisco
The Center for the Art of Translation will move into a new brick-and-mortar, three-story cultural space in 2027, just blocks from the legendary City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
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A Poetry Prize Without Borders
New Directions, Fitzcarraldo Editions, and Giramondo partner for a new translated poetry prize, connecting literary communities across the globe.
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