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Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Curious about the pleasures and sounds of nonliterary language, author Rita Bullwinkel has created Oral Florist, an online sound library in which artists and writers read recipes, user manuals, and other encountered texts.
Three new anthologies, including The FSG Poetry Anthology.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit and Such Color: New and Selected Poems by Tracy K. Smith.
An excerpt from The Art of Revision: The Last Word by Peter Ho Davies, published in November 2021 by Graywolf Press.
Three poets discuss writing, survival, and community as Asian American adoptees.
The author reflects on finding a mentor in fellow literary outsider Lucia Berlin, long before Berlin’s fame.
The agent who represents writers TJ Alexander and K. Tempest Bradford, among others, answers questions about being ghosted by agents and how to query for nonfiction books.
For one hundred years, PEN International has championed freedom of expression and the rights of writers. This fall, the organization considers its history with an online archive, a Centenary Congress, and a new book documenting their work.
“Trust yourself and your own vision for your work.” —Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling
Jami Attenberg’s I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home, forthcoming from Ecco on January 11, 2022.
“I wanted to articulate and be honest to the emotion of grief.” —Eugene Lim, author of Search History
The author of The Devoted writes about the little things writers can do when a project feels impossible.
JJ Bola’s The Selfless Act of Breathing, forthcoming from Atria Books on February 8, 2022.
“I write poetry when I’m in transit or transition.” —Angela Hume, author of Interventions for Women
The author of The Devoted considers the strengths of the long short story.
Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, forthcoming from Random House on January 4, 2022.
“It was a fever dream process of creation.” —Casey Plett, author of A Dream of a Woman
The author of The Devoted recommends looking around the edges of a story to locate the unexpected places and times where drama can unfold.
Thrity Umrigar’s Honor, forthcoming from Algonquin Books on January 11, 2022.
“There was so much shame in this project for me to dispel and bury.” —Mahogany L. Browne, author of I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love
The author of The Devoted searches for the unexpected door in her fiction.
Siri Hustvedt’s Mothers, Fathers, and Others, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on December 7.
“The moment you walk away from the conversation with a poem, you lose it, and it will never return.” —CAConrad, author of AMANDA PARADISE
Juhea Kim’s Beasts of a Little Land, forthcoming from Ecco on December 7, 2021.
“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
