5 Over 50: 2022
Essays by debut authors Madhushree Ghosh, Sari Botton, David Santos Donaldson, Shareen K. Murayama, and Jane Campbell.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Freedom Reads
An organization founded and directed by Reginald Dwayne Betts seeks to bring the spirit of literature into prisons by installing libraries and inviting theater productions, book clubs, and world-class writers inside carceral walls.
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Small Press Points: Black Lawrence Press
Black Lawrence Press’s Immigrant Writing Series was launched in response to a lack of book-publication options for immigrant writers, whose unique perspectives might not resonate with nonimmigrant editors.
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Literary MagNet: Abigail Chabitnoy
The author of In the Current Where Drowing Is Beautiful highlights five journals that first published her poems, including Peripheries and the Capilano Review.
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The Written Image: The Shape of Words
Dallas artist Simeen Farhat crafts text-inspired sculptures in a complex process that blends literary and figurative composition and reminds viewers of language’s physicality.
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Q&A: Giménez Takes Helm at Graywolf
Graywolf Press’s new publisher and executive director discusses the shifting landscape of literary publishing, her multidisciplinary career, and what collaboration means to her.
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Don’t Forget Joy: Working With an Independent Publicist as a Small Press Author
A poet and author offers tips for how to find and collaborate with a growing group of independent publicists who work specifically with poets and small press authors and whose help is available for far less than high-profile publicists.
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Literary Magazines That Pay
A curated list of twenty-two literary magazines that pay writers cash for their creative contributions.
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Ravenous With Story: A Profile of Celeste Ng
In her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, best-selling author Celeste Ng continues to explore the social and political pressures that shape family dynamics—this time in a story set in a contemporary dystopia that feels frighteningly familiar.
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Ten Questions for E. M. Tran
“There’s space for your story.” —E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year
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Ten Questions for Olena Kalytiak Davis
“Poetry is impossible, but it is not difficult.” —Olena Kalytiak Davis, author of Late Summer Ode
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Real Person, Imagined Scene
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved investigates the uses of specificity in narrative poetry.
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Ten Questions for James Cagney
“I’m not a writer, I’m a receiver for something I don’t always understand.” —James Cagney, author of Martian: The Saint of Loneliness
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Vision Loss and the Ekphrastic Novelist: Revising My Identity as a Writer
Faced with two separate causes of potential vision loss, an author reconsiders her identify as a “visual writer,” which has been integral to her mode of creating.
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Story Dynamics in Poetry
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved illuminates the power of narrative to move a poem forward.
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Ten Questions for Hafizah Augustus Geter
“It takes a lot of intentional work to write ethical stories.” —Hafizah Augustus Geter, author of The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
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Some Things I Like About Lists
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved explores enumeration as a source of poetic possibility.
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Ten Questions for Aldo Amparán
“I’d tell my past self to trust my work.” —Aldo Amparán, author of Brother Sleep
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Sound Clusters
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved reflects on the sonic pleasures of verse and offers an exercise in attending to poetry’s music.
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Ten Questions for Jonathan Escoffery
“A terrible draft of a story is a gift, because now the real work can begin.” —Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You
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Ten Questions for Mia Mercado
“Stop Googling the ages of people you think are more successful than you.” —Mia Mercado, author of She’s Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good
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Involuntary Ideas
The author of Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation reflects on the importance of letting the mind wander to release blocked creativity.
Ten Questions for Lauren Acampora
“These characters have been in my head for so long that they seem more real to me than some people.” —Lauren Acampora, author of The Hundred Waters
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An Authentic Conversation With Your Reader
The author of Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation considers the link between the author’s emotional state while writing and the reader’s engagement.
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My Life in Book Banning
The author of one of last year’s most challenged books confronts a campaign of threats, cyberattacks, and doxing in the post-truth era.
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