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Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Ten poets whose first books were published in 2020, including Anthony Cody and torrin a. greathouse, share their inspirations, processes, writer’s block remedies, and paths to publication.
The Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have launched a fellowship program that honors disabled writers and artists in a variety of disciplines with grants of $50,000 each.
The Impact Library Program, an initiative of the nonprofit Little Free Library, brings free miniature libraries to communities where books are scarce to encourage a love of reading and improve literacy across the country.
The Prisoner Express program, created by Gary Fine in 2004, supports people who are incarcerated by sending them curated packages of books and offering educational programs.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion and The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void by Jackie Wang.
A teaching press based at High Point University in North Carolina that launched early this year aims to feature experimental poetry, fiction, and translation that “maintains a connection to human experience.”
“Every book I write is informed by my whole life.” —Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of The Freezer Door
The author of Thin Places recalls failed attempt after failed attempt to maintain a strict writing schedule.
A look inside the dispute between the former workers and board of Poets House over why the poetry nonprofit and library temporarily closed and laid off staff in November.
Melissa Febos’s Girlhood, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Publishing on March 30, 2021.
“There’s never a lack of inspiration.” —Morgan Christie, author of These Bodies
The author of Thin Places considers how to write an essay (or essay collection) that follows the arc of epiphany.
Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Libertie, forthcoming from Algonquin Books on March 30, 2021.
“I was surprised by how much agency my characters seemed to have.” —Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of Butter Honey Pig Bread
The author of Thin Places celebrates hot-blooded writing.
Jo Ann Beard’s Festival Days, forthcoming from Little, Brown on March 16, 2021.
“You have to become the person who can write the book you’re working on.” —Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night
Fady Joudah’s Tethered to Stars, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions on March 9, 2021.
Poets House, a beloved New York City public poetry library, announced yesterday that it will suspend operations, effective immediately, due to financial issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Subtlety can be a form of authority.” —Simon Han, author of Nights When Nothing Happened
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities embraces and develops a queer Asian American poetics.
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed, forthcoming from Grove Press on March 2, 2021.
“Everything in my life is material.” —Ellen Cooney, author of One Night Two Souls Went Walking
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities explores personal and collective nightmares.
Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron, forthcoming from FSG Originals on February 9, 2021.
