Craft Capsule: On Nightmares
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities explores personal and collective nightmares.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
GalleyCrush: The Rain Heron
Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron, forthcoming from FSG Originals on February 9, 2021.
Ten Questions for Valzhyna Mort
“My Muse is with me always, everywhere.” —Valzhyna Mort, author of Music for the Dead and Resurrected
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Craft Capsule: On Becoming a Pop Star, I Mean, a Poet
The author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities traces his origins as a poet.
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GalleyCrush: Fake Accounts
Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts, forthcoming from Catapult on February 2, 2021.
The Year of the Villain: Discovering the Engine of Story Through Your Antagonist
Valuable lessons about characterization, the fundamental core of storytelling, can be found in the panels of superhero comics.
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Ten Questions for Erica Hunt
“I am never without pen and paper.” —Erica Hunt, author of Jump the Clock
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GalleyCrush: Popular Longing
Natalie Shapero’s Popular Longing, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press on February 16, 2021.
Ten Questions for Khaled Mattawa
“Don’t ever find your voice.” —Khaled Mattawa, author of Fugitive Atlas
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GalleyCrush: The Removed
Brandon Hobson’s The Removed, forthcoming from Ecco on February 16, 2021.
Ten Questions for Destiny O. Birdsong
“There are so many ways.” —Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Negotiations
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Craft Capsule: The Writer’s Mind on Music
The author of Each of Us Killers reflects on how music has informed her fiction.
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GalleyCrush: Land of Big Numbers
Te-Ping Chen’s Land of Big Numbers, forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on February 2, 2021.
The Clifton House
Sidney Clifton, the eldest daughter of poet Lucille Clifton, has purchased her childhood home in Baltimore with plans to recreate the space as a haven for emerging and established artists.
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Order Out of Chaos: Revising Your Poetry Manuscript
An author suggests several strategies for ordering a poetry collection that can help poets generate new poems to make a stronger, more cohesive book.
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Q&A: House Celebrates Broadside Lotus
Dr. Gloria House, a longtime editor at Broadside Lotus Press, discusses the publisher’s future and role in the literary community.
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The Written Image: Quarantine Public Library
In response to libraries shutting down during the pandemic, artists Katie Garth and Tracy Honn have collected a series of short artists’ books that can be downloaded for free and printed at home.
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Literary MagNet: Megan Cummins
The fiction writer on five journals that published stories from her debut collection, If the Body Allows It.
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Small Press Points: FlowerSong Press
The Texas press publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that is “not only invested in self but also community” by writers from the United States, Latin America, and beyond.
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The Confounding Insistence on Innocence: A Q&A With Danielle Evans
Ten years after her debut story collection was published, Danielle Evans returns with her second book, The Office of Historical Corrections, a timely reckoning with, among other things, America’s history of racialized violence.
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MacDowell Tests Virtual Residencies
For the first time in its 113-year history, MacDowell launches a virtual residency in an effort to build artistic community and fellowship during a time of social distancing.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Dearly by Margaret Atwood and Memorial by Bryan Washington.
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A Chicago Press for the People
Big Shoulders Books publishes writing from and about Chicagoans whose stories are overlooked—and then gives its books away for free.
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Reading in the Bardo: Seeking Comfort in the Absence of Ritual
The author finds solace in rereading George Saunders’s novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, while mourning the death of her father during the pandemic.
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The Politics of Gatekeeping: On Reconsidering the Ethics of Blind Submissions
A writer and editor questions the practice of blind submissions at literary journals as an additional barrier against equity in publishing, and makes the case for diversifying editorial mastheads.
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