Amid Pandemic, Barnes & Noble Pauses to Improve Its Stores
The pandemic that has shuttered nearly two-thirds of Barnes & Noble’s stores presents an unexected opportunity.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
A Matter of Survival for Independent Bookstores
As scores of indie bookstores have shut their doors to the public and laid off staff, many continue to serve their customers via online orders and curbside pickup programs.
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Craft Capsule: Reading Backwards
The author of the novel The Prettiest Star shares an exercise to help you approach your manuscript from a new angle.
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GalleyCrush: Crooked Hallelujah
Kelli Jo Ford’s Crooked Hallelujah, forthcoming from Grove Press on July 14, 2020.
Postcard From the Pandemic: Space as a Blanket for Well-Being
A horse trainer and author of a memoir, Half Broke, contemplates silence, distance, and the language of our bodies during a pandemic.
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Postcard From the Pandemic: Doing Time in Hong Kong
A writer and illustrator in Hong Kong contemplates the lack of social interaction during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Literary Events Move Online in Efforts to Thwart Pandemic
The 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center is just one of the venues offering online literary programming.
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StayHomeWriMo Rallies Writers
A new initiative from the organizers of National Novel Writing Month invites writers to find comfort in their creativity and stay inside while the battle with COVID-19 continues.
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KGB Bar in NYC Fights to Stay Afloat
One of the New York City literary world’s most iconic gathering places faces an uncertain future during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ten Questions for Marianne Chan
“I wish I could simply walk into an office every day and feel ready to go, but that’s just not the case for me, and I know that by now.” —Marianne Chan, author of All Heathens
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Postcard From the Pandemic: Zoom Teaching
An adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco writes about transitioning to online learning after her physical classroom was closed.
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Authors Reimagine Live Events During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has radically disrupted the book business, setting off waves of bookstore closures and book festival cancellations, so authors and booksellers are teaming up to shift live events online.
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GalleyCrush: Want
Lynn Steger Strong’s Want, forthcoming from Henry Holt and Company on July 7, 2020.
Ten Questions for Paul Lisicky
“Work that’s good, that’s itself, eventually gets seen.” —Paul Lisicky, author of Later
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Imagine a World Without Writing
The author of more than thirty books of fiction and nonfiction imagines how a world without writing might function.
Craft Capsule: Metabolizing
Emma Copley Eisenberg finds inspiration on the open road, driving more than ten thousand miles in three months.
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GalleyCrush: Self Care
Leigh Stein’s Self Care, forthcoming from Penguin Books on June 30, 2020.
Ten Questions for Carolyn Forché
“The greatest challenge was in recognizing which poems belonged to this book and which did not.” —Carolyn Forché, author of In the Lateness of the World
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Craft Capsule: Living Images
Emma Copley Eisenberg borrows a creative exercise from beloved writer and comics artist Lynda Barry.
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GalleyCrush: Friends and Strangers
J. Courtney Sullivan’s Friends and Strangers, forthcoming from Knopf on June 23, 2020.
Ten Questions for Jordan Kisner
“I find the notion of being ‘a writer’ ephemeral and fraught, while ‘someone who wrote today’ feels straightforward and manageable.” —Jordan Kisner, author of Thin Places
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Ten Questions for Kawai Strong Washburn
“There’s no shortcut. Not for anything.” —Kawai Strong Washburn, author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors
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Invisible Work: A Q&A With Hilary Leichter
The author of the debut novel Temporary discusses how impermanent work affects the soul.
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Craft Capsule: Researching IRL
“You ask the right person the right question at the right time, and they’ll tell you something that has never before been told in the history of the world.” Emma Copley Eisenberg celebrates the magic of reporting as a research tool.
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GalleyCrush: How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were, forthcoming from Random House on June 16, 2020. Editor’s Note: This book’s publication date has been postponed.