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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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
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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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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5 Over 50: 2020
Five authors over the age of fifty—Elizabeth Wetmore, Vivian Gibson, A. H. Kim, Susan Buttenwieser, and Daniel Becker—share excerpts from their first books.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
Two new notable anthologies, And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again and African American Poetry, published in the second half of 2020.
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Ten Questions for Heid E. Erdrich
“You may not see it, but I am always writing.” —Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully
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Balkan Spring: Report From Literary Sofia, Bulgaria
In a continuing series on international writing communities, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with writers in the capital city of Bulgaria.
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Craft Capsule: Revising Folktales and Myths
The author of Each of Us Killers shares strategies for reinventing folktales and myths for contemporary times.
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GalleyCrush: 100 Boyfriends
Brontez Purnell’s 100 Boyfriends, forthcoming from MCD x FSG Originals on February 2, 2021.
Ten Questions for Cicely Belle Blain
“Write with yourself and your own healing in mind, before you think of anyone else.” —Cicely Belle Blain, author of Burning Sugar
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Craft Capsule: The Art of Literary Criticism
The author of Each of Us Killers shares a manifesto for literary criticism.
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GalleyCrush: The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void
Jackie Wang’s The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void, forthcoming from Nightboat Books on January 26, 2021.
Ten Questions for Juan Felipe Herrera
“We are all authors. Let us acknowledge everyone.” —Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Every Day We Get More Illegal
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Craft Capsule: We Are All Translators
The author of Each of Us Killers explains why reading and writing are forms of translation.
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GalleyCrush: Reel Bay
Jana Larson’s Reel Bay, forthcoming from Coffee House Press on January 19, 2021.
Ten Questions for Fariha Róisín
“I’ve been writing it for eighteen years. More than half my life.” —Fariha Róisín, author of Like a Bird
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Craft Capsule: Racial Markers and Being Marked
The author of RENDANG consults poems by Monica Youn, Meiling Jin, and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge to analyze how racial markers function in poetry.
GalleyCrush: Craft in the Real World
Matthew Salesses’s Craft in the Real World, forthcoming from Catapult on January 19, 2021.
Ten Questions for Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
“Choose the bilingual, the multilingual, and the polyglot.” —Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, author of The Life Assignment
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Ten Questions for Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump, the author and the translator of That Time of Year.
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Craft Capsule: Possible and Impossible
The author of RENDANG reflects on the value of uncertainty in his reading and writing lives.
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GalleyCrush: Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters’s Detransition, Baby, forthcoming from One World on January 12, 2021.
Ten Questions for Joshua Bennett
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
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Unstoppable: The Writer’s Pursuit of Purpose
The author of Fifty Words for Rain reflects on learning to forge her own unique path through the world.
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