Q&A: Sarah Browning Splits This Rock
Split This Rock’s outgoing executive director on the intersection of poetry and politics, and the organization’s upcoming festival.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
The Art of Publicity: How Indie Publicists Work With Writers
Independent publicists Lauren Cerand, Kima Jones, and Michael Taeckens on what they do for authors.
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The Written Image: The Little Book of Feminist Saints
Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp’s new book features a hundred women who have changed the world.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen new books, including Feel Free by Zadie Smith.
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Small Press Points: Gold Wake Press
A small press based in Austin, Texas, and Des Moines offers a new model for submissions.
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I, Too Arts Collective
A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
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The Endangered Poetry Project
A London-based initiative works to collect and archive poems in endangered languages.
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Literary MagNet: Dionisia Morales
Dionisia Morales on five journals that published essays from her debut collection, Homing Instincts.
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Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country
Described as “a lamentation aimed at providing clarity,” Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country is Steve Almond's effort to make sense of our historical moment using literary voices, including Melville, Orwell, Bradbury, and Baldwin.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Fine Arts Work Center
The author of The Refugees on the retreat in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Duy Doan on the Kundiman Retreat
The author of We Play a Game on the retreat in New York City.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Tommy Orange on the MacDowell Colony
The author of There There on the retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Christine Schutt on Yaddo
The author of Pure Hollywood on the retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Danez Smith on the Millay Colony
The author of Don’t Call Us Dead on the retreat in Austerlitz, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Tayari Jones on the Ucross Foundation
The author of An American Marriage on the retreat in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Amina Gautier on the Camargo Foundation
The author of The Loss of All Lost Things on the retreat in Cassis, France.
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The Poem Chooses You
Poetry Out Loud offers high school students a new way of seeing the world.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Reginald Dwayne Betts on the Cave Canem Retreat
The author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm on the retreat in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Nathan Englander on the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
The author of The Ministry of Special Cases on the retreat in New York City.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Kirsten Lunstrum on the Mineral School
The author of What We Do With the Wreckage on the retreat in Mineral, Washington
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Craft Capsule: The Craft of Humility, the Craft of Love
A poet and essayist recalls his personal introductions to poetry and its craft during his younger years.
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Craft Capsule: Every Novel Is a Journey
Authors share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: Tayari Jones completes the journey of writing her novel An American Marriage.
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Craft Capsule: Finding the Center
Authors share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: finding the center of your story.
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Craft Capsule: The Scourge of Technology
Authors share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: writing around tech in contemporary fiction.
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Craft Capsule: Finding Your Story
Authors share their notes on writing in this series of micro craft essays. In the latest installment: finding the story that challenges you.
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