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Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
In defiance of Amazon’s dominance in the bookselling market, Bookshop has launched an imprint that will release its inaugural title this fall. Bookshop will also introduce its own e-reading platform, supporting independent bookstores.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Down Here We Come Up by Sara Johnson Allen and Good Women by Halle Hill.
A collaboration between three literary organizations, the International Library is a new initiative presenting live conversations about literature in translation while connecting transnational audiences.
Random House executive editor and vice president Jamia Wilson talks about her passion for publishing as a craft, how being a writer informs her work as an editor, and the importance of keeping an expansive interest in books.
Essays by debut authors Eirinie Carson (The Dead Are Gods), Leah Myers (Thinning Blood), Andrew Leland (The Country of the Blind), Jen Soriano (Nervous), and Jami Nakamura Lin (The Night Parade).
Led by a board of distinguished authors in collaboration with three nonprofit organizations, a new yearlong fellowship supporting system-impacted writers promises to provide resources and funding to share their stories.
Dedicated to finding the voices and stories audiences most need to hear, Book*hug Press reads beyond borders as a Canadian press with international influences, representationally and aesthetically.
A look at three new anthologies, including Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them and Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.
The author of Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go introduces five journals, including Shenandoah and Hyphen, where she found understanding and acceptance for her stories.
The illustrator of the graphic novel My Brilliant Friend, Mara Cerri, discusses her artistic practice, the challenges of rendering an esteemed novel in images, and her experience working with one of world’s most elusive authors.
The new editor of the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets discusses the power of the written word, the importance of university presses, and his plans to leave no manuscript unturned.
From her home in Santa Fe, the celebrated author of the new essay collection Thin Skin discusses queer identity, what it takes to write against capitalism and climate crisis, and the arts of rest and beekeeping.
“Read more than you write.” —Robyn Schiff, author of Information Desk: An Epic
The recipients of the 2023 International Booker Prize discuss the Bulgarian author’s obsession with memory, growing up in the former socialist state, and the intricacies of translating the award-winning novel, Time Shelter.
The poet discusses erasure as process and metaphor, how she spent six years turning a report on police racism into poetry, and the inspiration of wild animals.
“I love when a poem is getting there, when I can’t stop coming back to it.” —Alise Alousi, author of What to Count
The author of The Museum of Human History discusses how the human mind and archetypal narratives informed her novel.
“One of the pleasures of writing short stories for me is the surprise of an ending.” —Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness
The author of The Museum of Human History considers how to manage a novel’s many threads.
“You have time.” —JoAnna Novak, author of Contradiction Days: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood
The author of The Museum of Human History offers a method for moving from short stories to longer-form narratives.
“I’m always trying to leave room in my writing for surprise.” —Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Small Worlds
“Finish the draft. Nothing else matters.” —Sarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told contemplates writing about and beyond personal boundaries.
The author of I Do Everything I’m Told considers the role of the breath in poetic composition.
