Save Indie Bookstores
A campaign started by James Patterson has raised more than $1.2 million to help indie bookstores struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Literary MagNet: Billy-Ray Belcourt
The author of the essay collection A History of My Brief Body and the poetry collection This Wound Is a World on five journals that have published his poems and essays.
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Reviewers & Critics: Maris Kreizman
The freelance critic on her path to becoming a critic, her reading process, and her favorite publications.
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First Fiction 2020
Our annual debut fiction roundup features Ashleigh Bryant Phillips, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Corinne Manning, Megha Majumdar, and John Fram.
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Agents for Poets: An Investigation
An in-depth look into whether the number of poets represented by literary agents is on the rise, and how agents help poets achieve their career goals.
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Q&A: Kuipers Leads Poetry Northwest
Poet Keetje Kuipers, the new editor in chief of Poetry Northwest, shares her plans for bringing a sense of play and risk to the Pacific Northwest’s oldest literary magazine.
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The Written Image: Home Cooking
Writers have been cooking up a bright array of foods, from strawberry chiffon cake to Sichuan chili fish, while heeding orders to stay at home during the pandemic.
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Ten Questions for Rachel Eliza Griffiths
“The uneven rhythms of grief don’t allow you to do or to feel life as you did before.” —Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Seeing the Body
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A Letter From a Black Woman in Publishing on the Industry’s Cruel, Hypocritical Insistence That Words Matter
A message to self-proclaimed allies: Actions speak louder than words.
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Resources for Writers in Support of Justice and Action
Resources and ideas for fighting racial injustice and police violence, both on and off the page.
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GalleyCrush: Hotel Almighty
Sarah J. Sloat’s Hotel Almighty, forthcoming from Sarabande Books on September 15, 2020.
Ten Questions for Lauren Russell
“What’s most fundamental is being able to listen.” —Lauren Russell, author of Descent
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Craft Capsule: Break It Down or Shorter Forms
The author of This Is One Way to Dance reflects on using fragments to build a larger structure.
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Q&A: Meera Dasgupta Named National Youth Poet Laureate
The 2020 National Youth Poet Laureate talks about the intersection of poetry and activism, creativity during the pandemic, and more.
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GalleyCrush: Be Holding
Ross Gay’s Be Holding, forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press on September 8, 2020.
Ten Questions for Ilana Masad
“I have a deeply unhealthy work-life balance in that the Venn diagram of those things is a circle.” —Ilana Masad, author of All My Mother’s Lovers
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Craft Capsule: Feel Your Way
The author of This Is One Way to Dance considers the consonances and dissonances between dance and writing.
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GalleyCrush: Pink Mountain on Locust Island
Jamie Marina Lau’s Pink Mountain on Locust Island, forthcoming from Coffee House Press on September 8, 2020.
Ten Questions for Kate Zambreno
“I’m mistrustful of writing advice in general.” —Kate Zambreno, author of Drifts
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Craft Capsule: Notes From the Cutting Room Floor
The author of This Is One Way to Dance shares how notes—footnotes, codas, prologues, corrections—figure into her writing process.
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Postcard From the Pandemic: Creativity Behind Closed Doors in New York City
The author of And Then We Grew Up considers solitude, loneliness, and the act of writing in a city hit hard by COVID-19.
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GalleyCrush: Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, forthcoming from Knopf on September 8, 2020.
Ten Questions for Cooper Lee Bombardier
“It is a vulnerable thing to expose one’s least-glamorous moments to the scrutiny of the page.” —Cooper Lee Bombardier, author of Pass With Care
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GalleyCrush: Hysteria
Jessica Gross’s Hysteria, forthcoming from Unnamed Press on August 18, 2020.
Between Worlds: A Q&A With Poet Kiki Petrosino
The author of White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia discusses definitions of poetry, ancestral silence, and unpacking American history’s “white blood.”
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