The Literary Agent—Who Needs One and Why?
The first chapter in a new Poets & Writers book explores the pros and cons of hiring a literary agent.
Department: Feature
An Interview with Rick Bass
Rick Bass, the author of The Watch, fights environmental battles for his home in the Montana wilderness, the only place where he can write.
Curbstone: An Engaged Press
For almost twenty years, Judith Doyle and Alex Taylor's Curbstone Press has been publishing literature that makes social statements.
An Interview with Leslie Garrett
Leslie Garrett, author of In the Country of Desire, explains what happened in the twenty-five-year silence since his first novel, The Beasts.
Physician as Poet, Poem as Patient
A physician-poet discovers how poems can help heal patients and nourish the art of medicine.
Vallecitos Retreat
A "rural-boy-turned-writer" discovers a restful paradise in nothern New Mexico.
Arte Público Press
The third story in our Small Press Series profiles the country's oldest and largest publisher of Hispanic literature.
An Interview With Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker, one of the leading experimental writers in the United States, explains her use of pornography and appropriated text.
Writing the Last Frontier: The Literary Life in Alaska
Writers on the forefront of Alaskan literature writers discuss writing in a harsh environment.
An Interview With Eudora Welty
In a rare interview, Eudora Welty, one of America's most beloved authors, talks about the events in her life that inspired her penetrating stories.
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