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Celebrate The New Nonfiction debut authors featured in our September/October 2026 issue with a virtual reading by all five authors followed by a conversation with senior editor India Lena González. This event was held on Wednesday, September 23, at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT.
Join poet Phillip B. Williams and Poets & Writers Magazine contributing editor Destiny O. Birdsong for a reading and discussion of Williams’s new poetry collection, Lift Every Voice. This virtual event took place on Monday, July 13, at 7 PM EDT.
Celebrate this issue’s First Fiction 2026 debut authors with a virtual reading and conversation hosted by senior editor India Lena González. This virtual event took place on Thursday, July 23, at 7 PM EDT.
Join Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in “New Ways of Seeing: Our Twenty-First Annual Look at Debut Poets.” The virtual event, which took place over two evenings, includes readings from the poets as well as conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.
Celebrate this year’s 5 Over 50 with readings from the authors and a conversation about their individual paths to publication. This free virtual event took place on Thursday, November 6, at 7 PM EST.
Celebrate The New Nonfiction 2025 debut authors featured in our September/October 2025 issue with a virtual reading and conversation with features editor India Lena González. This event took place on Thursday, September 25.
Celebrate this issue’s First Fiction 2025 debut authors with a virtual reading and conversation with features editor India Lena González on Thursday, July 24, at 7 PM EDT.
Join poet Douglas Kearney and Poets & Writers Magazine contributing editor Destiny O. Birdsong for a reading and discussion of Kearney’s new poetry collection, I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always. This free virtual event took place on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 7:00 PM EDT.
Join novelist Karen Russell and frequent Poets & Writers Magazine contributor Brian Gresko for a reading and discussion of Russell’s new novel, The Antidote. This event took place on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM EDT.
Join Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in “The Luminous Life: Our Twentieth Annual Look at Debut Poets.” The virtual event, which took place over two evenings, included readings from the poets and conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.
