A Letter at a Time: Adastra Press
Behind the scenes at Adastra Press, where Gary Metras has steadfastly produced hand-sewn, letterpress-printed poetry chapbooks for nearly three decades.
Multimedia
Watch videos; listen to audio clips, including readings by authors featured in Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin; and view slideshows related to articles and features published in Poets & Writers Magazine.
The Road to Wonewoc
A series of photographs taken alongside the rural thoroughfares leading to Wonewoc, the small town in Wisconsin where novelist David
Rhodes lives with his wife, Edna.
DIY: How to Make a Saddle-Stitched Chapbook
A companion to our special section on independent presses.
The Nancy Book by Joe Brainard
A selection of images from the first title published by Siglio Press in Los Angeles.
An excerpt from The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
S. Epatha Merkerson reads an excerpt from Andrew Sean Greer's third novel, The Story of a Marriage, published in May by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
We think we know the ones we love.
Our husbands, our wives. We know them—we are them, sometimes;...
Poet Valzhyna Mort: An American Debut
Follow our cover subject, Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort, on her recent
trip to New York City. From a Ukranian diner in the East Village to a
conference hall in midtown, Mort shares her poetry and talks about the language and people that inspire...
Mondays at Skimmilk: 30 Years of Writers at Work
Mondays at Skimmilk: 30 Years of Writers at Work, a documentary film directed by Ken Browne, is being aired on public television stations across the country during National Poetry Month. The half-hour film tells the story of late New Hampshire poet...
Selling a Debut Novel: Inside a Bidding War
Joanna Smith Rakoff, founding contributor of our column First, describes the process of selling her debut novel, A Fortunate Age, to Scribner.
A poem from A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads a poem from A Coney Island of the Mind, published by New Directions in 1958. A fiftieth anniversary edition of the book is forthcoming from New Directions in April.
A poem from Behind My Eyes by Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee reads the first poem, "In His Own Shadow," from his fourth poetry collection, Behind My Eyes, published in January by Norton.
Conferences and Residencies Slideshow
A selection of photos from our special section on conferences, residencies, and festivals.
Sigrid Nunez reads from The Last of Her Kind (1.01.06)
Sigrid Nunez reads from her fifth novel, The Last of Her Kind.
How to Publish Your Short Story: A Panel Discussion (2.01.06)
How to Publish Your Short Story: A panel discussion with fiction editors from the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Open City, and One Story.
Terese Svoboda reads from Tin God (2.21.06)
Terese Svoboda reads from her third novel, Tin God.
Janice Erlbaum reads from Girlbomb (3.21.06)
Janice Erlbaum reads from her memoir Girlbomb.
Joshua Beckman reads from Shake (5.01.06)
Joshua Beckman reads from his fifth poetry collection, Shake.