Ten Questions for Emily Wilson
“At a certain point, you just have to make that shift into the difficulty head-on. You have to hit it.” —Emily Wilson, author of Burnt Mountain
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Genre: Poetry
Reading Queerly
The author of Bright Fear (Faber & Faber, 2023) and Flèche(Faber & Faber, 2019) reflects on how queer traces in literature can open doorways of possibility.
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Ten Outstanding Literary Magazines for Poetry
The author of How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published With Literary Magazines and Small Presses names top journals offering visibility, community, and meaningful pay to poets.
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The Literary Sizzle in Dallas
New publishing lines, reading series, symposia, and magazine partnerships are springing up in Dallas with support from SMU’s Project Poëtica.
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50 Over 50: Celebrating a Decade of Debut Excellence
Since 2016, Poets & Writers Magazine has showcased authors who have made their literary debuts after the age of fifty in our annual 5 Over 50 series. These are the fifty writers and books that have been celebrated in our pages.
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Small Press Points: Green Linden Press
Based in Grinnell, Iowa, and motivated by a mission to support reforestation, Green Linden Press publishes around six titles per year and donates a portion of its proceeds to environmental efforts.
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Singing the Sublime: A Profile of Donika Kelly
In her latest poetry collection, The Natural Order of Things, out now from Graywolf Press, Donika Kelly celebrates joy as a simple yet radical means of resisting despair.
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Donika Kelly at the Silo City Reading Series
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“So much has happened / that I would never have known / I could remember.” In this Silo City Reading Series video, Donika Kelly reads her poem “Suicide Watch: Spring,” which appears in her third poetry collection, The Natural Order of Things (Graywolf Press, 2025). Read a profile of Kelly by Brian Gresko in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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5 Over 50: 2025
Essays by debut authors Jennifer Eli Bowen, Princess Joy L. Perry, Yael Valencia Aldana, Vishwas R. Gaitonde, and Lauren K. Watel as well as excerpts from their books.
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Literary MagNet: Dong Li
The translator of Ye Hui’s The Ruins highlights journals that embraced his translations, including Asymptote and Copihue Poetry.
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