The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look inside three new anthologies, including A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary.
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Article Archive: News and Trends
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Graphic Narrative Workshops
Courses in graphic storytelling gain popularity at MFA programs, workshops, and community spaces across the United States.
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Small Press Points: Trembling Pillow Press
The New Orleans press publishes four or five poetry titles a year in an eclectic range of styles.
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An Indie Alternative to Amazon?
Andy Hunter, the cofounder of Electric Literature and Literary Hub, launches Bookshop, an e-commerce platform that promises indie bookstores a way to take back sales from Amazon.
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The Written Image: Shelley Jackson’s “Snow”
An author tells a fantastical story by writing it a word at a time in the snow.
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Q&A: Kelly Link Returns to Bookselling
The fiction writer on the twentieth anniversary of Small Beer Press and the opening of Book Moon, a bookstore in Massachusetts that she co-owns with her husband, Gavin J. Grant.
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Small Press Points: Unnamed Press
Unnamed Press, an L.A.–based press, aims to publish story-driven books by underrepresented or marginalized voices.
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The Written Image: Heaven’s Vault
Heaven’s Vault, a video game by inkle, requires players to translate the runes of an ancient language.
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Narrative Medicine for Doctors
A narrative medicine program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison helps doctors care for themselves and others through storytelling.
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Literary MagNet: Leigh Camacho Rourks
The author on five journals that published pieces from her story collection, Moon Trees and Other Orphans.
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Where Poetry Meets Journalism
Poet and journalist Alissa Quart is bringing documentary poetry to major media outlets.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A round-up of four new anthologies, including Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger edited by Lilly Dancyger.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Grand Union by Zadie Smith and Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout.
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The Second Shelf
In a tiny bookshop in London, writer A. N. Devers spotlights women’s writing by only stocking rare books and modern first editions by female authors.
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Q&A: A Century of Yale Younger Poets
Carl Phillips, the longtime judge of the Yale Younger Poets prize and the editor of the anthology Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets, on how the prize has evolved during the past century.
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Furious Flower Grows in Virginia
The nation’s oldest academic center dedicated to preserving Black poetry celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary.
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Small Press Points: Acre Books
The University of Cincinnati Press imprint publishes books of poetry and fiction that continue the successes of its affiliated literary journal, the Cincinnati Review.
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Merwin’s Garden
The Merwin Conservancy will become the official owner and steward of the garden that poet W. S. Merwin nurtured for more than forty years.
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Literary MagNet: Andrea Cohen
The poet discusses the journals that published pieces from her sixth collection, Nightshade.
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Q&A: Manuel Muñoz Directs Arizona MFA
Manuel Muñoz, the new director of the MFA program at the University of Arizona, discusses his new role, healthy creative environments, and common missteps he sees in applications.
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The Future of Barnes & Noble
Publishing insiders weigh in on the challenges facing the U.S. bookstore chain, which was sold to a hedge fund in June for $683 million.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat and Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison.
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Small Press Points: Cooper Dillon Books
The ten-year-old press publishes full-length poetry collections and chapbooks dedicated to the “values that make poetry timeless.”
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Poetry to the People Tour
In collaboration with Narrative 4, the House of SpeakEasy’s bookmobile will travel from New York City to New Orleans and give books to schools, prisons, and libraries along the way.
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The Written Image: Make/Shift
Copies of Joe Sacksteder’s story collection, Make/Shift, have been fashioned into a couture dress.
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