Ten Questions for Franny Choi
“The more you write, the more there will be to write about—so you’ve just gotta cut it off at some point!” —Franny Choi, author of The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
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Article Archive
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Old Verdurin in His Frock Coat: On Literature’s Found Objects
The author of The White Mosque considers how writing holds space for the accidental, the random, and the stray.
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Ten Questions for Jeanna Kadlec
“The first draft is just telling the story to yourself.” —Jeanna Kadlec, author of Heretic
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Fiat Lux: On Literary Atmospheres
The author of The White Mosque charts the ambience of literary worlds.
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Ten Questions for Dani Shapiro
“Fixed ideas are always problematic when it comes to writing fiction.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires
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Blessed Citation
The author of The White Mosque offers an ode to intertextuality.
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Ravenous With Story: A Profile of Celeste Ng
In her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, best-selling author Celeste Ng continues to explore the social and political pressures that shape family dynamics—this time in a story set in a contemporary dystopia that feels frighteningly familiar.
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Lit Mag Changes Exploitative Name
The Fall 2022 issue of Crazyhorse will be the last under a name that the editors now recognize as a “longstanding appropriation of Lakota culture.”
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
A look at four new anthologies, including Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic and When the Smoke Cleared: Attica Prison Poems and Journals.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Extinction Theory by Kien Lam and Liberation Day by George Saunders.
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Freedom Reads
An organization founded and directed by Reginald Dwayne Betts seeks to bring the spirit of literature into prisons by installing libraries and inviting theater productions, book clubs, and world-class writers inside carceral walls.
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Getting Paid
While some literary magazines pay up to a few hundred dollars for literary work, many don’t pay at all. A published writer offers an overview of how to find paying markets, when to publish for free, and tips for a submission strategy.
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Literary Magazines That Pay
A curated list of twenty-two literary magazines that pay writers cash for their creative contributions.
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5 Over 50: 2022
Essays by debut authors Madhushree Ghosh, Sari Botton, David Santos Donaldson, Shareen K. Murayama, and Jane Campbell.
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New Dictionary Seeks Public Input
The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, slated for release in 2025, will involve a three-year-long multidisciplinary research project compiling terms popularized by speakers of African American English.
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Small Press Points: Black Lawrence Press
Black Lawrence Press’s Immigrant Writing Series was launched in response to a lack of book-publication options for immigrant writers, whose unique perspectives might not resonate with nonimmigrant editors.
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Literary MagNet: Abigail Chabitnoy
The author of In the Current Where Drowing Is Beautiful highlights five journals that first published her poems, including Peripheries and the Capilano Review.
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The Written Image: The Shape of Words
Dallas artist Simeen Farhat crafts text-inspired sculptures in a complex process that blends literary and figurative composition and reminds viewers of language’s physicality.
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Q&A: Giménez Takes Helm at Graywolf
Graywolf Press’s new publisher and executive director discusses the shifting landscape of literary publishing, her multidisciplinary career, and what collaboration means to her.
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Don’t Forget Joy: Working With an Independent Publicist as a Small Press Author
A poet and author offers tips for how to find and collaborate with a growing group of independent publicists who work specifically with poets and small press authors and whose help is available for far less than high-profile publicists.
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Ten Questions for E. M. Tran
“There’s space for your story.” —E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year
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Ten Questions for Olena Kalytiak Davis
“Poetry is impossible, but it is not difficult.” —Olena Kalytiak Davis, author of Late Summer Ode
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Real Person, Imagined Scene
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved investigates the uses of specificity in narrative poetry.
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Ten Questions for James Cagney
“I’m not a writer, I’m a receiver for something I don’t always understand.” —James Cagney, author of Martian: The Saint of Loneliness
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Story Dynamics in Poetry
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved illuminates the power of narrative to move a poem forward.
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