J.D. McClatchy, poet, liberalist, and memoirist, talks about coming of age during the Vietnam War, coming out of the closet in the '70s, and editing The Yale Review.
January/February 1998
Features
Singing and Preaching: Christians in Writing
Challenges of being a Christian writer.
Confessions of a Poet: A Profile of J.D. McClatchy
J.D. McClatchy.
An Appetite for What Matters: The Hungry Mind Review
The success of the quarterly book review magazine, The Hungry Mind Review.
Expanding Poetry Calendar
Poetry Calendar goes from an events listing broadsheet to a cutting edge literary journal.
Dorset Colony House for Writers: Hidden in Plain Sight
Dorset colony.
Tips for Those About to Sign a Book
The art of book signing.
Poets' Archives
As libraries become increasingly interested in acquiring poets' papers, writers who wish to sell their archives should take certain setps.
Writers' Rituals
The first challenge of writing is securing a zone of one's own.
Writers' Rituals
The first challenge of writing is securing a zone of one's own.
Poets' Archives
As libraries become increasingly interested in acquiring poets' papers, writers who wish to sell their archives should take certain steps.
Making the Stony Stony
In this exploration of the creative process, the author, a fiction writer, reveals that the books that have been indispensable to his life as an artist are distinguished by strangeness.
News and Trends
NEA Looks Forward to 1998
The NEA survives the House's push to abolish all funding; NEA chairman Jane Alexander steps down.
Poetry Turns 85
Monthly magazine "Poetry" celebrates its 85th anniversary.