Ntozake Shange, the prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, talks about how her characters give voice to long-silenced women of color.
May/June 1993
Features
The Literary Agent—Who Needs One and Why?
The first chapter in a new Poets & Writers book explores the pros and cons of hiring a literary agent.
An Interview with Rick Bass
Rick Bass, the author of The Watch, fights environmental battles for his home in the Montana wilderness, the only place where he can write.
Curbstone: An Engaged Press
For almost twenty years, Judith Doyle and Alex Taylor's Curbstone Press has been publishing literature that makes social statements.
Recycle This Manuscript
The judge of chapbook contest describes the life cycle of the manuscripts in a poetry competition.
An Interview with Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange, the prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, talks about how her characters give voice to long-silenced women of color.
Queer Publishing: Between the Covers
Books are often only the source of vital information and entertainment for a large and lasting audience of gay people.
The Santa Barbara Writer's Conference
Every year at a beach in Southern California, Barnaby Conrad brings together well-known literary figures and writers seeking opportunities for a "week-long high" of workshops and lectures.
River Rhymes
A poet follows his own rules as the inventor of a new form of light verse.
News and Trends
Literary Marketing Gets a $1.4 Million Boost
The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund has awarded $1.4 million to eighteen literary magazines and presses to help them reach more readers through new marketing strategies.
Arts Wire Links Writers Nationwide
A new online network connects writers and artists with organizations that support their work.
Harry Ford Receives Editing Award from NPS
After nearly a decade of editing both promising and accomplished poets, Harry Ford of Alfred A. Knopf receives the first Award for Editing given by the National Poetry Series.