Poets & Writers Magazine

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.

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EDITOR’S Note • QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NO ANSWERS

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The International Library

CONTRIBUTORS

One Page Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Bookshop Expands Into Publishing

IN MEMORIAM

The Writing Freedom Fellowship

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Phillips Edits Princeton Poets

Writing Prompts and Exercises

The Pressure of Young Promise

Laugh Tracks

What Is Meant for You Is Always Meant for You

HOW TO SURVIVE THE DARKNESS OF OUR DAYS • IN HIS FIRST BOOK OF PROSE, DARK DAYS: FUGITIVE ESSAYS, PUBLISHED BY GRAYWOLF PRESS IN AUGUST, AWARD-WINNING POET ROGER REEVES BRAIDS MEMORY, THEORY, AND CLOSE CRITICAL READINGS TO EVOKE A PROFOUND VISION OF COMMUNITY, SOLIDARITY, AND EVEN JOY IN OUR PRESENT MOMENT.

Singing Into the Silence of the State

the tiny, ımmense, and immeasurable gift • Forty years into her illustrious career as a poet, during which she has published ten poetry collections, including her latest, The Asking: New and Selected Poems, Jane Hirshfield holds a simple hope for the future—that she may be granted the great fortune to write the next poem.

Each Morning Calls Us to Praise This World That Is Fleeting

2023 Nonfiction The New

Eirinie Carson

Leah Myers

Andrew Leland

Jen Soriano

Jami Nakamura Lin

Agents & Editors JAMIA WILSON • Random House executive editor and vice president Jamia Wilson talks about the passion for publishing as a craft that she learned at Feminist Press, how being a writer informs her work as an editor, and the importance of keeping an expansive view of the kinds of books an editor might be interested in.

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? • Letters From Six Writer-Mentors on the Choice to Pursue an MFA

DECISIONS, DECISIONS • Which MFA Program Is Right for You?

THE THIN ENVELOPE • Embracing Your Writing Life After MFA Rejections

WHEN WORKSHOP IS HARD • How to Deal With Tough Critiques, Miscommunications, and Our Own Insecurities

TWENTY-ONE OTHER WAYS TO GET THERE • An Alternative Map to a Writer’s Education

Publishing Myths • “You must have a big-name agent to get a book deal.”

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Jackson Poetry Prize Honors Sandra Lim