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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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Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 51 • Issue 1

EDITOR’S Note • HOW TO BE INSPIRED

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Writers at Risk

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Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Library Links to Banned Books

Audience for Audiobooks Grows

Small Press Points

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Dear Poetry • REFLECTIONS ON THE HEALING POWER OF VERSE

Start Dreaming A Sea of Ideas for the Year of Writing Ahead

Twelve Things That Help Me Set My Table

Twelve Ways to Create Space to Write No Matter Where You Are

Twelve Paintings That Make Me Want to Write Poetry

Twelve (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals

Twelve Photographs That Make Me Want to Write About What It Means to Be Alive

Twelve Poems to Compel a Poet

Twelve Films That Put Me in the Mood to Write

Twelve Food-Related Writing Prompts

Twelve Tips for Collaborating With a Cat (Who Wants to Help You Write)

Twelve Ways to Resurrect the Dead, Which Is to Say: To Write

Twelve Reasons You Should Keep Writing

The Beauty of Being • Our Eighteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets

Courtney Faye Taylor • CONCENTRATE

Maya Salameh • HOW TO MAKE AN ALGORITHM IN THE MICROWAVE

John Belk • THE GARDENS OF OUR CHILDHOODS

James Fujinami Moore • INDECENT HOURS

No‘u Revilla • ASK THE BRINDLED

Katie Marya • SUGAR WORK

Chia-Lun Chang • PRESCRIBEE

Nicholas Goodly • BLACK SWIM

Rachel Mannheimer • EARTH ROOM

Shelley Wong • AS SHE APPEARS

Game Changers • LITERARY MAGAZINES AS THE GATEWAY TO YOUR CAREER

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