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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Poets & Writers Magazine

EDITOR’S Note • A SPACE WHERE YOUR WRITING CAN THRIVE

LETTERS

The Lampblack Model

CONTRIBUTORS

Giving Translators Their Due

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Puerto Rican Writers in the Spotlight

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

David Treuer of Pantheon

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Confessions of a Failed Novelist • IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY, AND TRY AGAIN

Becoming a Mother-Writer • NOTES ON RECONCILING THE PERSONAL, THE PROFESSIONAL, AND THE POLITICAL

Naming the Nowhere That Language Was Stuck In • SIX YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF HER ACCLAIMED DEBUT, LOOK, SOLMAZ SHARIF RETURNS WITH A SECOND POETRY COLLECTION, CUSTOMS, THAT BUILDS UPON THE POETIC SCRUTINY SHE HAS LEVELED AT THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE, FOREVER IN TENSION WITH THE NATURE OF BEING.

Social Skills Training

A Practical Guide to Starting a Group of Your Own

The Many Different Kinds of Writers Groups

Reenvisioning theWriters Group

The Perfectly Balanced Writers Group

A Former Pollyanna Learns the Value of Critical Feedback

Book Advances 101 • AN AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO GETTING PAID

First • PAUL TRAN’S ALL THE FLOWERS KNEELING

Orchard of Knowing

The Fully Fact-Checked Memoir • BACKING UP FACTS, STANDING BEHIND TRUTH

Deadlines

Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

PATRONS CIRCLE • Supporting literature at its source

Rhode Island Writers Connect