Sign in or Register | Help | Contact Us | Donate

Advanced Search

Archive

Our archive includes the full text of select articles published in Poets & Writers Magazine, as well as abstracts for all other pieces.

  • 1 Year Ago January/February 2008 cover
  • 3 Years Ago January/February 2006 cover
  • 5 Years Ago January/February 2004 cover

Browse Issues by Year

Popular Articles

Most Read

Most Read

Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Molly Friedrich

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

Feature

September/October 2008

0809friedrich_thumb.jpg

Known as a heavy-hitting agent willing to go to bat for her clients, Molly Friedrich discusses how an author should choose an agent, what she looks for in a manuscript, and what separates great agents from merely good ones.

Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Editor Janet Silver

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

Feature

July/August 2008

0807silver_thumbnail.jpg

Having settled into her new role at Nan Talese’s imprint following her ouster from Houghton Mifflin, editor Janet Silver discusses what she looks for in a new writer and what every author should know about agents.

Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Lynn Nesbit

by Jofie Ferrari-Adler

Special Section

January/February 2008

With more than forty years of experience in the business, agent Lynn Nesbit discusses how she signed some of her biggest clients, how a writer can get an agent’s attention, and what’s wrong with the publishing industry.

Most E-mailed

Q&A: Twichell Passes Ausable Torch

by Kevin Larimer

News and Trends

September/October 2008

chasetwichell_thumb.jpg

Poet Chase Twichell talks about the decision to end her ten-year run as publisher and hand over her independent press to the nation’s largest poetry publisher, Copper Canyon Press.

These United States

by Joe Woodward

News and Trends

November/December 2008

0811woodward_thumb.jpg

As the presidential election approaches, our national hand-wringing has ramped up and everyone is once again focused on the perennial question: What makes America America? Two recent literary anthologies show just how far this popular introspection reaches into our creative communities of writers and artists. 

Way, Way Too Much Information

by Frank Bures

News and Trends

May/June 2008

Today, it seems that we have access to an unlimited amount of information all the time, and for those of us who want to be alone with our thoughts, that information is getting harder and harder to avoid. More and more of us suffer from a condition sometimes called "digital information overload," or "infomania."

Search the Archive

Sign Me Up

Poets & Writers Newsletter

P&W Newsletters

Sign up to receive reminders of writing contest deadlines and news about all of P&W's programs.

Click to Sign Up

Subscribe to P&W Magazine | Donate Now | Advertise | | Help | About Us | Contact Us

© Copyright Poets & Writers 2008. All Rights Reserved