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Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Balancing the Books
by Kevin Nance
January/February 2009
As the crisis on Wall Street trickles down to Main Street, businesses of all kinds are responding to the gloomy economic climate with a variety of belt-tightening measures. Independent literary publishers are among the smaller, more vulnerable operations that are reacting to real and projected downturns in orders, sales, and, in the case of nonprofit houses, philanthropic giving.
The Written Image: Richard Baker
by Staff
January/February 2009
As more readers choose a nifty gadget like the Amazon Kindle over a hefty new hardcover, or a flashy iPhone application such as Stanza over the soft dog-ears of a well-worn paperback, those who still appreciate objects made solely of paper, ink, and glue will likely respond to the work of forty-nine-year-old painter Richard Baker.
Q&A: Dan Chiasson Chooses Carefully
by Sarah Weinman
January/February 2009
Dan Chiasson, who last fall succeeded former poet laureate Charles Simic as a poetry editor of the Paris Review, recently spoke—by phone from a New York City taxicab—about his new role at the venerable journal.
Small Press Points
by Kevin Larimer
January/February 2009
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Fact-Simile Editions, Wave Books, and Hol Art Books.
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
by Staff
January/February 2009
With so many good books being published every month, some literary titles worth exploring can get lost in the stacks. Page One offers the first lines of a dozen recently released books, including Stephanie Kallos's Sing Them Home and Kyle Beachy's The Slide as the starting point for a closer look at these new and noteworthy titles.
Literary MagNet
by Kevin Larimer
January/February 2009
Literary MagNet chronicles the start-ups and closures, successes and failures, anniversaries and accolades, changes of editorship and special issues—in short, the news and trends—of literary magazines in America. This issue's MagNet features Farmhouse Magazine, the Atlanta Review, Tin House, theVirginia Quarterly Review, Poems Against War, and Poets Against War.
For Writers, the Doctor’s Definitely In
by Andrea Crawford
January/February 2009
The literary lineage of those who pursue medicine and also write is long and well known, with Anton Chekhov, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Carlos Williams, Mikhail Bulgakov, John Keats, and W. Somerset Maugham as standouts through history. But even among contemporary writers of fiction, doctors continue to hold their own.
Google Gets Generous, Settles Suit
by Kevin Canfield
January/February 2009
It took three years, but the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Authors Guild, and Google finally resolved a highly publicized dispute about copyright and intellectual property law by agreeing on a $125 million out-of-court settlement that would seem to benefit all parties involved.
Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Four Young Literary Agents
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
January/February 2009
Four young literary agents meet for an evening of food, wine, and conversation about the writing they’re looking for, how they’re finding it, what they love, what they hate, and ten things writers should never ever do.
Pass-Along Poems
by Staff
January/February 2009
Online Only, posted 1.01.09
Spread the word about debut poets and their work with this Pass-Along Poems chapbook. Print, assemble, and bind several handcrafted, saddle-stitched editions. Add your recommendations for first-time poets on the back pages, and while you’re at it, paste in your own polished, unpublished work or that of others you admire.
