How to Write Ethically About Those You Love, and Don’t Love Anymore
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) offers insight on how to approach writing sensitively about one’s most intimate relationships.
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Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Too Good to Be True: How to Avoid Scams Targeting Writers
A poet who nearly fell for an e-mail scam warns writers about what to look out for, including offers that arrive out of the blue and sound too good to be true.
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Beware of Scams Targeting Writers
Scams targeting writers remain a threat, and Poets & Writers urges the literary community to be vigilant to avoid falling prey to scammers and frauds.
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Ten Questions for Siew Hii
“Being gentle may not make it better, but it rarely makes it worse.” —Siew Hii, author of Entered Some Aliens
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Ethical Rage: How Metaphor Transforms Anger Into a Higher Truth
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) considers how metaphor can help metabolize anger.
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Ten Questions for Tara Menon
“Don’t rush the writing, and enjoy it for itself.” —Tara Menon, author of Under Water
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Lie Well: How to Fib Ethically in Your Poems
The author of Pulse (Omnidawn, 2026) considers how one can morally bend the truth in poetry.
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Ten Questions for Tom Junod
“When I work in coffee shops, people actually remark on the chaos of my desktop, wondering how I can get any work done.” —Tom Junod, author of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man
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Ten Questions for Jordy Rosenberg
“I am often wildly optimistic about my productivity in the mornings. This feeling lasts no later than noon.” —Jordy Rosenberg, author of Night Night Fawn
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Interrogating Every Line
The author of Clutch (Tin House, February 2026) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript.
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Ten Questions for Tayari Jones
“I think that losing the joy of process causes writer’s block.” —Tayari Jones, author of Kin
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Manipulating the Shape of a Story
The author of Clutch (Tin House, February 2026) reflects on adjusting rising and falling action across time in fiction.
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The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Write a series of formal poems to reflect on a complicated aspect of your life, a story in which you pose as the recipient of letters from a nonhuman character, or a hybrid essay that incorporates elements of memoir and criticism.
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Q&A: Katrine Øgaard Jensen Leads ALTA
The new executive director of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) discusses the role of translation in the literary landscape and exciting upcoming initiatives at ALTA.
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Literary MagNet: Mandy-Suzanne Wong
The prose writer Mandy-Suzanne Wong highlights journals that have published some of her surprising, emotive essays on mollusks including Digging Press Journal and Black Warrior Review.
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Small Press Points: Trio House Press
Founded in 2012 and now based in Minneapolis, Trio House Press publishes twelve books of poetry and nonfiction annually and aims for its titles to build empathy and understanding.
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Poetry to Save Us: Boa at 50
Boa Editions celebrates a half century of independent publishing and releases a previously unpublished collection of Lucille Clifton’s poetry.
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Crime and Compassion: A Profile of T Kira Māhealani Madden
T Kira Māhealani Madden’s new novel, Whidbey, asks challenging questions about how we as a society treat and talk about both the survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Night Owl by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Frog: And Other Essays by Anne Fadiman.
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The Clash of Amazon and the Indies
Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, a look back at last year’s controversy when Amazon surprised indie stores with a sale of its own.
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A Lifeline From Literary Arts Fund
Seven private foundations have forged a new partnership to support literary arts organizations amidst an increasingly precarious funding landscape.
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Blurring the Borders in Fiction: On Mapping and Naming, Unmapping and Unnaming
A novelist explores the decision to name real places in fiction, the way maps circumscribe those places, how locales heavily defined by tourism are susceptible to those projections, and what it means to push against those expectations.
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Sowing Season: On ASL Poetry, Deaf Art, and the Queer Archive
The author of Last Psalm at Sea Level considers the different shapes of language through a reflection on curating Deaf art and signed literature for programming at the Guggenheim Museum.
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The Written Image: Rewriting the World
A new exhibition at the Center for Book Arts in New York City focuses on Isidore Isou and the postwar, avant-garde artistic movement he spearheaded in France.
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Send Me a Sign
At Ragdale, the author of The Great Believers receives portents that shape her books and strengthen her resolve.
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