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.

Poets & Writers Magazine

EDITOR’S Note • WHO? ME? COME IN, COME IN!

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At Home With Elizabeth Bishop

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

An Alaska Retreat for Women Writers

594 Ways of Reading Jane Eyre

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Cisneros Celebrates Macondo

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

How to Live • LESSONS FROM LAST NIGHT’S READING

Energy

American Arithmetic

Force of Will • THE STORY OF EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL’S DRAMATIC ASCENT TO THE BEST-SELLER LIST AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF HER FOURTH NOVEL, STATION ELEVEN, HOLDS VALUABLE LESSONS FOR WRITERS ABOUT HARD WORK AND PERSISTENCE. HER RESPONSE TO THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR HER FOLLOW-UP, THE GLASS HOTEL, MAY BE EVEN MORE INSTRUCTIVE.

Ghosts

YOU GET YOUR OWN ISLAND • Exploring Wilderness Residencies at National Parks Across the Country

Seeds of Change • What a Summer Writers Conference Can (and Cannot) Do for You

First • MONICA SOK’S A NAIL THE EVENING HANGS ON

The Weaver

Inside Publishing • THE BOOK PUBLICIST

Reviewers & Critics

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Recent Winners

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