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Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 47 • Issue 6
TOMORROW’S LITERARY VOICES
Reactions
The Second Shelf
Where Poetry Meets Journalism
Narrative Medicine for Doctors
Small Press Points
Literary MagNet
THE WRITTEN IMAGE
A Century of Yale Younger Poets
The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises
The Insanity and the Inspiration • NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
DREAM HOUSE as interview • IN HER NEW BOOK, IN THE DREAM HOUSE, CARMEN MARIA MACHADO REIMAGINES THE MEMOIR FORM BY EXAMINING HER PERSONAL STORY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE USING DIFFERENT NARRATIVE TROPES AND SHINES NEW LIGHT ON THE HISTORY AND REALITY OF ABUSE IN QUEER RELATIONSHIPS.
NAME A SONG • REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS IN CONVERSATION WITH MAHOGANY L. BROWNE
5 over 50
Julie Langsdorf
Valencia Robin
Timothy Brandoff
Margaret Renkl
Peter Kaldheim
The Future of Independent Publishing • EIGHT INDUSTRY INNOVATORS ON THE BOOK BUSINESS OF TOMORROW
This Is Not a Manifesto
A Necessary Resilience
A Sustainable Business Model
Truth to Power
Distribution and Discoverability
Right in Front of You + Immersive
Digital Distribution Models
A Call for Change
How to Get Paid • FINANCE 101 FOR WRITERS
Reviewers & Critics • CARLOS LOZADA OF THE WASHINGTON POST
Deadlines
OKLAHOMA POETS AND FICTION WRITERS • 2020 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Submission Calendar
Recent Winners
DONORS TO POETS & WRITERS, INC.
Conferences & Residencies
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