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Poets & Writers Magazine

May/June 2023
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.

pw.org

Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 51 • Issue 3

EDITOR’S Note • DWELLING IN CONFIDENCE

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at pw.org, e-mail editor@pw.org, or write to Editor, Poets & Writers Magazine, 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

NEWS AND Trends

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

ChatGPT Revises Authorship

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Q & A Major Jackson of The Slowdown

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Radiant Fog • ONE WRITER’S LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA

Bringing the Joy • LUIS ALBERTO URREA ALWAYS KNEW HIS MOTHER HAD A STORY; HE JUST DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO TELL IT. BUT IN RESEARCHING AND WRITING HIS NEW NOVEL, GOOD NIGHT, IRENE, WHICH FICTIONALIZES HER EXPERIENCES AS A MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS’S LITTLE-KNOWN CLUBMOBILE SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE GAINED A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSON SHE WAS—AND AT LAST GAVE HER THE HAPPY ENDING SHE DESERVED.

blooming how she must • WITH ROOTS IN NATURE WRITING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, POETRY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY, CAMILLE T. DUNGY’S NEW BOOK, SOIL: THE STORY OF A BLACK MOTHER’S GARDEN, DELVES INTO THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ACT OF CULTIVATING AND DIVERSIFYING A GARDEN OF HERBS, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, AND OTHER PLANTS IN THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE COMMUNITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.

BE BOLD • PURSUE YOUR CONTEST DREAMS—AT ANY STAGE IN YOUR CAREER

Break On Through • A GUIDE TO GREAT CONTESTS FOR EMERGING WRITERS

Level Up • CONTEST JUDGES ON STANDING OUT IN A CROWD

Writing Into Our Imagining • APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Celebrate Every Win • HOW SAVORING ONE VICTORY CAN FUEL YOUR NEXT

First • GINA CHUNG’S SEA CHANGE

The Fine Print • HOW TO READ YOUR BOOK CONTRACT

Deadlines

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

A Virtuous Circle


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 124 Publisher: Poets & Writers, Inc Edition: May/June 2023

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  • Release date: April 12, 2023

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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.

pw.org

Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 51 • Issue 3

EDITOR’S Note • DWELLING IN CONFIDENCE

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at pw.org, e-mail editor@pw.org, or write to Editor, Poets & Writers Magazine, 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

NEWS AND Trends

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

ChatGPT Revises Authorship

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Q & A Major Jackson of The Slowdown

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Radiant Fog • ONE WRITER’S LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA

Bringing the Joy • LUIS ALBERTO URREA ALWAYS KNEW HIS MOTHER HAD A STORY; HE JUST DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO TELL IT. BUT IN RESEARCHING AND WRITING HIS NEW NOVEL, GOOD NIGHT, IRENE, WHICH FICTIONALIZES HER EXPERIENCES AS A MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS’S LITTLE-KNOWN CLUBMOBILE SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE GAINED A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSON SHE WAS—AND AT LAST GAVE HER THE HAPPY ENDING SHE DESERVED.

blooming how she must • WITH ROOTS IN NATURE WRITING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, POETRY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY, CAMILLE T. DUNGY’S NEW BOOK, SOIL: THE STORY OF A BLACK MOTHER’S GARDEN, DELVES INTO THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ACT OF CULTIVATING AND DIVERSIFYING A GARDEN OF HERBS, VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, AND OTHER PLANTS IN THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE COMMUNITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.

BE BOLD • PURSUE YOUR CONTEST DREAMS—AT ANY STAGE IN YOUR CAREER

Break On Through • A GUIDE TO GREAT CONTESTS FOR EMERGING WRITERS

Level Up • CONTEST JUDGES ON STANDING OUT IN A CROWD

Writing Into Our Imagining • APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Celebrate Every Win • HOW SAVORING ONE VICTORY CAN FUEL YOUR NEXT

First • GINA CHUNG’S SEA CHANGE

The Fine Print • HOW TO READ YOUR BOOK CONTRACT

Deadlines

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

A Virtuous Circle


Expand title description text