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.

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Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 52 • Issue 2

EDITOR’S Note • HARD QUESTIONS AT THE HEART OF WRITING

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Book Sanctuary Movement Grows

One Page • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Writers Collaborate for Authors Guild

The Anthologist

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Francisco Aragón of Letras Latinas

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Ghosted • HOW AN AGENT HELPED ME WRITE ABOUT MY DISABILITY—THEN DISAPPEARED

laughter, THEN LOSS • AFTER PUBLISHING FIVE BOOKS THAT HAVE PROVED HER TO BE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST WRITERS OF HER GENERATION, SLOANE CROSLEY RETURNS WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT: A GRIEF MEMOIR THAT CAN STILL MAKE READERS LAUGH.

cobbled genıus • DIANE SEUSS AND THE STRANGE EDUCATION OF POETRY

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Agents & Editors TANYA McKINNON • The principal agent of McKinnon Literary, Tanya McKinnon, talks about how publishing can be a form of activism, the different ways agents—and authors—can use comp titles to think about their work, and how the future of the book business, despite its many challenges, still holds many wonderful possibilities.

TIME TO WRITE, SPACE TO DREAM • INSPIRATION, ADVICE, AND PRACTICAL TIPS TO TURN YOUR WRITERS RETREAT FANTASIES INTO REALITY

DREAM BIG, TRAVEL FAR • International Retreats for Writers

FINDING THE TIME (AND MONEY) • How Real Emerging Writers Make Retreats and Conferences Work

YES YOU CAN • Grants, Scholarships, and Other Support for Retreats

WHAT TO PACK FOR A WRITERS RETREAT

PublishingMyths • “Editors don’t edit anymore—do they?”

Making Sense of Book Events • THE CHANGING ECONOMICS OF THE AUTHOR TOUR

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Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

Finding My Starting Point