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Poets & Writers Magazine

July/August 2020
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

MAYBE THIS IS ENOUGH FOR NOW

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at www.pw.org or e-mail editor@pw.org. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

Save Indie Bookstores

Secrets Hidden in the Stacks

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Literary Festivals Go Virtual

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Kuipers Leads Poetry Northwest

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

What We Found in Writing

A POETICS OF RESILIENCE • IN HER NEW BOOK, MEMORIAL DRIVE: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR, FORMER POET LAUREATE AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATASHA TRETHEWEY CONTENDS WITH PERSISTENT TRAUMA, BOTH PERSONAL AND CULTURAL, GOING BEYOND WITNESSING TO SEEK TRUTH IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITY.

READ INDIE • Independent publishers champion the widest array of voices possible, bringing forth books that uniquely challenge, inform, and compel us. In this moment when you need books the most, support indie publishers and #ReadIndie.

Ashleigh Bryant Phillips • whose debut story collection, Sleepovers, was published in June by Hub City Press.

Jean Kyoung Frazier • whose debut novel, Pizza Girl, was published in June by Doubleday.

Corinne Manning • whose debut story collection, We Had No Rules, was published in May by Arsenal Pulp Press.

Megha Majumdar • whose debut novel, A Burning, was published in June by Knopf.

John Fram • whose debut novel, The Bright Lands, will be published in July by Hanover Square Press.

WHO WE ARE • ELEVEN LITERARY AGENTS REVEAL WHAT THEY WANT TO READ, HOW TO QUERY THEM, WHAT INSPIRES THEM, AND HOW THEY WILL KNOW IF YOU’RE THE ONE

What We Read • Twenty-Five Literary Journals Agents Peruse to Find New Writers

Agents for Poets An Investigation

Reviewers & Critics

Publishing During a Pandemic

Deadlines

Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

PATRONS CIRCLE • Supporting Supporting literature at its source

Conferences & Residencies • Editor’s Note: The following events may be impacted by efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As always, we ensured that this information was accurate at the time of printing, but please check the organizations’ websites for any information about cancellations and postponements.

Still Here for You


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 124 Publisher: Poets & Writers, Inc Edition: July/August 2020

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  • Release date: June 10, 2020

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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.

Poets & Writers Magazine

MAYBE THIS IS ENOUGH FOR NOW

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at www.pw.org or e-mail editor@pw.org. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

Save Indie Bookstores

Secrets Hidden in the Stacks

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Literary Festivals Go Virtual

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Kuipers Leads Poetry Northwest

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

What We Found in Writing

A POETICS OF RESILIENCE • IN HER NEW BOOK, MEMORIAL DRIVE: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR, FORMER POET LAUREATE AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATASHA TRETHEWEY CONTENDS WITH PERSISTENT TRAUMA, BOTH PERSONAL AND CULTURAL, GOING BEYOND WITNESSING TO SEEK TRUTH IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITY.

READ INDIE • Independent publishers champion the widest array of voices possible, bringing forth books that uniquely challenge, inform, and compel us. In this moment when you need books the most, support indie publishers and #ReadIndie.

Ashleigh Bryant Phillips • whose debut story collection, Sleepovers, was published in June by Hub City Press.

Jean Kyoung Frazier • whose debut novel, Pizza Girl, was published in June by Doubleday.

Corinne Manning • whose debut story collection, We Had No Rules, was published in May by Arsenal Pulp Press.

Megha Majumdar • whose debut novel, A Burning, was published in June by Knopf.

John Fram • whose debut novel, The Bright Lands, will be published in July by Hanover Square Press.

WHO WE ARE • ELEVEN LITERARY AGENTS REVEAL WHAT THEY WANT TO READ, HOW TO QUERY THEM, WHAT INSPIRES THEM, AND HOW THEY WILL KNOW IF YOU’RE THE ONE

What We Read • Twenty-Five Literary Journals Agents Peruse to Find New Writers

Agents for Poets An Investigation

Reviewers & Critics

Publishing During a Pandemic

Deadlines

Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

PATRONS CIRCLE • Supporting Supporting literature at its source

Conferences & Residencies • Editor’s Note: The following events may be impacted by efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As always, we ensured that this information was accurate at the time of printing, but please check the organizations’ websites for any information about cancellations and postponements.

Still Here for You


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