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 6

EDITOR’S Note • WORD BY WORD, THE WORLD IS CHANGED

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Book Drop Nourishes Native Youth

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Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

The Lynx Watch Fights Book Bans

New Small Press Incubator Fellowship

IN MEMORIAM

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Regina Brooks Leads the AALA

TheTimeIsNow • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Trying to Pour From an Empty Cup

The Definition of Poetry • FOR MOSAB ABU TOHA, WHOSE ENTIRE LIFE AND BODY OF WORK, INCLUDING HIS NEW COLLECTION, FOREST OF NOISE, HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY VIOLENCE, CONFLICT, AND WAR, POETRY IS NOT ABOUT POETS; IT IS A WAY FOR ALL OF US TO DOCUMENT, TO REMEMBER, TO INVENTORY, TO ENDEAVOR TO UNDERSTAND, AND TO EXPRESS—TO HOPE AND TO ACT—IN TIMES OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

This Is Me!

THE MARINE BIOLOGIST INSIDE THE WRITER AT PLAY IN THE MICROWORLDS OF AN OVERGROWN POOL • IN ABSOLUTION, THE SURPRISE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE BEST-SELLING SOUTHERN REACH SERIES OF LITERARY SPECULATIVE NOVELS, JEFF VANDERMEER CONTINUES TO PROVOKE CRITICS AND ESCHEW LABELS WHILE PLUNGING READERS INTO THE VAST, UNPREDICTABLE WILDS OF AREA X.

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INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING • THE LEGACY, IMPACT, AND INNOVATION OF SMALL PRESSES AND MAGAZINES

YOU SAID YOU WANTED A REVOLUTION • THE NONPROFIT PRESSES OF THE 1970S AND THE START OF A NEW ERA IN LITERARY PUBLISHING

SUSTAINING THE LITERARY MAGAZINES WE LOVE • RECONSIDERING OLD MODELS IN SEARCH OF LONGEVITY

THE NEXT REVOLUTION • NERVE, PASSION, AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT MARK A NEW GENERATION OF INDIE PRESSES

Stepping Off the Tenure Track

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