Books You May Have Missed in the Early Days of the Pandemic
The editors of Poets & Writers Magazine recommend fourteen books that were published in March 2020.
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The editors of Poets & Writers Magazine recommend fourteen books that were published in March 2020.
The poet and essayist reflects on writing during the pandemic and its impact on her creative life and relationship with the writing community.
The poet on five journals that published pieces from her debut collection, The Wild Fox of Yemen.
Poet Aracelis Girmay discusses her new position as editor-at-large of the Blessing the Boats Selections, a set of poetry books written by women of color and published by BOA Editions.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard.
Poet Kaveh Akbar on his role as the poetry editor of the Nation and the challenges and possibilities of literary editing.
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion and The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void by Jackie Wang.
Ten poets whose first books were published in 2020, including Anthony Cody and torrin a. greathouse, share their inspirations, processes, writer’s block remedies, and paths to publication.
Two new notable anthologies, And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again and African American Poetry, published in the second half of 2020.
An author suggests several strategies for ordering a poetry collection that can help poets generate new poems to make a stronger, more cohesive book.