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Poets & Writers Magazine
Even longer than Louise Erdrich's bibliography, which stands at twenty-eight books, including her new novel, The Round House, is the author's to-do list.
G&A: The Contest Blog
The Story Prize, an annual book award given for a short story collection, has announced its panel of judges for the 2012 awards. They are critic and writer Jane Ciabattari, author Yiyun Li, and bookseller Sarah McNally.
Grants & Awards
Your trusted source for information on writing contests, grants for writers, and more.
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October 20, 2012Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg
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October 29, 2012Narrative
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October 31, 2012American Poetry Review
Clips
10.19.12
Written by Idris Davies, "The Dreamer" is influenced by the Welsh poet's experience working as a coal miner in Wales. All of the footage was shot on location in Montana's Glacier National Park.
Writers Recommend
9.18.12
"All my good writing comes out of vulnerability. The other stuff, the stuff that came from cleverness or vanity—I wish I could throw it all out. I am terribly vulnerable to nature and I love to fish...."
8.15.12
"Once upon a time, I had no habit for writing, and I waited to feel like writing. Recalling the advice of my college psych professor, I decided to invent an association to teach myself to feel like writing...."
City Guides
Join indie author Edie Rhoads as she showcases the local literary treasures of one of America’s most picturesque cities.
Adam Ross, author of the New York Times Notable Book Mr. Peanut, takes us on a tour of his beloved Nashville, "a great secret, cool as all get-out but never self-consciously hip or competitive," with a literary life as vibrant as its musical one.
Author and Tin House Magazine editor Michelle Wildgen serves as our guide to the literary locales of Madison, Wisconsin, a city whose lofty earnestness in everything from food to literature inspired her two novels.
Before heading to the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, held throughout June and July, get acquainted with the reading series, bars, landmarks, and people—including our guide Jan Weissmiller, co-owner of indie bookseller Prairie Lights Books—of designated City of Literature Iowa City.
Current Issue
Our annual Independent Publishing Issue features a special section on a new generation of small presses that is changing the way we think about books, plus a profile of novelist Louise Erdrich, an interview with graphic novelist Chris Ware, an essay on backstory by Benjamin Percy, practical advice from agent Rebecca Gradinger, and more.
Nov/Dec 2012
Slideshow
More than ten years in the making, Chris Ware's graphic novel Building Stories is actually fourteen discreet books, booklets, magazines, newspapers, and pamphlets, all contained in printed box.
Articles
The Color and the Shape of Memory: An Interview With Chris Ware
by Kevin Larimer
With his hugely popular graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, and now Building Stories, published in October by Pantheon, Chris Ware is drawing attention to a highly emotive, visual form of creative writing.
University Presses Feeling the Pinch
by Kevin Nance
As financial hardships continue to affect universities and colleges across the country, an increasing number of university presses are facing the threat of closures—and some aren't going down without a fight.
The Written Image: Antigonick
by Staff
In this issue we offer a look at a new, illustrated translation of the Antigone of Sophocles. Antigonick, a collaboration between poet Anne Carson and poet and artist Bianca Stone, was released by New Directions in May.
Q&A: The Oxford American's New Editor
by Kevin Nance
Roger D. Hodge, a former Harper's editor and the new editor of the Oxford American, discusses his new role and the future of the esteemed Arkansas-based literary magazine.
The Written Image: My Ideal Bookshelf
by Staff
In this issue we offer a look at My Ideal Bookshelf, a collaboration between artist Jane Mount and editor Thessaly La Force, to be released by Little, Brown in November.
Online Exclusives
Twenty-Seven Small Press Twitter Feeds to Follow
10.17.12
Not every great small press is active on Twitter, but here are twenty-seven that engage book culture via social media in interesting, informative, and entertaining ways.
Twenty-Five Literary Magazine Twitter Feeds to Follow
10.17.12
These twenty-five feeds from literary magazines offer frequent updates about the writing they’re publishing, the events they’re hosting, and the news they find interesting.
DIY: How to Make and Bind Chapbooks
10.17.12
Whether you end up distributing your own prose or poetry at a reading or collecting the work of your friends in limited editions, these instructions on how to create and bind your own chapbooks offer hours of bookmaking fun.
