#ClipOfTheDay: In this Green Apple Books event, Will Brewer, author of Nocturama (Milkweed Editions), and Richie Hofmann, author of The Bronze Arms (Knopf), read from their latest poetry collections and discuss what they have learned from each other as poets and friends. at.pw.org/BrewerAndHofmann
Scott Broker's author headshot.
“Out there is a band of trusted writers who remind me, through their sheer originality of vision, language, and form(lessness), that any confined feeling about the page is just that—a feeling,” writes @scottjbroker.bsky.social (The Disappointment, @catapultbooks.bsky.social): at.pw.org/WRBroker
Meg Day's author headshot accompanied by the article title, "Sowing Season: On ASL Poetry, Deaf Art, and the Queer Archive."
“I have long struggled with how to negotiate ASL poetics alongside the compulsory nature of the printed English page under the banner of American poetics.” Author Meg Day contemplates ASL poetry, deaf art, and the queer archive in our latest issue. Read on: at.pw.org/SowingSeason
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Smarter submissions start here. Our member-exclusive newsletter, Grants & Awards: The Writing Contest Newsletter, delivers the most up-to-date information on writing contests and awards directly to your inbox. Learn more and join today: at.pw.org/membership
On the left, Adrian Matejka. On the right, the cover of Be Easy: New and Selected Poems.
“...never imagine a poem to be finished, if for no other reason than to give it room to continue to grow.” Adrian Matejka discusses the decades of writing that went into his forthcoming collection, Be Easy: New and Selected Poems, out this May from @liveright.bsky.social at.pw.org/10qmatejka
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Drumroll... New editions of Mapping the Maze are here! 🎉 Checkout the agents, editors, and authors who are here to help demystify the publishing process for poets, fiction, and creative nonfiction writers. Get early-bird discounts while space remains: at.pw.org/classes
#ClipOfTheDay: In this ABC News segment, Joshua Bennett talks about how his parents inspired him to write his new book, The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time (Little, Brown). at.pw.org/ABCBennett
That out-of-the-blue “dream opportunity” in your inbox could be a scam. For our latest online exclusive, poet Robert McNamara shares how he almost fell for one, plus the red flags every writer should look out for: at.pw.org/avoidscams
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“I ask myself: Am I exposing information given to me in confidence? Am I writing to hurt, or to understand?” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @marianazos.bsky.social offers insight on how to approach writing sensitively about one’s most intimate relationships. at.pw.org/NazosCC3
“You were breathing fire when I met you, I should have sensed the danger: a pale, shirtless sixteen-year-old in the middle of a frozen field inhaling slugs of kerosene and spewing jets of flame...” Find out which of our #PageOne books opens with this dazzling line: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x2
#PWNonfictionPrompt: List writers whose works make you want to read them out loud and reflect on what emotions their words bring up for you. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/Voices
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a poetry anthology about human connection edited by Pádraig Ó Tuama, and #PWWritingPrompts on colors, crystals, and sad comedy. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
Tamara Dean's author headshot accompanied by the article title, "Finding Shelter: Love Stories From the Book Tour."
Dean's quote: "We readers and writers are fellow travelers huddled under a bridge or in a basement. With care, during life's travails, we make shelter for one another."
“What had people survived? What stood out from those difficulties? Where had they felt safe?” wonders Tamara Dean as she recounts collecting personal stories of shelter and storm on her book tour, curating a communal anthology during a time of climate upheaval. at.pw.org/FindingShelter
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Madden's quote: "Who was being asked to tell their story and in what way? Who was more educated? Who had more wealth? Who had greater proximity to whiteness?"
In her new novel Whidbey, @tkiramadden.bsky.social investigates questions of privilege through complex, layered, and even unreliable characters. Read the profile on Madden in the March/April issue: at.pw.org/CrimeAndCompassion
Screenshot of Sara Lippmann's quote in 3/25/26 Poets & Writers Magazine Online, saying "Quiet and solitude have their place, but don’t forget to let the light and air in. Remember your why. So much of our reason for writing is to connect with one another. Pursue honest means of human connection..."
Inspiring words from @saralippmann.bsky.social! It's a good time to get out of our lonesome, petri dish heads! @writingcommunity.bsky.social @pw.org
Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, look back at last year’s clash between Amazon and the indies, when the multinational online retailer held a last-minute book sale that overlapped with IBD, causing a protest within the indie lit community and beyond. at.pw.org/LiteraryClash
#ClipOfTheDay: In this Politics and Prose event, Anne Fadiman reads from her collection Frog: And Other Essays (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and discusses her career pivot from reportage to essays in a conversation with Isaac Arnsdorf. at.pw.org/Fadiman
Looking to meet up with agents and editors or to find the perfect environment to fuel your writing practice? The Conferences & Residencies database includes details about over two hundred writing conferences, writers residencies, and literary festivals. Explore now: at.pw.org/180KAnH
”Embrace the space around the work, whatever that looks like: running, glass blowing, cloud watching. Let it fill you with wonder. Allow yourself fallow periods. That’s life, too....Live yours with integrity and generosity.” More from Sara Lippmann, editor in chief of Epiphany: pw.org/AERLippmann
I’ve always had too much anger for the polite $poem. An editor once told me my work was “brash.” It hurt. It was also true. Ever since, I've been obsessed with poets who execute rage beautifully. My new @pw.org essay explores anger — and what it can become.
Read: www.pw.org/content/ethi....
Compelling fiction emerges from characters who act against expectation—morally, socially, or emotionally. Join author Uttama Kirit Patel for a hands-on, generative workshop that aims to help writers strengthen their story’s emotional force. Register now for an early-bird discount: at.pw.org/4rt4fE3
#ClipOfTheDay: In this installment of UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems series, Aracelis Girmay begins with a reading of “Poem of Commitment” by June Jordan, followed by a selection of poems from her collections The Black Maria and Green of All Heads. at.pw.org/LunchPoemsGirmay
An image of a mailbox that reads “Jentel” in front of a mountain range under a blue sky.
The quote “The question is simple: What is one project you’ve always wanted to start but never had the time, money, or space to pursue?”
“I was riding the N Judah streetcar line on a cold fall day in San Francisco when I got the call from…[the] former executive director of the Jentel Foundation,” writes Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo for our special section on writers retreats. Learn about her residency experience: at.pw.org/IntoReality
“Being gentle may not make it better, but it rarely makes it worse.” For this week's #TenQuestions, Siew Hii discusses the writing process for her debut poetry collection, Entered Some Aliens, out now from @uwiscpress.bsky.social. Read more: at.pw.org/10qsiewhii
Thanks to Serena Alagappan and Kiki Petrosino for highlighting our series in @pw.org! Check out the article 👇
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“When I say the anger has to ‘go somewhere,’ I mean it has to be transformed.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, poet @marianazos.bsky.social considers how metaphor can help metabolize anger. Read more: at.pw.org/NazosCC2
Class starts tonight! Only a few spots remain for our publishing workshop for poets. Join P&W EIC Kevin Larimer, @jennymolberg.bsky.social of @pshares.bsky.social, Stephen Motika of Nightboat Books, and author @susanpoet.bsky.social for a workshop that demystifies publishing: at.pw.org/marchmaze
Looking for new titles from well-versed writers? Our latest #PageOne includes Sonia Sanchez’s 24th book, This Is Not a Small Voice; Mark Haddon’s 15th book, Leaving Home; and Tsering Woeser’s 24th book, Ocean, as Much as Rain, translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain + Dechen Pemba. at.pw.org/PageOne2026x2
#PWFictionPrompt: Write a story composed entirely of letters from one character to another who never replies. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/StoryInLetters