Hear from the editors of Poets & Writers Magazine as they offer a behind-the-scenes preview of each new issue, talk with contributors and authors featured in the magazine, share readings of new work by a variety of poets and writers, and discuss all things writing, books, and the literary community.
The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza by Poets & Writers
Sing Me a Circle by Samina Najmi by Poets & Writers
We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat by Poets & Writers
This Is Your Mother by Erika J. Simpson by Poets & Writers
Chloé Caldwell reads an excerpt from her memoir Trying, published by Graywolf Press in August 2025.
Isabella DeSendi reads “Poem for Anorexia in April” from her poetry collection Someone Else's Hunger, published by Four Way Books in September 2025.
Souvankham Thammavongsa reads from the opening of her novel Pick a Color, published by Little, Brown in September 2025.
Natalie Bakopoulos reads an excerpt from her novel Archipelago, published by Tin House Books in September 2025.
Aracelis Girmay reads “after Sin título (Sikán con chivo), Belkis Ayón” from her poetry collection Green of All Heads, published by BOA Editions in September 2025.
Ayşegül Savaş reads an excerpt from “Twirl,” a story in her collection Long Distance, published by Bloomsbury in July 2025.
James Shea reads four poems from his collection Last Day of My Face, published by the University of Iowa Press in June 2025.
Melissa Febos reads an excerpt of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, published by Knopf in June 2025.
Marissa Davis reads “Ecclesiastes: New Madrid Fault” from her debut poetry collection, End of Empire, published by Penguin Books in July 2025.
Ed Park reads “A Note to My Translator” from his story collection An Oral History of Atlantis, published by Random House in July 2025.
Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation by Sarah Yahm by Poets & Writers
Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore by Poets & Writers
Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis by Poets & Writers
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei by Poets & Writers
Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord by Poets & Writers
The Best People by Robert Lopez by Poets & Writers
Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless by Tamara Dean by Poets & Writers
It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays by Tom McAllister by Poets & Writers
Waiting for the Long Night Moon by Amanda Peters by Poets & Writers
Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin by Poets & Writers
We Contain Landscapes by Patrycja Humienik by Poets & Writers
Optional Practical Training by Shubha Sunder by Poets & Writers
Besaydoo by Yalie Saweda Kamara by Poets & Writers
The Lengest Neoi by Stephanie Choi by Poets & Writers
Alt-Nature by Saretta Morgan by Poets & Writers
Theophanies by Sarah Ghazal Ali by Poets & Writers
Cloud Missives by Kenzie Allen by Poets & Writers
Yaguareté White by Diego Báez by Poets & Writers
The Book of Kin by Darius Atefat-Peckham by Poets & Writers
Greater Ghost by Christian J. Collier by Poets & Writers
Thomas Dai reads an excerpt of “The Figure a Trip Makes” from his essay collection Take My Name but Say It Slow, published by W. W. Norton in January 2025.
Zahid Rafiq reads from the opening of “The Man With the Suitcase,” a story in his collection The World With Its Mouth Open, published by Tin House in December 2024.
Sarah V. Schweig reads “Longest Night” from her poetry collection The Ocean in the Next Room, published by Milkweed Editions in January 2025.
Matthew Nienow reads “Every Gift Carries a Cost” from his poetry collection If Nothing, published by Alice James Books in January 2025.
Fabienne Josaphat reads from her novel Kingdom of No Tomorrow, published by Algonquin Books in December 2024.
The Only Way Through Is Out by Suzette Mullen by Poets & Writers
Inside the Mirror by Parul Kapur by Poets & Writers
The Liquid Eye of a Moon by Uchenna Awoke by Poets & Writers
In Inheritance of Drowning by Dorsía Smith Silva by Poets & Writers
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa by Poets & Writers
Simon Critchley reads from the opening of Mysticism, published by New York Review Books in October 2024.
Patricia Coral reads from her memoir, Women Surrounded by Water, published by Mad Creek Books in November 2024.
Melanie Cheng reads from her novel The Burrow, published by Tin House in November 2024.
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