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.

Girls Play Dead by Jen Percy by Poets & Writers

If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust by Poets & Writers

Natural History by Brandon Kilbourne by Poets & Writers

This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira Díaz by Poets & Writers

The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi by Poets & Writers

Book of Potions by Lauren K. Watel by Poets & Writers

Black Mestiza by Yael Valencia Aldana by Poets & Writers

This Here Is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry by Poets & Writers

The Book of Kin by Jennifer Eli Bowen by Poets & Writers

On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Vishwas R. Gaitonde by Poets & Writers

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.