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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.

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    • Jun 17, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    Burnside by Devyn Defoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 3:19


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    Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla

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    The Memory Museum by M Lin

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    Rabbit, Fox, Tar by P.C. Verrone

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    Lucky Creatures by Joseph Trinidad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 5:33


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    The Grief Shop by Alex DiFrancesco

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 4:27


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    The Evolution of Fire by Angela Pelster

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    Surety by Anna Zumbahlen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2026 3:35


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    True Mistakes by Lena Moses-Schmitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 5:52


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    Second Nature by Chaun Ballard

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    The Museum of Unnatural Histories by Annie Wenstrup

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    Death Does Not End at the Sea by Gbenga Adesina

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    The People Can Fly by Joshua Bennett

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    The Future by Monica Ferrell

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    Everything Lost Returns by Sarah Domet

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    Girls Play Dead by Jen Percy

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    If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust

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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 6:15


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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 4:11


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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 4:52


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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 3:59


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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 1:37


    Isabella DeSendi reads “Poem for Anorexia in April” from her poetry collection Someone Else's Hunger, published by Four Way Books in September 2025.

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    Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 3:54


    Souvankham Thammavongsa reads from the opening of her novel Pick a Color, published by Little, Brown in September 2025.

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    Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 3:33


    Natalie Bakopoulos reads an excerpt from her novel Archipelago, published by Tin House Books in September 2025.

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    Green of All Heads by Aracelis Girmay

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 3:50


    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.

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    Long Distance by Ayşegül Savaş

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 4:16


    Ayşegül Savaş reads an excerpt from “Twirl,” a story in her collection Long Distance, published by Bloomsbury in July 2025.

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    Last Day of My Face by James Shea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 3:23


    James Shea reads four poems from his collection Last Day of My Face, published by the University of Iowa Press in June 2025.

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    The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex by Melissa Febos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 4:58


    Melissa Febos reads an excerpt of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, published by Knopf in June 2025.

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