In this issue

Our Agents Issue features submission information and advice from twelve agents who want to read your work; a look at the evolving author-agent relationship; interviews with the authors of summer's best debut fiction; a profile of award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy; Edwidge Danticat on the art of death; Joey Franklin on the importance of submitting your work; writing prompts; over 70 upcoming contest deadlines; and more.

Worth The Wait

Readers Have Anticipated a New Novel From the Author of the God of Small Things for Two Full Decades. Now, With the Release of Arundhati Roy’s the Ministry of Utmost Happiness , The Wait Is Over. 

10+ mins

Zinzi Clemmons

whose debut novel, What We Lose, will be published in July by Viking.

9 mins

Hala Alyan

whose debut novel, Salt Houses, was published in May by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

3 mins

Jess Arndt

whose debut story collection, Large Animals, was published in May by Catapult.

5 mins

Lisa Ko

whose debut novel, The Leavers, winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize, was published in May by Algonquin Books.

3 mins

Diksha Basu

whose debut novel, The Windfall, was published in June by Crown.

3 mins

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Poets & Writers Magazine Description:

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.