annual report 2008-2009 INTRODUCTION

WE’RE PLEASED TO REPORT that despite a very challenging economic environment, Poets & Writers was able not only to maintain, but to improve and expand, its programs during the year ending June 30, 2009.

Last year, we published six issues of Poets & Writers Magazine, which included special sections on independent presses, MFA programs, literary magazines, and writers retreats. We were especially proud to continue Agents & Editors, a highly popular fea- ture, which presented interviews with a number of top publishing professionals. We also launched Bullseye, a column that offers invaluable advice from literary magazine editors on submitting work to their journals. Circulation to the magazine remained steady at 55,000, and advertising revenue grew to over $1.2 million.

Traffic to our Web site grew as well, to over 80,000 unique visitors per month. We continued to add new features to pw.org throughout the year, including Writers Recommend, in which authors talk about the books and art that inspire them to write. The site’s Speakeasy Message Forum continued to be a popular destination for authors to exchange advice and information on top- ics ranging from poetry contests to book contracts. And our databases of literary magazines and small presses received a high volume of visits from writers looking for places to submit their work.

Our Information Services staff continued to provide a personal response to hundreds of e-mail and phone queries from writers, and we were pleased to be able to continue to offer this service free-of-charge. Staff also reviewed and approved applications from over 500 writers applying for listing in our Directory of Writers, which now includes over 8,000 poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction authors.

Our Readings/Workshops program continued to support writers participating in literary events taking place in New York and California, and in eight cities outside these states. Last year, we distributed over $240,000 to 843 writers who took part in over 2,000 events. These events took place in a wide range of venues, including senior centers, libraries, prisons, colleges, and muse- ums. Many of the events we funded took place in rural areas and in urban neighborhoods with limited access to writers.

In April 2009, we announced that Linda Gregg was the recipient of the third annual Jackson Poetry Prize. The $50,000 award, one of the nation’s largest for a poet, is given to an American poet of exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition. In addition to this prize, Poets & Writers also presented the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award to two writers from Washington, D.C., poet Sandra Beasley and fiction writer Willett Thomas.

We are deeply grateful to our talented staff, our exemplary Board of Directors, Advisory Board, volunteers, and our generous donors who made it possible for us to expand our services to writers in a difficult economic environment.

We thank you for your interest in Poets & Writers.

Celia H. Currin Elliot Figman President Executive Director the mission Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers believes writers make indispensable contributions to our national culture. The organization’s mission is to foster the professional devel- ABC opment of poets and writers, to promote communication throughout the literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction

3 Programs

3 Poets & Writers Magazine 5 Poets & Writers Web site, pw.org 6 Information Services 7 Readings/Workshops 11 California Programs Office 11 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award 12 Writers for Writers Award and Editor’s Award 13 The Amy Awards 13 The Jackson Poetry Prize 14 Poets & Writers in the Field

15 Administration & Funding

15 Friends of Poets & Writers 15 Sponsorship 16 Institutional Donors 17 Board of Directors 17 Poets & Writers Staff 18 Treasurer’s Report

19 Appendices

19 Poets & Writers Magazine Contents 21 Readings/Workshops: Writers Supported 24 Readings/Workshops: Sponsoring Organizations 3

POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE

A profile of Toni Morrison from the November/December 2008 issue

oets & Writers Magazine continued to be the most relevant special section on new and established literary magazines as P publication for creative writers, offering both inspiration well as an update on the evolution of online journals. and practical information about writing and publishing. In With an eye toward the new generation of literary authors, we addition to the news, advice, author profiles, and craft essays published our annual features on fiction writers (“First Fiction,” in each issue, the magazine presented several special sections July/August 2008) and debut poets (“First and Foremost,” that focused on topics of importance to writers. The January/February 2009). In order to introduce readers to new September/October 2008 issue featured “Building the Book: publishing professionals, we featured three roundtable Our Annual Look at Independent Presses,” in which we high- discussions with successful young agents and editors who lighted more than a dozen standouts on the small press scene offered valuable advice for writers. This year we also launched and offered detailed instructions on how readers can make “Bullseye,” a regular column that presents all the information their own chapbooks. In the November/ December 2008 writers need to know in order to submit their work to a issue we again offered the popular section on MFA programs, literary magazine, including advice from the editor who will which included a ranking of the top-funded graduate creative be reading their submissions. writing programs in the country. The March/April 2009 issue featured our “Writers Retreat Annual,” in which we reported Poets & Writers’ commitment to highlighting the diverse on authors’ favorite literary destinations in Provincetown, voices of contemporary literature was reflected again this year Massachusetts; Red Wing, Minnesota; Bali, Indonesia; and in the range of authors profiled in our magazine pages: Asian Montreal, Canada, and the May/June 2009 issue featured a American novelists Nam Le, Yiyun Li, and Preeta Samarasan;

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Writers Magazine appeared in several publications, including the New York Observer, the Utne Reader, the Wall Street Journal, and the Week; numerous Web sites, such as the Atlantic’s Daily Dish, the Fiction Writers Review, New York Times’ Paper Cuts, New Yorker’s Book Bench, the Poetry Foundation, Publisher’s Marketplace, and Salon; and on Milwaukee Public Radio.

The magazine also organized two well-attended parties in New York City. In January we celebrated the launch of the Inspiration Issue (January/February 2009) with an event at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, Brooklyn, that featured readings by poets Mike Cirelli, Matthea Harvey, and Patricia Smith. In May, to launch our Literary Magazines Issue (May/June 2009), we From the May/June 2009 issue organized a literary trivia competition, hosted by author Touré, at Radegast Hall and Biergarten in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, African American Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who that featured editors of the journals Agricultural Reader, Canteen, appeared on the cover of our November/December 2008 N+1, One Story, Opium Magazine, and Slice. issue; African American poets Jericho Brown, Khadijah Poets & Writers Magazine continues to enjoy strong advertising Queen, Patricia Smith, Karen S. Williams, and Ronaldo V. revenue, which this year totaled $1,253,367. Wilson; Cuban American novelist Achy Obejas; and physically disabled authors Paul Guest, Lucia Perillo, and Total circulation of the magazine is 55,000. David Rhodes; as well as best-selling authors such as Billy Collins, Mary Gaitskill, Jay McInerney, and Garth Stein. Funding for Poets & Writers Magazine was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poets & Writers Magazine received a Silver Eddie Award from Folio magazine for editorial excellence for the November/December 2008 issue. Press mentions of Poets &

PHOTOS FROM 2009 POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE PARTIES All Photographs taken by Aslan Chalom

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PW.ORG

Home page at pw.org

aunched in 1996, Poets & Writers’ Web site, pw.org, has growth in our databases of literary magazines and small press- Lbecome a key destination for writers looking for informa- es. Traffic to the site grew to 80,000 unique visitors per tion, guidance, and support to help further their work. In early month—20,000 more visitors per month than last year. New 2008, we relaunched the site after a year-long redesign during features likely played a role in that growth, as did the creation which we implemented multimedia capabilities, a content of a more dynamic homepage that showcases daily updates management system, and improved information architecture, about newly added content. We also concentrated on optimiz- all in an effort to better serve visitors to the site. Since the ing the site for search engines. Pw.org continues to feature redesign we have continued to add content, including daily online-only content from the magazine, a literary events calen- news articles, a column that offers advice and inspiration from dar, job listings, and the Speakeasy message forum, which serves authors featured in the magazine, a blog about writing contests, as a virtual community for hundreds of writers. as well as videos and slideshows. We’ve added hundreds of new listings in our Directory of Writers and we’ve seen significant Pw.org was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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INFORMATION SERVICES

P&W Magazine page at pw.org

Literary Magazines page at pw.org

ur Information Services department continued to offer and publication credits for over 8,000 writers of fiction, cre- Otrustworthy answers to writers’ questions about publish- ative nonfiction, and poetry. Last year, more than 500 new ing their work. Our staff fields hundreds of inquiries each writers were added to the Directory. The Directory of year, via telephone and e-mail, from writers seeking advice on Writers is used by writers to connect with each other and by how to publish their work and connect with other writers. organizers of reading series and conferences who are looking This personal assistance to writers is available Monday for writers to participate in their events. through Friday, during business hours, and is free of charge. Information Services was supported in part by a grant from the In addition, Information Services staff maintains online data- New York State Council on the Arts. bases of literary magazines and small presses on pw.org, and the Directory of Writers, which provides contact information

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS

hrough its Readings/Workshops program, Poets & In New York City, P&W has sponsored a series of writing T Writers offers direct support to writers who give read- workshops with seniors since 2001, in collaboration with ings or conduct workshops in a variety of venues, including United Neighborhood Houses. Writer Rodlyn Douglas facili- libraries, museums, universities, homeless shelters, and senior tated the workshop at Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center in centers. The program currently operates in California, New Manhattan. “The seniors in my workshop face many physical York, and eight cities outside of these states: Atlanta, Chicago, challenges,” said Douglas. “But their willingness and creative Detroit, Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Tucson, and efforts to overcome them impress me every time. They arrive Washington, D.C. In 2008–2009, 843 writers received each week—sometimes with walkers, crutches, arm braces, $241,545 from Poets & Writers. These writers participated in nearsightedness, painful joints, broken bones—but they arrive 2,073 events that were hosted by 472 organizations, and nonetheless, with a burning desire to write.” reached an audience of 96,836 people. P&W’s fees to writers were more than matched by the presenting organizations, which provided an additional $291,145 to writers. For a com- plete list of writers funded and sponsoring organizations, please see the appendix.

>> Readings/Workshops East

NEW YORK In New York State, where the Readings/Workshops program began in 1970, P&W cosponsored literary events in all 62 counties. P&W also supported writing workshops for special Teen writing workshop participants from P.S. 811 and writer/facilitators Regie populations, including prison inmates, homeless individuals, Cabico and Tina Jacobsen at a reading at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York at-risk youth, and senior citizens. Through a grant from the City in May 2008. Photo: Linda Rondinelli NEA’s Creativity and Aging in America program, P&W spon- sored writing workshops for seniors at four venues, including In August 2008, P&W supported writers Amiri Baraka, Louis two in New York at the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Reyes Rivera, Hal Sirowitz, and Quincy Troupe at the the 4th Evers College in Brooklyn and at the Glenville Senior Center Annual Fort Green Park Summer Literary Festival, sponsored in Glenville, New York. by the Fort Green Park Conservancy in Brooklyn, NY. Approximately 500 people attended this festival, which is part of a growing movement to promote the arts in a rapidly resurgent area of the city.

In December 2008, Poets & Writers supported a series of writ- ing workshops for teenagers facilitated by Aracelis Girmay at Urban Word in New York City. Girmay wrote, “I’ve had the honor and pleasure of working with approximately eighteen young writers of the Urban Word Community. My work as a writer has been burst open by my time spent discussing work and working side-by-side with these brilliant poets. I have been startled and moved by their craft and willingness and courage, all of which have taught me about work, poetry, community- building, and heart.”

Poets & Writers held its 8th Annual Intergenerational Reading in June 2009 at Poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph gave a reading at the Kitchen the Barnes & Noble Bookstore near Lincoln Center, where more than fifty senior Theatre Club in Ithaca, NY, in February 2009. Lesley Greene citizens and teenagers from P&W-supported writing workshops in New York City came together to read their work. Photo: Christopher Smith from the Kitchen reported on the event’s success: “All three shows sold out—somehow we managed to seat 80 to 90 people at each performance in our 73-seat theatre space!

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Everyone came—people of all ages, races, and backgrounds. with talented writers,” said Nandi Comer, InsideOut’s Students, teachers, professors, writers, city and county Community Projects Coordinator. government officials, legislators, real estate developers, land- lords, farmers, and lots of people we didn’t know at all. Marc’s WASHINGTON, D.C. performance was riveting, thought-provoking, exciting, mov- P&W supported 27 events in Washington, D.C. including ing, inspiring. Thank you, Poets & Writers!” writer Brandel France De Bravo’s reading in November 2008. De Bravo wrote, “It was my first time reading at Busboys & ATLANTA Poets, a place that symbolizes urban renewal in Washington P&W sponsored 78 literary events in Atlanta, including the D.C. and a brighter future. At the same time, it evokes an earlier Holiday Theatre Festival in December 2008 with poets Devon era of very personal relevance. My parents ran Washington, W. Bell, Tamika Harper, Jamel Latimore, Betsheba Rem, and D.C.’s most famous beatnik poetry venue in the late 1950’s— John Williams. Project Director Kween Shantey wrote, “All the Coffee N’ Confusion. Poets & Writers sponsorship made me feel poets enticed the crowd with their dynamic wordplay. Queen I was welcomed into a much wider, national circle of writers.” Sheba (Betsheba Rem) concluded the set and received a stand- ing ovation. The Holiday Theatre Festival helped ease people’s NEW ORLEANS minds and let them know that no matter the circumstance of the Poets & Writers economy or the world at large, art will always make you feel sponsored 43 events better!” in New Orleans including a reading CHICAGO at the Marigny In Chicago, P&W supported 32 literary events, including a Theatre in February workshop facilitated by writer Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai at the Ramy 2009 with writers Bumppo Theatre Company in March 2009. According to Tsai, Lee Meitzen Grue “Working with this group helped me to further articulate my and Becky Stark. Becky Stark (left) at a reading at Marigny approach and pedagogy as a writer, and the reading I gave Event host Helen Theatre in New Orleans in February 2009. brought my work to audiences who would not have experienced Krieger reported, Photo: Andrew Krieger it otherwise. These events have been invaluable to my growth “Our reading drew a crowd of more than 100 people. The and process as a writer.” audience ranged in age from 2 to 82 and was mixed ethnically with white, black, Asian, and Hispanic members, almost all DETROIT local New Orleanians. We were so fortunate to get a local The 24 literary events supported community theatre to house the event. Writers have been gal- by P&W in Detroit included vanized in New Orleans recently, and I think the Poets & InsideOut Literary Arts Writers grants can take a lot of credit for it.” Project’s “Scratch the Page” event in March 2009 with poet >> Readings/Workshops West Tyehimba Jess, a native Detroiter. Jess presented a CALIFORNIA workshop to 35 high school In California, many organi- students at the Museum of zations and writers found Contemporary Art, and after Jessica Care Moore at the Meadow themselves struggling Brook Writing Project’s reading in the workshop, Tyehimba and 15 financially in 2008–2009, March 2009 at Chippewa Valley students held a reading for the High School, part of a series of making P&W’s support for public. “Detroit was thrilled to workshops taught by Jabiya readings and workshops in Dragonsum. welcome home such an ener- 47 counties crucial. This Photo: Jabiya Dragonsum. getic and talented writer. Poets included providing $13,800 & Writers made us aware of the national community we are for events in the Central building through the work they support. This program has aided Poet Victor Hernandez Cruz reads at the Valley and more than in our mission to help youth develop their writing and to work San Joaquin River Parkway in Fresno, $4,000 for events in the CA, in April 2009. Photo: Face News

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pants shared memories of school days, family, favorite foods, and the experience of living through World War II as a Japanese American. Each workshop culminated with a reading in June 2009.

SEATTLE P&W supported 35 literary events in Seattle in 2008–2009, working with organizations that included the African-American Writers’ Alliance, Elliott Bay Book Co., Hedgebrook, and Seattle Poetry Slam. After a reading with Washington State Chile Partners, poet Carolyne Wright attested to the boundary- breaking power literary events can have. “Poet Eugenia Toledo Writer Olga Garcia Echeverria (right) with the participants of a bilingual work- and I presented this event as a bilingual (Spanish/English) liter- shop she led at the Glen Avon Library in Riverside, CA, in May 2009 ary travelogue with Chilean music and dance,” she reported. “Several people were moved to tears by particular poems. There Inland Empire, two regions hit especially hard by the was a great deal of warmth across cultures, and a sense of shared economic downturn. In partnership with the California Center experience, history, and memories—not only from a Latin for the Book, we initiated writing workshops at ten libraries in American perspective, but from a global and local perspective.” these and other rural areas, four of which were conducted in both Spanish and English. HOUSTON Poet Fran Resendez echoed the sentiments of many people in The literary community continued to thrive in Houston, where underserved communities when, after reading with a grass- P&W supported 25 events with organizations including Arte roots series in Ukiah, CA in October 2008 that was sponsored Publico Press, the Children’s Prison Art Project, and Gulf by P&W, she said, “The Writers Read series is an important Coast. “Receiving a grant forces you to take your writing more pivot for the area’s writing community. We are all living in rural seriously,” observed Tony Diaz of Nuestra Palabra: Latino and fairly isolated circumstances—having these monthly read- Writers Having Their Say after a reading with Liana Lopez. ings is vital for communication and inspiration!” “The arts can thrive only in an environment where artists are paid. A Poets & Writers grant validates the worth of the spoken word and the life that the poet has chosen to lead.”

TUCSON During our first full year of programming in Tucson, AZ, we supported 29 events with writers including Sherwin Bitsui, Charles Bock, Denise Chavez, and Leslie Marmon Silko. After a reading in celebration of the Kore Press anthology Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq, poet Elizabeth McDonald said, “The grant from P&W allowed me, a 100 percent disabled veteran, to attend, and it made me feel more confident when I read.” Poet Julia Connor leads a workshop at the Ethel Hart Senior Center in Sacramento, CA, in May 2009. Photo: Cheryl Klein The Readings/Workshops program was made possible with support from the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Axe-Houghton Through a grant from the NEA’s Creativity and Aging in America program, P&W sponsored workshops for seniors at Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cowles Charitable two sites in California: the Ethel Hart Senior Center in Trust, James Irvine Foundation, New York City Department Sacramento, led by poet Julia Connor, and Keiro Senior of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Abbey K. Healthcare in Los Angeles. At Keiro, writer Naomi Hirahara Starr Charitable Trust, an anonymous donor, and the Friends of conducted sessions in Japanese and English, where partici- Poets & Writers.

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READINGS/WORKSHOPS SUMMARY

Writers funded Events sponsored Audience reached Writers’ fees paid by P&W

California 378 775 52,019 $70,500

New York 315 1,005 30,441 $134,100

Atlanta 21 78 3,434 $5,000

Chicago 22 32 1,298 $3,245

Detroit 15 24 1,269 $4,500

Houston 16 25 1,537 $5,125

New Orleans 14 43 1,145 $4,800

Seattle 24 35 3,002 $4,700

Tucson 23 29 1,683 $4,875

Washington, D.C. 15 27 1,008 $4,700

TOTAL 843 2,073 96,836 $241,545

Writers’ fees paid Organizations participating Counties in which by cosponsors Cosponsoring organizations for the first time events took place

California $174,598 168 61 47

New York $77,602 208 59 62

Atlanta $7,500 13 6 1

Chicago $1,400 8 4 1

Detroit $5,750 11 5 1

Houston $5,295 12 5 1

New Orleans $550 14 10 1

Seattle $12,275 17 10 1

Tucson $3,325 8 4 1

Washington, D.C. $2,850 13 7 1

TOTAL $291,145 472 171 117

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CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS OFFICE

n addition to administering the Readings/Workshops (West) In the spring, we began accepting submissions for the IProgram, P&W’s California office—which celebrated its California Writers Exchange contest. Modeled on the Maureen twentieth year of programming in 2009—continued to foster Egen Writers Exchange, the contest awards one poet and one the literary community by convening six regional roundtable fiction writer from California with a trip to New York to meet meetings for individuals working in the field. Meetings, which with literary professionals. Poet Juan Felipe Herrera and fiction took place in Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento, and writer Karen Tei Yamashita agreed to serve as judges for the San Francisco, facilitated conversation about issues such as contest, which will culminate in spring 2010. funding, publicity, and building an audience.

MAUREEN EGEN WRITERS EXCHANGE AWARD

ashington, D.C. poet Sandra Beasley and fiction writer Many past winners have gone on to publish books, receive WWillett Thomas were the 2008 Maureen Egen Writers awards, or secure teaching positions as a result of their partici- Exchange award winners. pation in the program. To date, 76 writers from 30 states have participated in P&W’s Writers Exchange. Past winners have The award, created in 1984, provides one poet and one fiction included the fiction writers Sue Monk Kidd, Fae Myenne Ng, writer from one state an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip to Mona Simpson, and Susan Straight and poets Mike Chitwood, New York City. During their trip, the writers meet with literary Roger Fanning, and David Mura. agents, editors, publishers, and writers, and give a public read- ing. The writers are selected based on manuscripts they submit Sandra Beasley won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize for her to P&W. This year’s judges were fiction writer Tayari Jones and book Theories of Falling (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2008), poet Frank X. Walker. selected by Marie Howe. Her poems have also been featured in Verse Daily and Best New Poets (Samovar Press, 2005) and in journals such as 32 Poems, Barrow Street, Blackbird, RHINO, and SLATE. Awards for her work include the 2006 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize from Passages North and fellowships to Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Millay Colony. She serves on the editorial staff of The American Scholar.

After spending most of her professional life in the nonprofit world, Willett Thomas earned her MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins and started writing fiction in earnest in 2003. She has been published in Bark, Emergency Almanac Review, Gabriel’s Horn, Northern Virginia Magazine, and Trinity Review. In 2007, she was selected as the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation From left to right: Bonnie Marcus, Director of Writers Exchange; Nicole Sealey, Writers Exchange Manager; Sandra Beasley, award winner; Tayari Jones, judge. creative fellow for Washington, D.C. Photo: Christopher Smith

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WRITERS FOR WRITERS AWARD AND EDITOR’S AWARD

ach year since 1996, Poets & Writers has presented three Ewriters with the Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, which honors writers who have given generously to other writers or to the broader literary community. Beginning this year, Poets & Writers also presented an Editor’s Award, recognizing a book editor who has made an outstanding contri- bution to the publication of poetry or literary prose over a sus- tained period of time. The 2009 recipients of the Writers for Writers Award were Russell Banks, Robert Caro, and Sarah Gambito. The 2009 recipient of the Editor’s Award was Daniel Halpern. The awards were presented at P&W’s benefit dinner in New York City on March 25, 2009 by Susan Isaacs, chairman of P&W’s Board of Directors. The gala dinner, which raised more than $350,000 to support P&W’s programs, was chaired From left to right: Elliot Figman, P&W executive director; Daniel Halpern, honoree; Sarah Gambito, honoree; Russell Banks, honoree; Amy Dickinson, by Ellen Archer, president and publisher of Hyperion Books. master of ceremonies; Robert Caro, honoree; and Ellen Archer, benefit chair. Syndicated advice columnist and NPR contributor Amy Photo: Christopher Smith Dickinson served as the master of ceremonies. Daniel Halpern is currently the publisher and president of Russell Banks is the president and treasurer of Cities of Refuge Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, which he found- North America, which provides assistance to persecuted writers ed in 1971. Since then, he has discovered and published hun- around the world. He is the author of sixteen works of fiction; dreds of award-winning authors. He is the author of nine col- two of his novels have been made into motion pictures. Banks lections of poetry and the editor of numerous anthologies. He has won numerous awards for his work, including Guggenheim has received numerous grants and awards, including fellowships and National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Fellowships, and the Literature Award from the American Endowment for the Arts, as well as the 1993 PEN Publisher Academy of Arts and Letters. Citation.

Robert Caro has served as the president of the Authors Guild of America and as the vice president of PEN American Center. Generous underwriting of Poets & Writers’ 2009 annual dinner was He won the Pulitzer Prize in biography for Master of the Senate provided by: (Knopf, 2002), the third volume in his biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson. A graduate of Princeton University, Caro was an award-winning investigative reporter at Newsday for six years. He has also won the National Book Award, two National Book Critics Circle Awards for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, in addition to many other literary awards.

Sarah Gambito is the co-founder of Kundiman, a nonprofit organization that promotes Asian-American poetry. She is the author of two books of poetry, most recently, Delivered (Persea Books, 2009). Her poetry has appeared in The Antioch Review, Fence, Field, The New Republic, and other journals. She is the THEODORE C. ROGERS recipient of grants and fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and Urban Artists Initiative. She is currently an assistant professor and director of creative writing at Fordham University.

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THE AMY AWARDS

dra Novey, Leigh Stein, and Annabelle Moseley were the James Books and was released in 2008. A chapbook of her work Ifirst, second, and third, place winners of the 2008 Amy was selected by Carolyn Forché for the 2005 Poetry Society of Awards. The contest is open to women poets aged thirty and America Chapbook Fellowship. She currently teaches in the under who live in the New York City metropolitan area and on creative writing program at Columbia University and in the Long Island. The winners were awarded a cash prize and gave Bard College Prison Initiative. a public reading in October at the New York Society Library. Leigh Stein is the winner of the 2007 Transcontinental Poetry Idra Novey’s poems have appeared in AGNI, Paris Review, Prize and author of the chapbook How to Mend a Broken Heart Ploughshares, and Slate. Her first book of poems, The Next With Vengeance (Dancing Girl Press, June 2008). Her work has Country, received the 2007 Kinereth Gensler Award from Alice appeared or is forthcoming in Bat City Review, Barrow Street, Diagram, h-ngm-n, and No Tell Motel. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in Brooklyn and works for a comic book publisher.

Annabelle Moseley’s poems have been published or are forth- coming in several journals, including Oberon, Seventh Quarray, Soundings East, and the Texas Review. She served for three years as Poet-in-Residence at the Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts in Oyster Bay, NY. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Fairfield University.

Paula Trachtman and Edward Butscher established the award in memory of Amy Rothholz, Ms. Trachtman’s daughter. Poets & Writers began administering the award in 2005. Paula Trachtman, Leigh Stein, Annabelle Moseley, Idra Novey, and Edward Butscher. Photo: Linda Rondinelli

THE JACKSON POETRY PRIZE

n April 2009, Poets & Writers announced Linda Gregg as Poems (1982) and Too Bright to I the recipient of the third annual Jackson Poetry Prize. The See (1981), all published by $50,000 prize honors an American poet of exceptional talent Graywolf Press. She has received a who deserves wider recognition. Eligible poets must have pub- Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan lished at least two books of acknowledged literary merit. Literary Foundation Fellowship, a The award is designed to provide what all poets need— National Endowment for the Arts time and the encouragement to write. grant, a Whiting Writer’s Award, the William Carlos Williams Linda Gregg was selected by the poets Brenda Hillman, Award, and multiple Pushcart Edward Hirsch, and Charles Simic. Poets were nominated by a Prizes. Gregg has taught at the panel of their peers who remain anonymous. The prize received Linda Gregg. Photo: Hal Lum University of Iowa, Columbia thousands of national and international press mentions in print University, and the University of and online. California at Berkeley. She currently lives in New York and teaches at Princeton University. She received her BA and MA In May 2009, Linda Gregg gave a reading at the Nabi Gallery from San Francisco State University. in New York City to celebrate the prize. A video of the occasion was posted on YouTube and on P&W’s Web site. The prize was made possible by a significant donation from the Liana Foundation and is named for the John and Susan Jackson family. Linda Gregg’s books include All of It Singing (2008), In the Middle Distance (2006), Things and Flesh (1999), Chosen by the Lion (1994), The Sacraments of Desire (1991), Alma (1985), Eight

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POETS & WRITERS IN THE FIELD

oets & Writers distributed more than 1,000 complimen- Programs Conference in Chicago, IL, the Brooklyn Book Ptary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine and other Festival in Brooklyn, NY, the Decatur Book Festival in Atlanta, materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations GA, the Leimert Park Village Book Fair in Los Angeles, CA, around the country, including those on the list below. In addi- and the Los Angeles Times Book Fair in Los Angeles, CA. tion, P&W staff attended several of these events, where they had the chance to interact with writers and book lovers. In A generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts 2008–2009, we attended the Association of Writers and Writing supported staff travel to out-of-state events.

VENTURA COUNTY HARRIETTE AUSTIN ASSOCIATION OF AUTHORS’ MONTGOMERY COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM WRITERS CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES COMMUNITY COLLEGE WRITERS Camarillo, CA Athens, GA New York, NY CONFERENCE Blue Bell, PA SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL CAVE CANEM FOUNDATION, INC. El Cajon, CA Decatur, GA New York, NY THE WAYNE COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE WRITER’S CONFERENCE LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE BOOK FAIR INDIAN SPRINGS COUNCIL OF LITERARY Hawley, PA Los Angeles, CA WRITERS CONFERENCE MAGAZINES AND PRESSES Indian Springs, GA New York, NY ART SANCTUARY’S CELEBRATION LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF BLACK WRITING FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES IOWA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP GIRLS WRITE NOW, INC. Philadelphia, PA Los Angeles, CA Iowa City, IA New York, NY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND NEW YORK CENTER UNIVERSITY PRESSES OF BOOKS WRITING PROGRAMS CONFERENCE FOR INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING ANNUAL MEETING Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL New York, NY Philadelphia, PA

GWENDOLYN BROOKS WRITER’S S.L.E. LUPUS FOUNDATION CENTRAL LIBRARY CONFERENCE FOR BLACK New York, NY OF PHILADELPHIA LITERATURE AND CREATIVE WRITING Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE New York, NY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE OF CHICAGO Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL UNTERBERG POETRY CENTER– 92ND STREET Y NORTH TEXAS CHRISTIAN YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS New York, NY WRITERS CONFERENCE Chicago, IL Fort Worth, TX FREE EXPRESSIONS P&W staff members Jamie FitzGerald WRITING DOWN THE Crystal Lake, IL and Cheryl Klein at the Leimert Park BRAZOS CONFERENCE Village Book Fair in Los Angeles in WRITERS RETREAT WORKSHOP Granbury, TX June 2009. Photo: Eugenia Chung Erlanger, KY THE BAY AREA WRITERS LEAGUE NEW ENGLAND CRIME BAKE Houston, TX THE OFFICE OF LETTERS Dedham, MA FORT BEND WRITERS GUILD AND LIGHT Stafford, TX Oakland, CA FREE EXPRESSIONS Westminster, MA WASHINGTON ROMANCE WRITERS FREE EXPRESSIONS P&W staff member Alexanne Leesburg, VA Pleasanton, CA THE WRITER’S CENTER Pemberton at P&W’s booth at the Bethesda, MD JAMES RIVER DREW SCHOOL Brooklyn Book Fair in September 2008. GWINN HIGH SCHOOL WRITERS CONFERENCE San Francisco, CA Photo: Francheska Melendez Gwinn, MI Richmond, VA SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY WRITERS’ INSTITUTE CONFERENCE San Jose, CA ANDERSON CENTER URBAN ASSEMBLY Madison, WI Red Wing, MN New York, NY NAPA VALLEY WRITERS’ WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS CONFERENCE MISSISSIPPI WRITERS QUEENS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS SUMMER CONFERENCE St. Helena, CA GUILD CONFERENCE Woodhaven, NY Vicksburg, MS Ripley, WV WESTPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY SOUTH COAST WYOMING WRITERS Westport, CT BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL WRITERS CONFERENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE Brooklyn, NY Gold Beach, OR EMERALD COAST Casper, WY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE– GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY Fort Walton Beach, FL NATIONAL BLACK WRITERS WRITERS GROUP, THE WRITE STUFF CONFERENCE WRITERS’ CONFERENCE Brooklyn, NY Allentown, PA

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FRIENDS OF POETS & WRITERS

Poets & Writers is grateful for every gift, but due to space limitations, listed here are donors who gave $500 or more between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009.

LAUREATES Lynn Goldberg Kim Hubbard CAMPAIGN DONORS ($5,000 OR MORE) Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Edmund Keeley Poets & Writers is grateful for the Ellen Archer Mr. & Mrs. James Hartke X. J. Kennedy generosity of our Board of Directors Joel Archer Beverly Jablons Renée L. Klaperman and the many individuals who Virginia Barber Mrs. Joan L. & Dr. Julius H. Jacobson Jonathan Lee contributed to its Writers Matter Maureen Mahon Egen Amy Kristoff Sterling Lord capital campaign. Listed below John W. Holman Jr. Wally Lamb Catherine MacDonald are those whose contributions were Ellen & Larry Joseph Dr. Melvin & Mrs. Marion Landew Robin Magowan & Juliet Mattila received between July 1, 2008, Helen & Frank Macioce Stephen O. Lesser Carol Mann and June 30, 2009. Michael Pietsch Deborah Pease Charles Mast Mr. & Mrs. C. Hunter Boll Diana & Simon Raab Joanna S. & Daniel Rose Susan D. McClanahan Celia H. Currin Theodore C. Rogers Deborah Santana Stuart Peterfreund Elliot & Ella Figman Robin B. Smith Robert & Nancy Solomon Jena Salon Jane Friedman Anonymous Paula Trachtman Cynthia Schumacher Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro John & Eva Usdan Timothy Seldes Susan Isaacs UNDERWRITERS Margaret V.B. Wurtele Al Silverman J. Alan Kahn ($2,500 TO $4,999) Peter Straub Sue Monk Kidd Susan Isaacs PATRONS Amy Tan Helen & Frank Macioce Laura Baudo Sillerman ($500 TO $999) Judith Nissman Taylor Theodore C. Rogers Paul J. Vidich Russell Banks Quincy Troupe Robin Smith Ray Cave & Pat Ryan Fred Wistow Anonymous BENEFACTORS Elyse Cheney Anonymous ($1,000 TO $2,499) Mary Higgins Clark Poets & Writers extends a special Carol Higgins Clark Jane Cutler thank-you to these generous Celia H. Currin Allison J. Davis individuals who have pledged to Stephen R. Donaldson Barbara Thompson Davis remember Poets & Writers in Morgan Entrekin Nelson DeMille their wills. Jeffrey & Cindy Fazio Scott Doyle Elliot & Ella Figman D. Elghanayan Philip & Marjorie Appleman Jane Friedman Weili Fan Carol J. Makovich Leontina Kelly Gallagher Alison Granucci Robin B. Smith Johanna & Leslie Garfield Gail Hochman Paula Trachtman

SPONSORSHIP

Poets & Writers continued its longtime partnership with Barnes & Noble Booksellers in 2009. With their support, Poets & Writers reached new audiences across the country. In addition, Barnes & Noble continued to underwrite the annual Writers for Writers Awards benefit dinner.

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

Poets & Writers is grateful to all foundations, corporations, and governmental organizations whose fiscal support helps make our programs and services accessible to writers. Below is a listing of all institutions contributing $1,000 or more between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009.

UNDERWRITERS ($25,000 OR MORE) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. DONORS ($1,000 TO $4,999) Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. Algonquin Books/Workman Publishing Co. Barnes & Noble Booksellers New York Department of Cultural Affairs Axe-Houghton Foundation BellSouth Nielsen BookScan Cowles Charitable Trust Carnegie Corporation of New York Penguin Group (USA) Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hachette Book Group Quebecor World Publishing Services Group Fine Creative Media The James Irvine Foundation Random House, Inc. Inavale Foundation The Liana Foundation Simon & Schuster, Inc. Medallion Retail Kaye Scholer, LLP Vintage Graphic Arts, Inc. NewPage Corporation National Endowment for the Arts Writers House, LLC Phoenix Color Corp. New York State Council on the Arts Anonymous (2) Pustorino, Puglisi & Co., LLP Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust Rosenthal Family Foundation PATRONS ($5,000 TO $9,999) Anonymous The Schaffner Family Foundation J.M.R. Barker Foundation Ellen M. Violett and Mary P.R. BENEFACTORS ($10,000 TO $24,999) The Bydale Foundation Thomas Foundation Arvato Print USA Horizon Paper Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Command Web Offset LJK Literary Management Worzalla Publishing Goldberg McDuffie Communications, Inc. Perseus Books Group HarperCollins Publishers Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation The Hyde & Watson Foundation William Morris Agency Hyperion Publishing

2009 ANNUAL DINNER All Photographs taken by Christopher Smith

Russell Banks and Robert Caro Sarah Gambito Tayari Jones, Francine Prose, and A. M. Homes

Mary Gannon and Galen Williams Lily Halpern and Dan Halpern Da Chen, Mary Higgins Clark, and Victoria Chen

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS as of June 30, 2009

Susan Isaacs, Chairman Elliot Figman Susan D. McClanahan IN MEMORIUM Writer Executive Director Entrepreneur & Education Specialist Barbara Thompson Davis Poets & Writers, Inc. Celia H. Currin, President Michael Pietsch Founder & CEO Jay Fine Executive Vice President and Publisher ADVISORY BOARD WhisperStreet.biz Cofounder Little, Brown and Company James A. Autry One Call Support Services, LLC Russell Banks Karin Grafstrom, Treasurer Theodore C. Rogers Billy Collins Market Research Manager Jane Friedman General Partner, E. L. Doctorow Metropolitan Museum of Art Former President & CEO Private Equity Investments Cornelius Eady HarperCollins Publishers American Industrial Partners Helen Macioce, Secretary A. M. Homes Former President (Retired) Lynn C. Goldberg Robin B. Smith Beverly Jablons Merrill Lynch Bank & CEO Chairman Sue Monk Kidd Trust Company Goldberg McDuffie Publishers Clearing House Galway Kinnell Communications Joanna S. Rose Ellen Archer Nicholas J. Vergoth Timothy Seldes President and Publisher John W. Holman Jr. Senior Vice President, Peter Straub Hyperion Books Partner Sales & Marketing Hintz, Holman & Robillard Inc. Lake Book Manufacturing, Inc. Amy Berkower VOLUNTEERS President & CEO Susan Jackson Paul J. Vidich Poet Dan Arnheim Writers House, LLC Senior Adviser Ray Cave America Online Allison J. Davis Ellen R. Joseph Kim Chisholm Consultant Partner (Retired) Galen Williams Glenn D’Agnes The Jackie Robinson Foundation Kaye Scholer, LLP Founder Vikram Malkani Pat Ryan J. Alan Kahn Poets & Writers, Inc. Barbara Thompson Davis Landscape Gardener Shen Tong Writer/Literary Executor President Barnes & Noble Publishing Group Galen Williams Maureen Mahon Egen Landscape Design, Inc. Former Deputy Chairman & Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Publisher (Retired) Writer Hachette Book Group

POETS & WRITERS STAFF as of June 30, 2009

ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE Readings/Workshops (East) Elliot Figman, Executive Director Mary Gannon, Editor Daniel Burgess Jennifer Benka, Managing Director Kevin Larimer, Senior Editor Stephanie Rael William F. Hayes, Controller Suzanne Pettypiece, Managing Editor California Office and Alexanne Pemberton, Staff Accountant Jean Hartig, Assistant Editor Readings/Workshops (West) Linda Rondinelli, Development & Marketing Manager Tim O’Sullivan, Advertising Director Eugenia Chung Chris Reichheld, Development & Marketing Coordinator Sara Femenella, Advertising Associate Shannon David Alex Gortman D. Sulaitis, Administrative Coordinator Ileen Choi, Advertising Assistant Monica Mello Jason Chapman, Information Technology Director READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (EAST) Marcus Omari READINGS/WORKSHOPS PROGRAM (WEST) & WRITERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM Poets & Writers Magazine & CALIFORNIA OFFICE Bonnie Rose Marcus, Director Alex Dimitrov Cheryl Klein, Director Nicole Sealey, Program Manager Silissa Kenney Jamie FitzGerald, Program Coordinator (Sidney Harman 2007–2008 INTERNS Writers-In-Residence INFORMATION SERVICES Accounting Program Intern from Aye Myint Monz Bram Hsieh, Director Baruch College) Francheska Melendez, Program Assistant Administration Adrian Versteegh Michelle Kwak Stephanie Rael

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TREASURER’S REPORT 2008–2009

Poets & Writers closed the fiscal year with a strong fiscal 2009 SOURCES OF INCOME report. Earned income remained healthy and accounted for 63% of the organization’s revenue. Advertising revenue from Poets & Writers Magazine increased 5.8% over the prior year, Publications 62% and the annual dinner was a great success, raising $353,680. Foundations 15% Special Events 8% Expenditure for programs represented 80% of total expenses Government 8% of $3,436,486. Individual 4% Corporate Sponsorship & Support 2% The accounting firm of Pustorino, Puglisi & Co., LLP, Other Earned Revenue 1% performed an audit of Poets & Writers’ financial statements and offered an unqualified opinion that the statements fairly 2009 ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES represent its financial position as of June 30, 2009. Following are summaries of the statements of operations and functional expenses from that audit, a complete copy of which is available upon request by writing Poets & Writers’ develop- ment office. Program Services 80% Management & General 12% Fundraising 8%

INCOME 2009 2008 Public Support $1,265,766 $1,301,599 Earned Revenue 2,114,336 2,058,731 Other Income 25,374 43,170

Total $3,405,476 $3,403,500

EXPENSES Program Services $2,736,845 $2,655,483 Management & General 432,794 594,563 Fundraising 266,847 274,187

Total $3,436,486 $3,524,233

Revenue Over/Under Expenditures ($31,010) ($120,733) Unrealized & Realized Gains (132,002) 25,242 Change in Unrestricted Net Assets ($163,012) ($95,491)

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July/August 2008 (Vol. 36, No. 4) POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE CONTENTS through May/June 2009 (Vol. 37, No. 3)

JULY/AUGUST 2008 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 Volume 36, Issue 4 Volume 36, Issue 5 Volume 36, Issue 6

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Editor • After the Flood: A Profile of David Rhodes • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Editor Janet Silver • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Agent Chuck Adams Molly Friedrich • The World Over: A Profile of Rolf Potts NEWS AND TRENDS • Dear Reader: A Profile of Billy Collins • The Guest List: A Profile of Paul Guest • The Permanent Prince • The Spirit and the Strength: A Profile of • The New Creative Nonfiction Writers NEWS AND TRENDS Toni Morrison • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Get Up, Stand Up for Your Writing Books Begin • Invasion of the Genre Snatchers NEWS AND TRENDS • Anthologies Offer Poetic Diplomacy • Literary MagNet • Literary MagNet • Small Press Points • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Literary MagNet Books Begin Books Begin • The Written Image: Gonzo • Q&A: Twichell Passes Ausable Torch • Q&A: Phillips Leads Newark’s New MFA • Q&A: Jane Ciabattari’s Critical Diagnosis • Small Press Points • Small Press Points • The Fifty-Year-Old Fire • The Contester: Down Came a Contest, SPECIAL SECTION: SUMMER READING • The Written Image: Robert Pirsig Cradle and All • From Vladivostok to Gibraltar on His Knees: • The Written Image: Doc Humes A Profile of Ethan Canin SPECIAL SECTION: INDEPENDENT PRESSES • These United States • Beginners to Blockbusters: A Roundup of • A Letter at a Time Notable Novels • DIY: How to Make a Saddle-Stitched Chapbook SPECIAL SECTION: MFA PROGRAMS • First Fiction: Our Annual Look at Summer's • DIY: How to Make an Accordion-Fold Minibook • Regrouping After the MFA: How to Find Debut Stars • Small Press Saviors Community Postprogram • Moving as Brightness Into Brightness: • Ten to Send: Small Presses, Open Submissions • Show Me the Money: A Roundup of the A Profile of Sarah Manguso • Windy City Indies Top-Funded MFA Programs • That Which You Manifest Is Before You: • Teaching Assistantship 101: What You Need A Profile of Garth Stein THE LITERARY LIFE to Know • Family War Stories: The Perils of Writing • Seven Ways to Create Community Post-MFA THE LITERARY LIFE Close to Home • The Top Fully Funded Programs • The Art of Reading Andre Dubus: We Don’t Have to Live Great Lives THE PRACTICAL WRITER THE LITERARY LIFE • A Special Beast: Giving Readings That Work • Censored Stories: Report From Literary THE PRACTICAL WRITER • First: The Dickmans’ Debuts Myanmar • The Practice of Remaining in the Dark: • The Art of Reading Aharon Appelfeld: How to Create Complex Characters The Precious and the Best • Writing Good Bad Poetry: The Beastly Beauty of Poems on the Wire

THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Book Trailers: The Key to Successful Video Marketing • First: Andrew Porter’s Prizewinning Stories • Narrative Calisthenics: Exercises to Jump-Start Your Writing

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July/August 2008 (Vol. 36, No. 4) POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE CONTENTS through May/June 2009 (Vol. 37, No. 3)

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009 MARCH/APRIL 2009 MAY/JUNE 2009 Volume 37, Issue 1 Volume 37, Issue 2 Volume 37, Issue 3

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Four Young • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Four • Agents and Editors: A Q&A With Four Literary Agents Young Editors Literary Agents • First and Foremost • Dear (Hypothetical) Reader: A Q&A With • Back in the Big Time: A Profile of Joe Meno • Why We Write Now Lucia Perillo • From the Periphery: A Q&A With Ann • The Dark Is Rising: A Profile of Mary Gaitskill Lauterbach NEWS AND TRENDS • The Voyage of Many Returns: A Profile of • How It Begins: A Profile of Jay McInerney • Balancing the Books Achy Obejas • For Writers, the Doctor’s Definitely In NEWS AND TRENDS • Google Gets Generous, Settles Suit NEWS AND TRENDS • Are Authors Who Twitter Any Fitter? • Literary MagNet • Literary MagNet • Conferences, Festivals Taking a Hit • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Literary MagNet Books Begin Books Begin • Page One: Where New and Noteworthy • Q&A: Dan Chiasson Chooses Carefully • Poetry Makes Strange Bedfellows Books Begin • Small Press Points • Q&A: April Ossmann’s Alice James Fix • Small Press Points • The Written Image: Richard Baker • Small Press Points • Taking Poetry Public • The Art and the Artist THE LITERARY LIFE • The Written Image: The Beats SPECIAL SECTION: LITERARY MAGAZINES • Crazy With Song: Discovering Story in • Video Thrilled the Poetry Stars • From Page to Pixels: The Evolution of Southern Sudan Online Journals • Finding Beverly: One Writer's Unexpected SPECIAL SECTION: CONFERENCES AND • Editors Publishing Editors: The Truth About Afterlife RESIDENCIES Literary Nepotism • On Not Writing: And What, Exactly, It Means • Blue Metropolis: Montreal, Canada • Publish Plus: A Submission Guide to • Rewriting Anna Karenina: The Classics Never • Retreats on the Cheap Magazines That Do More for Your Work Go Out of Style • The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary • Rank and Slush Pile: Studies at Tower View: Red Wing, Minnesota Is There a Literary Magazine Hierarchy? THE PRACTICAL WRITER • The Norman Mailer Writers Colony: • The Café Review: Publishing Poetry • A Writer's Green Guide: How to Work for the Provincetown, Massachusetts in Portland, Maine Environment • Ubud Writers & Readers Festival: Bali, Indonesia • Bullseye: How to Submit to Slice Magazine • Yoga for Writers: A Roundup THE LITERARY LIFE • First Thought, Worst Thought: Poetry Exercises • The Future of Narrative: That Inspire THE LITERARY LIFE Storytelling in the Internet Age • The Case for Contests: Why Emerging Writers • Green-Haired Gumshoes or Hidebound Hacks? Should Submit Creative Nonfiction vs. Journalism THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Revenge of the Nerds: Where Are the Badly • Author Economics: How to Survive Behaved Writers? the Recession • Bullseye: How to Submit to Poetry THE PRACTICAL WRITER • Bullseye: How to Submit to New Ohio Review • First: Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

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All of the writers listed below received support from Poets & Writers to give readings READINGS/WORKSHOPS: and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide WRITERS SUPPORTED support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers

> East Steve Clorfeine Bobby Gonzalez Etgar Keret George H. Northrup Sharon Ruetenik Steven Coffman Melanie Goodreaux Jamaica Kincaid Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Mary Rufle NEW YORK Elizabeth Cohen Carol Graser Rosamond King Akilah Oliver Natalie Safir Diane Ackerman Katherine Coles Andrei Guruianu Nancy Kline Ruth Oliver Clara Sala Terry Adkins Merle Collins Minal Hajratwala Itzhak Knafo Alix Olson Tomaz Salamon Jonis Agee Paola Corso Suheir Hammad Denise Kolanovic Kirby Olson Tomaz Salamun Gerry Albarelli Valzhyna Cortese Christine Hamm Abena Koomson Linda Opyr Paula Santiago Elena Alexander Yolanda Coulaz James T. Hammond Gordon Korman Lou Orfanella Tom Savage Doug Anderson Michael Czarnecki Natalie Handal Thomas Krampf Robert Ostrom Leslie Scalapino Philip Appleman Craig Czury Ruth Handel Norbert Krapf Yuko Otomo Grace Schulman Marcia Arrieta Steve Dalachensky Joan C. Handler Chris Kraus Amy Ouzoonian Sarah Schulman Susan Astor Delana Dameron Myronn Hardy George Kraus Abiodun Oyewole Patricia Roth Schwartz David B. Axelrod Kwame Dawes Colin Harrison Nancy Krim Kent Jorgensen Ozarow Salvatore Scribona Corinna Bain Claridad de La Luz Heidi Hart Mindy Kronenberg Cynthia Ozick William Seaton Amiri Baraka Susan Deer Cloud Pamela Hart Gerry LaFemina Dylcia Pagan Brian Selznick Coleman Barks Darcie Dennigan Todd Hasak-Lowy Phil LaMarche Anne Panning Neil Shepard Marek Bartelik Carl Dennis Zaraya Hazlewood Joan Larkin Gregory Pardlo Irene Sherlock Attila Bartis Caroline Depalma Jeanne Heiberg Lynn Lauber Cecily Parks Carrie Shipers Scott Beal Andrew Devitt George Held Bill Lavender Molly Peacock Jane Shore Jan Beatty Kathryn Dezur William Heyen Ursula K. Le Guin Nancy Pearson Daniel Sicoli Aleja Bennett Latasha Natasha Diggs Page Hill Starzinger Joseph Legaspi Willie Perdomo Maxine Silverman Cara Benson Celeste Doaks Donna Hill Tan Lin Allen Planz Susannah W. Simpson Charles Bernstein Farzana Doctor Bonnie Elizabeth Hoag Paul Lisicky Chandra Prasad Hal Sirowitz Jennifer Ford Berry Lynn Domina Hallie S. Hobson Phillip Lopate Judith Prest Abraham Smith Tara Betts Dolores Dorantes Jen Hofer Eliel Lucero Elaine Preston Laura Solorzano Gregory Beyer Mark Doty Barbara Hoffman Ellen Aug Lytle Lynne Procope Christopher Stackhouse Cliff Bleidner Rodlyn H. Douglas Bob Holman Dennis Maloney Adele Ramos John Henry Stape Roger Bonair-Agard R. Erica Doyle Mikhail Horowitz Patricia Marte Gus Ramos Alan Steinberg David Bosnick Caroline H. Dworin Fanny Howe Chris Martin Suzanne Rancourt Laurie Stone Christine Boyka Kluge Sandra Maria Esteves LeAnne Howe Martha McConnell Christina M. Rau Allen Strous Renee Michele Breeden Todd Fabozzi Marie Howe Alice McDermott Bushra Rehman David Surface Richard Bronson James Fahy Colette Inez Derek McKown Barbara Reiher-Meyers Paige Taggart Oni Buchanan Livio Farallo Baruch Israel Raymond Daniel Medina Luivette Resto George E. Tait Michael Burkard Kathryn Fazio M. J. Iuppa Suketu Mehta Alfrieda Wanjiku Reynolds Patti Tana Ainsley Burrows Corie Feiner Linda Susan Jackson Rashida Merritt Susan Ribner Cheryl Boyce Taylor Elena Karina Byrne Armstead Fisher Major Jackson Richard Meyers Raul Kahayarix Rios Gayl Teller Regie Cabico Charles Ades Fishman Marcus Jackson Dante Micheaux Karen Rippstein Ed Toney Steve Cannon Jennifer Frances Yvonne Jackson Robert Milby Susannah Risley Dennis Torres Peter Carey Ruth Franklin J. Allston James Robert Minhinnick Louis Reyes Rivera Jessica Treat Michael Carman Santee Frazier Jay Jii Jerry Mirskin David Roberts Reagen Trootman Teresa Carson Lisa Freedman Judith Emlyn Johnson Marquis Mix Paula Robinson Quincy Troupe Americo Casiano, Jr. Kenny Fries Jacqueline Jones LaMon Rick Moody John Roche Monique T. D. Truong Kimberly A. Cavanagh Kate Gallagher Hettie Jones Maneejah Moradian Paula Rodenas Martin Tucker Daniel Chacon Diane Gallo Tayari Jones Martin Moran Eugene Rodriguez Brian Turner Lynn Aarti Chandhok Conrad Geller Sylvia Jorrin Rhonda Morton Bertha Rogers Chase Twichell Sabrina Chapadjiev Aracelis Girmay Marc Bamuthi Joseph Robert Moss Vicie Rolling Elizabeth Twiddy Samme Chittom Thomas Glave Lewis J. Kahler Joan Murray Rody J. Rosaly Cor van den Heuvel Susan Choi Robert Gluck Jefferey Kelly Richard Jeffrey Newman Judith Rose Robert Vassilarak Andy Clausen Robert Going X. J. Kennedy David Michael Nixon Liz Rosenberg Janine Pommy Vega Mickey Clement Judy Goldschmidt Maurice Kenny Howard Norman Charles Rossiter Richard Villar

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All of the writers listed below received support from Poets & Writers to give readings READINGS/WORKSHOPS: and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide WRITERS SUPPORTED support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers

G. C. Waldrep Quraysh Ali Lansana Delana Dameron Beth Beurkens Dennis Cruz Dick Gibford Virginia Walker David Meltzer Brandel France de Bravo Guy Biederman Victor Hernandez Cruz Andrea Gibson George Wallace Sage Morgan-Hubbard Randall Horton Michelle Bitting Candice Custodio-Tan Samantha Giles Barry Wallenstein John Murillo Douglas Kearney Baxter Black Michael Datcher Maria Mazziotti Gillan Charlotte Walsh Matthias Regan Taziyah Naharah Charles Curtis Blackwell Steve Davenport Barbara Goldberg John Wareham Ed Roberson Ian Sydney March Karen Bogat Lori Davis Beckian Fritz Goldberg Sylvia Watanabe Michael Rothenberg Stacy Szymaszek Laurel Ann Bogen Carol V. Davis Karen Golden Estha Weiner Steven Schroeder Anne Tardos Gary Bolstridge Arthur Dawson Rigoberto Gonzalez Lee Welles Erin Teegarden David Taylor Helen Bonner Juan Delgado Liz Gonzalez Nikki Williams Jeanne Towns George Witte Gayle Brandeis Lea Deschenes Daphne Gottlieb Bakar Wilson Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Christy J. Zink Gaylord Brewer Jennifer Kwon Dobbs Mary Lee Gowland Mason C. Winfield Melissa Tuckey Jericho Brown Mark Doty Reyna Grande Chavisa Woods Judith Valente Marquise Brown Sharon Doubiago Andrew Sean Greer Baron Wright > West Susan Browne Mitchell Douglas Joel Grier DETROIT Mark Wunderlich Karla Brundage Rita Dove S. A. Griffin Jan Beatty CALIFORNIA Xu Xi Bradley Buchanan Ralph Dranow Harry Griswold Terry Blackhawk Elmaz Abi-Nader Matthew Yeager Christopher Buckley Jack Driscoll Ro Gunetilleke Hayan Charara Opal Palmer Adisa Ainsley Burrows Claire Drucker Raquel Gutierrez ATLANTA Tracey E. Frazier Neil Aitken Ed Buryn Janice Blue Duff Albert Haley Franklin Abbott Ross Gay Clem Albertoni Francisco Bustos Trish Dugger Leilani Hall W Devon Bell Stephen Haven Sandra Alcosser Suzanne Byerley Denise Duhamel Randy Hamill Karen Brown Allison Hedge Coke Martha Alderson Elena Karina Byrne Camille Dungy Denise Hamilton Ainsley Burrows Brooke Horvath Malin Alegria Reginald Cabico Quinton Duval Nathalie Handal Brock Clarke Tyehimba Jess Zaia Alexander Rick Campbell Elana Dykewomon Daniel Handler Toi Derricotte Allison Joseph Dorothy Allison Peter Campion Cornelius Eady Lizzie Hannon Julie Dexter Naomi Long Madgett Heather Altfeld Helene Cardona Fred Engel Gerald Haslam Cornelius Eady Jamaal May Rafael Alvarado Jim Cardwell Maureen Eppstein Robert Hass Raymond Fast Thylias Moss Frank Andrick Nancy Cary Stephanie Estrada Eloise Klein Healy Tamika Harper Weam Namou Ralph Angel Elizabeth Cazessus Brian Evenson Allison A. Hedge Coke Jamel Latimore Julius Williams Rae Armantrout Lorna Dee Cervantes Percival Everett Jean Hegland Alice Lovelace Kevin Arnold Brandon Cesmat Peter Everwine Dianna Henning Ann Lynn NEW ORLEANS Sally Ashton Daniel Chacon Grace Fae David Hernandez Vynnie Meli Beulah Carey Colette LaBouff Tina Chang Agneta Falk Tim Z. Hernandez Betsheba Rem Pia Z. Ehrhardt Atkinson Neeli Cherkovski Josh Fernandez Leticia Hernandez Dorian Rogers Jean E. Grau Jimmy Santiago Baca Maxine Chernoff John FitzGerald Linares Louise Runyon Lee Meitzen Grue Aja-Monet Bacquie Stephanie Brown Molly Flanagan Juan Felipe Herrera Ericka Smith Raymond Jackson David Ball Christiansen Alex Forman Tim Herrera Richard Tillinghast Joseph Meissner Julianne Balmain Jabez Churchill Sesshu Foster Terry Hertzler Megan Volpert Michael Moore Meliza Banales Anthony Cody Rebecca Foust Martin Hickel John Williams Delia Tomino Nakayama Cathy Barber Phyllis Parun Wanda Coleman Karen Joy Fowler Mario Ellis Hill Coleman Barks CHICAGO Valentine Pierce Steve Connell Joelle Fraser Naomi Hirahara Sarah Browning Tony Barnstone Julie Smith Julia Connor Jean French Jack Hirschman Regie Cabico Dorothy Barresi Becky Stark Brendan Constantine Elliot Fried Jane Hirshfield Teresa Carmody Bart Baxter Jan Villarrubia Mark Conway Laverne E. Frith Yvonne Hollenbeck Michelle Baynes Spencer Dew Deanna Cope William Gainer Gimel Hooper Peter S. Beagle Eric Elshtain WASHINGTON, D.C. Brian Copeland Albert Garcia James D. Houston Jan Beatty Alice George Melissa Princess Best David Corbett Olga Garcia Echeverria Jeanne Wakatsuki Calvin Bedient Jen Hofer Elizabeth Bruce Dan Coshnear Armando Garcia-Davila Houston Robin Beeman Jennifer Karmin Ainsley Burrows Kathryn Cowles May Ann Garsson David Houston John Bennett C. J. Laity Regie Cabico Larry L. Crawley Jody Gehrman Kenton Hundley

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All of the writers listed below received support from Poets & Writers to give readings READINGS/WORKSHOPS: and workshops. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment to provide WRITERS SUPPORTED support for a diverse group of writers at all stages in their careers

Luisa A. Igloria Jack McCarthy Jerry Ratch Antje Ravic Strubel HOUSTON Charles Bock Elijah Imlay Michael D. McCarty Midge Raymond David Sundstrand Elia Arce Marshall Boswell Jessica Barksdale Inclan Karen McMahon Fran Resendez Ellen Sussman Dan Beachy-Quick Charlotte Brock Victor David Infante Mary McMillan Barbara Jane Reyes Aimee Suzara Mary Margaret Carlisle Fran Leeper Buss Joshua Jackson Claire McNab Pat Richardson Susan Swartz Robert Cremins Denise Chavez Harold Jaffe Wallace McRae Suzanne Roberts Kathryn Waddell Takara Van G. Garrett Christy Clothier Aris Janigian Bryan Medina Dan Roberts Niloufar Talebi Stephanie Elizondo Geraldine Connolly Joyce Jenkins Ann Menebroker Lisa Robertson Grace Tea Griest Norman Fischer Avotcja Jiltonilro Adam David Miller Gary Robertson lê thi diem thúy Lola Haskins Peter Gizzi Richard Jones Carolyn Miller Judith Roche Garland Thompson Mat Johnson Renee Gladman William Emery Justice Joseph Milosch Zack Rogow Deborah Tobola Karleen Koen Ken Kalfus Ilya Kaminsky Lewis Mims Monica Rose Andrew Todhunter Graciela Limon James Luna Nicholas Karavatos Martha Mims Jordan Rosenfeld Mary Torregrossa Liana Lopez Rita Magdaleno Robert Karimi Elena Minor Kay Ryan Kirya Traber Alix Ohlin Elizabeth McDonald Nancy Keane Bill Mohr Teresa LeYung Ryan Lan Tran Bryan Parras Tracie Morris Susan Kelly-DeWitt Jose Montoya Shawna Ryan Truong Tran Hermine Pinson Heather Nagami B. L. Kennedy C. B. Mosher Stephen Sadler Patti Trimble Melissa Waddy Himilce Novas Thomas Kennedy Pos Moua Tomaz Salamun Mike Tuggle Thibodeaux Leslie Marmon Silko Dennis Kim Jim Musgrave Albert Salinas Brian Turner Gwendolyn Zepeda Connie Spittler Lois Klein Majid Naficy Cathie Sandstrom Denise Uyehara SEATTLE Steve Kowit Maggie Nelson Steve Sanfield Shihan Van Clief Alliniece Andino Judy Kronenfeld Gail Newman Lucy Sanna Mai Der Vang Adrian Arancibia Pauline Laruent Fae Myenne Ng Patricia Santana Soul Vang Christa Bell Li-Young Lee Jamel Nichols June Saraceno Burlee Vang Michael Biggins Xai Lee Ruth Nolan Kiyo Sato Patrice Vecchione Kate Bornstein Joseph Leeming nila northSun Steve Scafidi Jr. Mick Vernon Minnie Collins Jim Lehrer Camille Norton Adam Schmalholz Marianne Villanueva Patricia Davis Rachel Leibrock Dan Nowak James Shea Helena Maria Monique Franklin Russell Leong Geoffrey O'Brien Gary Short Viramontes Sam Hamill Robin Coste Lewis Dan O'Brien Susan Sibbet Dana Ward Jose Kozer Yiyun Li Dave Ochs Emmanuel Sigauke Charles Harper Webb Frenchy Conde Lamont R. Zamora Linmark William O'Daly Richard Silberg Gillian Wegener Kelly Lenox Elline Lipkin Gwynn O'Gara John Oliver Simon Karen Weiser Maria Melendez Manuel Paul Lopez Victoria O'Kane Shelley Singer Stephanie Alaska Whelan Jude Narita Rob Loughran Chris Olander Ernie Sites Theresa Whitehill Naomi Shihab Nye Suzanne Lummis David Oliveira Dorothy Skiles Julia Whitty Linden Ontjes Pacyinz Lyfoung Amalia Ortiz Sourdough Slim Karen Wilson Shin Yu Pai Viet Mai Connie Owens Jane Smiley Robert K. Wilson Richard Rodriguez devorah major Ann Packer Jesse Smith A. D. Winans Patricia Smith Micheline Aharonian Jim Parsons Joe Smith Sholeh Wolpe Eugenia Toledo-Keyser Marcom Donna Peck Tracy K. Smith Susan Wooldridge Simon Wickham-Smith Adrianne Marcus Thien-bao Thuc Phi Gary Snyder Gail Wronsky Brenda Gale Wright Ruben Martinez Vanessa Place Frank Soos Andre Yang Carolyne Wright Jewel Mathieson Connie Post Juliana Spahr Gordon Yaswem Maged Zaher Clive Matson Douglas Powell Rion Spears Debbie Yee Larry Maurice Jeanne Powell Viola Spencer Dwight Young TUCSON Devoya Mayo Holly Prado Amalia Starr Al Young Renee Angle Stephen Mayu Khadijah Queen Page Stegner Gary Young Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge Jana McBurney-Lin Claudia Rankine Ransom Stephens Kimberly Young Sherwin Bitsui David McCain Jonah Raskin Amy Stewart Matthew Zapruder Elena Diaz Bjorkquist

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All of the organizations listed below hosted events supported by Poets & READINGS/WORKSHOPS: Writers. These sponsors make important contributions to the literary SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS life of their communities, and Poets & Writers salutes them.

> East Hale Creek ASATCA FEGS-Haym Salomon Division Orange Steuben Tryon Girls Center of the Arts Florida Public Library Foothills Publishing NEW YORK (by county) Genesee Goddard Riverside Community Mid-Orange Correctional Facility Loon Lake Poetry Festival Albany Genesee-Orleans Regional Center Poetry on the Loose Wayland Free Library Jawbone Reading Series Arts Council Grand Street Settlement BEST Orleans Suffolk Merritt Bookstore Greene Program Genesee-Orleans Regional Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc. SUNY/Albany Catskill Mountain Hope Community, Inc. Arts Council Heckscher Museum Allegany Foundation Bookstore Hunter College, CUNY Oswego SUNY/Farmingdale Friends of the Cuba Hamilton Institute for Family Health Ladies Home of Oswego The Live Poets Society Circulating Library Indian Lake Public Library Juilliard School Drama Division SUNY/Oswego Student The North Sea Poetry Scene Bronx Herkimer La Bodega de la Familia Association Walt Whitman Birth Place Bronx Community College Frank J. Basloe Library LatinoNYC Otsego Sullivan Western Sullivan Public Library BEGIN Program Mohawk Valley Center Lenox Hill HEP Program Huntington Memorial Library Tioga Coalition of African-American for the Arts Lincoln Square Neighborhood SUNY/Oneonta Coburn Free Library Churches Jefferson Center Putnam Tompkins Department of Juvenile Justice Jefferson-Lewis Library Literary Freedom Project Mahopac Public Library Kitchen Theatre Company, Inc. Kingsbridge Heights Association Lorraine Monroe Leadership Queens Latinas Promoviendo Kings Institute (LMLI) Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Inc. Community Center Comunidad Audre Lorde Project NYPL/Mulberry Street Branch Church of the Resurrection Literary Freedom Project Ulster Black Lawrence Press NYU Graduate Creative Writing Jackson Heights Poetry Festival Safe Horizon-Lily House Center for Creative Education Black Rock Program Langston Hughes Community Broome Highland Residential Center Readings on the Bowery/Four Library & Cultural Center Binghamton Center for Writers, Brooklyn College Inquiring Minds Bookstore Way Books LCC & Asian American Writers SUNY Women's Center Thursday Nights Out - Sacred Slam Workshop Cooperative Gallery 213 Brooklyn College, PEOPLE, Inc Sister's Uptown Bookstore, LLC Loving Touch, Inc. Friends of the Vestal English Department Unison Arts and Public Library Brooklyn Young Mothers Society for the Advancement of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Queens College Evening Learning Center Cattaraugus Collective Judaism Willow Mixed Media Readings Mental Health Association Calypso Muse St. Mark's Poetry Project Warren Queens Community House of Cattaraugus County Caribbean Cultural Theatre Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Fiction Among Friends Rensselaer Cayuga Center for Black Lit at Center The Writers Project at ACC Rensselaer Polytechnic Auburn Public Theater Medgar Evers College The Boys' Club of New York Wiawaka Holiday House, Inc. Institute LL&C Cayuga Community College Coalition to Preserve The Center for Book Arts Washington The Arts Center of the Finger Lakes Writing Group Reggae Music The City Congregation for Greenwich Free Library Capital Region Chautauqua Elders Share the Arts Humanistic Judaism Wayne Rockland Chautauqua Institution Folukie's The Riverside Church Parkwood Heights Pearl River Public Library Darwin R. Barker Food 4 Thought The South Asian Women's Westchester Riverspace in Nyack, Inc. Library Association Fort Greene Park Conservancy Creative Collective Katonah Poetry Series The Nyack Library JASA Shorefront Senior Center The Studio Museum in Harlem Manhattanville College Chemung Saratoga Jobs for Youth Apprenticeship Urban Word NYC Mt. Pleasant Recreation Big Flats Community Center Capital District Homeschool Program Village Zendo Friends of Steele Teens Department Memorial Library Literary Freedom Project Yeshiva College/Dept of English Neighborhood House Monroe Mt. McGregor Correctional Steele Memorial Library Perch Literary Tuesdays Facility Senior Center Chenango (Perch Café) Rochester Institute of Tech, Toadlily Press Lang, & Lit Next Step Structured Day Colorscape Chenango Arts Real Poetry Program Town of Greenburgh/ Festival, Inc. Sunday Salon St. John Fisher College Arts & Culture Montgomery Saratoga Homeschoolers Clinton The Actors Fund at Still Point Interfaith Retreat Town of Greensburgh- Black Poetry Day Committee Schermerhorn House Amsterdam Free Library Arts & Culture Nassau Center SUNY Plattsburgh/ The Poetry Brothel Schenectady Trailside Nature Museum/ CW Post Poetry Center LIU Deptartment of English Tiger Tiger Reading Series Bethesda House of Schenectady Westchester County Farmingdale Public Library Columbia Lewis Girls Inc. of the Greater Wyoming Great Neck Plaza Village Hall Blackwood & Brouwer Northern Regional Center Capital Region Arts Council for Wyoming Hempstead Dept of Senior Booksellers for Independent Living Open Door Bookstore County Enrichment Hudson Opera House Livingston Schenectady County Yates Locust Valley Library New Lebanon Library Genesee Valley Council Public Library Long Island Press Yates County Arts Council Cortland On the Arts Scotia Glenville Senior Nassau Community College ATLANTA Cultural Council of Madison Citizens, Inc. Creative Writing Cortland County The Society for New Music Schoharie Atlanta Queer Literary Festival Purple Sage Press Delaware Manhattan Iroquois Indian Museum Atlanta Vet Center Senior Citizens of Westbury Catskill Development 92nd Street Y Sharon Springs Free Library Below the Radar The Creative Arts Studio Foundation, Inc. A Gathering of the Tribes Schuyler Clark Atlanta University The North Sea Poetry Scene Hobart Book Village Bookshops Academy of American Poets Watkins Glen Writer's Group E- Period Village Book Shoppe William H. Adams Apicha Seneca Five Points Niagra Antiquarian Books Archipelago Books 1st Presbyterian Church Georgia State University Niagara County Dutchess Asian American Writers St. Lawrence GSU Creative Writing Program Community College Downstate Correctional Facility Workshop Canton Free Library Holiday Theatre Festival BELLADONNA The Book Corner SUNY/Potsdam English Louise Runyon Tivoli Free Library Oneida Bellevue PS 811 & Comm Dept. Performance Company Erie Mohawk Correctional Facility Calypso Muse Staten Island Spelman College Williamsville Central Schools SUNY IT Cultural & Campus Icarus NYPL/Port Richmond Branch The Movement Essex Performing Arts Cave Canem Foundation Inc. Library Three on Third Wadhams Free Library Onondago Cemi Underground Bookstore NYPL/St. George Public Library Working Title Playwrights, Inc. Franklin Le Moyne College Dance Theater Workshop Snug Harbor Cultural Center Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Ontario CHICAGO Dirty Laundry Readings: Loads & Botanical Garden Fulton Washington Street Readers Borderbend Arts Collective of Prose St. Elizabeth Ann's HC & RC Friends of Johnson Hall and Writers Group

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All of the organizations listed below hosted events supported by Poets & READINGS/WORKSHOPS: Writers. These sponsors make important contributions to the literary SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS life of their communities, and Poets & Writers salutes them.

Insight Arts Heyday Institute Valley Contemporary Poets Sacramento Poetry Center Sutter Links Hall Jewish Community Center Madera Status Unknown Sutter County Library Myopic Poetry Series of the East Bay Positive Living Center Wine & Words Tulare Peoples Church of Chicago Poetry Flash of Central California San Bernardino Cowboy Cultural Committee Remy Bumppo Theatre Rebecca's Books Marin Camp de Benneville Pines Tulare County Library Company UC Berkeley Lunch Poems Marin Poetry Center CSU San Bernardino Ventura Rhino Magazine and Forum Watershed Poetry Festival North Point Coffee Company San Diego Arcade Poetry Project The 2nd Hand Alpine Novato Public Library Border Voices Poetry Project Moorpark College Alpine County Library Point Reyes Station Library Collective Purpose/Elevated DETROIT Oxnard College & Archives Mariposa Grossmont College Chaldean Educational San Buenaventura Butte Mariposa County Arts Council Museum of the Living Artist Center of America Artists' Union Bear Star Press National Park Service Persian Cultural Center of Christ the King R.C. Parish Yolo Calaveras Mendocino San Diego Detroit Poetry Collective, Inc. UC Davis Arboretum Gold Rush Writers Mendocino Coast Poets Group Red CalacArts Collective/ Human Language Group Del Norte Mendocino Coast Writers Calaca Press HOUSTON In the Center of Her Power LLC Del Norte County Library Conference San Diego Public Library Art Institute of Houston InsideOut Literary Arts Project Del Norte Literary Coalition Third Thursday Poets San Diego Writers, Ink Arte Publico Press Meadow Brook Writing Project North Coast Redwoods Writers Read Southwestern College Children's Prison Art Project Music Hall Center for the Writers' Conference Merced Reading Series Fort Bend Writers Guild Performing Arts Wild Rivers Coast Writers Merced County Library UC San Diego Gulf Coast Music Hall for the El Dorado UC Merced San Francisco Houston Public Library Performing Arts El Dorado County Library Modoc California Poets in the Schools Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers OCC Lit Out Loud and Lake Tahoe Community College Modoc Forum Diasporic Vietnamese Having Their Say College Club Fresno Monterey Artists Network Poetry Society of Texas Springfed Arts BlackLight Poetry California Rodeo Salinas Galeria de la Raza Rice University Wayne State University CSU Fresno CSU Monterey Bay Kearny Street Workshop Texas Southern University NEW ORLEANS Day One Planning Committee Monterey Cowboy Poetry Museum of the African University of Houston, & Music Festival Chateau de Notre Dame Fresno City College Diaspora African American Studies Monterey Public Library Loyola Writing Institute Fresno Poets' Association Philippine American Writers Voices Breaking Boundaries Napa Maple Leaf Everette Inner Ear Poetry Jam & Artists, Inc. SEATTLE San Joaquin River Napa Valley Maddox Readings San Francisco Boys Home African-American Writers' Parkway Trust Writers’ Conference Metairie Manor San Francisco Public Library Alliance Stone Soup Fresno Nevada San Francisco State University New Orleans Public Literature Alive! Bent Arts Library/Alvar Branch Humboldt SF Center for the Book College of the Redwoods Nevada County Poetry Series Central District Forum for Poydras Home University of San Francisco Arts & Ideas Imperial Truckee Championship Rodeo San Joaquin Press Street/Antenna Cornish College for the Arts Camarena Memorial Library Orange Stockton-San Joaquin (Gallery Space) El Centro de la Raza Inyo Casa Romantica Reading Series County Public Library St. Anna's Residence Elliott Bay Book Company Lone Pine Film Festival Fullerton Public Library San Luis Obispo Nursing Home Grey Gallery and Lounge Kern International Center for San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival St. Francis Villa, Assisted Living Hedgebrook Bear Valley Buckaroos Writing & Translation San Mateo St. John Redirection Center Muckenthaler Cultural Center Raven Chronicles The Fort Preservation Society Skyline College The Jazz & Heritage Festival San Juan Capistrano Richard Hugo House Lake Santa Barbara The Marigny Theatre Regional Library Seattle Arts & Lectures Lake County Arts Council UCSB MultiCultural Center The New Orleans Museum Tebot Bach, Inc. Seattle Poetry Slam Wild About Books Westmont College of Art UC Irvine Lassen Santa Clara Splab! Woldenberg Village Placer Lassen Land & Trails Trust California Writers Club Subtext South Placer Heritage WASHINGTON, D.C. Rancheria De Anza College Untitled [Intersection] Foundation Bus Boys & Poets Los Angeles Poetry Center San Jose Vashon Allied Arts Plumas CentroNia CalArts/REDCAT Santa Clara County Department Washington State Mohawk Valley Stewardship DC Creative Writing Workshop Crowell Public Library of Family & Children Chile Partners Council Glen Echo Short Story Seminar CSU Long Beach Waverley Writers Group Sierra Valley Grange TUCSON In Your Ear/DCPoetry.com dA Center for the Arts Santa Cruz Riverside Hopi Foundation Owl Poutre...BeyondProfound/ Fly Poets Poetry Santa Cruz Coachella Library & Panther Project Howard University Friends of the Lancaster UC Santa Cruz, Creative Writing Desert Hot Springs Library Kore Press Sanctuary Theatre, Inc Public Library William James Association Glen Avon Library Other Voices Women's Sol Y Soul Friends of the Sunland- Shasta Inlandia Institute Reading Series Spitdat Tujunga Branch Library Shasta Public Libraries-Redding Mecca Library POG: Poetry in Action Washington Writers' Greenway Arts Alliance Siskiyou Mt. San Jacinto College Sowing the Seeds Publishing House Keiro Senior Healthcare Mount Shasta Writers Series Palm Springs Art Museum Tucson Pima Arts Council Writer's Center Lambda Literary Foundation Sonoma Los Angeles Poetry Festival Riverside County Library University of Arizona, Young Women's Petaluma Arts Council Lucy Florence Café Riverside Public Library Poetry Center Drumming Project Petaluma Poetry Walk Lummis Day Community UC Riverside, Creative Writing University of Arizona, Redwood Writers Foundation, Inc. Valley Voices of the Muse Prose Series Santa Rosa Junior College Mommy Mommy Woodcrest Community Library Inside the Writers’ Workshop > West Sebastopol Center for the Arts PEN Center USA West Sacramento Kore Press Writers Forum Red Hen Press California Lectures POG: Poetry in Action CALIFORNIA Stanislaus Alameda South Pasadena Public Library Cosumnes River College University of Arizona, CSU Sacramento California Federation of 21 Grand Gallery TeAda Productions Poetry Center Ethel Hart Senior Center Chaparral Poets Alameda County Library The Third Area: Poetry University of Arizona, Mahogany Poetry Series Modesto Junior College Juvenile Hall at Pharmaka Prose Series NRP Productions Stanislaus County Library- Berkeley City College Tongue & Groove L.A. Poetry Unplugged Modesto Branch City Slam & Experimental Mic Tropico de Nopal

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