Poets & Writers

Durga Chew-Bose

Too Much and Not the Mood (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April), a collection of personal and critical essays that explore art, literature, identity, and solitude, whose prose favors lyrical meandering over traditional narrative. Editors: Emily Bell and Maya Binyam. Agent: Kim Witherspoon of InkWell Management.

For the most part, writing essays feels like

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers5 min read
Hey, Jealousy
I AM HERE to tell you about the time I rage-puked with envy over another author’s success. When my first novel came out in summer 2011, I knew very few other writers, so the ones I met that year became not only my instant friends, but also—it was ine
Poets & Writers3 min read
Reactions
Feedback from readers “Earth: Ground Yourself in Purpose” (January/February 2024) by Laura Spence-Ash caught my attention and my heart. I related most especially to her recounting of feedback she received in a workshop that nearly derailed her writin
Poets & Writers3 min read
Literary MagNet
In her debut poetry collection, Self-Mythology (University of Arkansas Press, April 2024), Saba Keramati explores the shifting nature of the self. In lyrics and a variety of poetic forms, such as the cento and abecedarian, Keramati’s speaker consider

Related Books & Audiobooks