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Essays, interviews, reviews and notebooks from the world of independent poetry.
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5 totalLong read11 May
Twenty years of widening the room
Founder Susan Sims looks back at two decades of community readings, prizes and stubborn independent publishing.
Long read8 Feb
The quiet economics of independent poetry
Who actually pays for a poem? A clear-eyed look at how small-press publishing stays alive.
Long read21 Nov
The anthology question
Who gets gathered, who gets left out, and what an anthology says about the moment that made it.