#FromTheArchive : “That dance with surprise is why I write. And the fever of dedicated drift has taught me much about how to push through my writing. Breathe—in and out—levitate, trust,” says Nikky Finney in #WritersRecommend . at.pw.org/WRFinney

#PWPoetryPrompt : Inspired by Diane Seuss’s poem “White violet, not so much an image,” write a poem about the memories a particular flower conjures for you. #FromTheArchive : at.pw.org/Violet

#ClipOfTheDay : Watch this sneak peek of the first screen adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude. The Spanish-language Netflix series was filmed in Colombia with support from the author’s family. at.pw.org/OneHundredYears

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a poetry anthology edited by poet and podcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama, and #PWWritingPrompts featuring skyward observations, wondrous encounters with nature, and responsibilities. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

Funding for presses affected by closure of Small Press Distribution offered by Poetry Foundation and CLMP; Deep Vellum profiled in The New York Times; @Coffee_House has new executive director and editor in chief…read more headlines in this week’s Daily News: pw.org/daily_news

#ClipOfTheDay : For this Mary Oliver Memorial Event, Ada Limón introduces her signature project which includes site-specific poetry installations and the anthology You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, published by Milkweed Editions & Library of Congress. at.pw.org/YouAreHere

#PWNonfictionPrompt : Write a creative nonfiction piece that presents your personal theory of the responsibility of a writer or an artist. Read more: at.pw.org/InResponse

This online intensive will help you build a personalized plan to get your writing published. Workshop for narrative nonfiction writers begins May 28; early bird pricing ends May 14! at.pw.org/4aU7gWr

Special thanks to our partner: the Asian American Writers’ Workshop…

There’s no way to avoid losses in this industry—only ways to handle and meet them head on. What’s more, “the people who end up with a lot of wins are typically also the ones who have a lot of losses,” writes Rosalie Knecht in “On Losing.” at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

#ClipOfTheDay : In this Politics and Prose event, Nam Le reads from his debut poetry collection, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem, and discusses the choice to write poetry rather than prose in a conversation with Natasha Sajé. at.pw.org/NamLe

#PWFictionPrompt : In honor of Earth Week, write a scene that revolves around a character who experiences an unexpected moment in a natural environment that produces a sensation of wonder. Read more: at.pw.org/EarthToYou

In our new issue, Kate McKean guides you through the process of approving a book cover—and authors might have more of a say than you think. at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

“We live too much in the digital, becoming the blinking cursor of a Word document and infiltrating a world untethered from the land,” writes Andrés N. Ordorica, author of How We Named the Stars (@Tin_House) at.pw.org/WROrdorica

#ClipOfTheDay : In this Sligo Libraries event, award-winning author Paul Murray discusses the middle-class challenges of the characters in his latest novel, The Bee Sting, in a conversation with Colm Tóibín. Watch here: at.pw.org/PaulMurray

#PWPoetryPrompt : Inspired by Sharon Olds’s poem “May 1968,” write a poem this week from the vantage point of lying face-up. How does this upward point of view transform what you see? Read more: at.pw.org/DirtLevel

Writing book reviews can be a “professional writing primer,” as Natalie Schriefer (Natalie Schriefer) observes in our new issue. “Reading reviews can give you language, but writing reviews will make you apply that language.” at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

“I know that in my making I am never truly alone.” In today’s #TenQuestions , Alison C. Rollins discusses her new poetry collection, out now from Copper Canyon Press: at.pw.org/10Q4Rollins

#ClipOfTheDay : As part of the Fictions & Forms reading series hosted by The University of Chicago’s Program in Creative Writing, Danielle Dutton discusses her intricate relationship to genre and form, and reads from her hybrid collection, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other. at.pw.org/DanielleDutton

“Our culture’s system of awarding recognition is weird and unfair,” writes Jonathan Durbin (Jonathan Durbin) in his new feature about “best” lists. “Celebrity is an odd term to apply to even the best-known literary authors.” at.pw.org/MayJune2024 #SubscriptionOnly

We're sending our warmest congratulations to WWB contributor Fady Joudah, winner of the 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize.