Poets & Writers

A Writer’s Garden of Sound

(), an online sound library that features short recordings of writers and other artists reading encountered texts, find themselves on a rich green landing page laced with the outlines of brighter green leaves. At the page’s center is both a signpost and a button: Enter Garden, which upon clicking dissipates into several icons abstractly reminiscent of buds. Select one and it blooms, both into visuals and sound: “This is Mimi Lok reading for Oral Florist,” a voice might say as a five-petaled yellow flower twists into view and, spinning slowly, accumulates an array of purple spokes. “Today I’m going to read you an excerpt from the manual for the Jeep Wrangler JL, which is a miniature radio-controlled

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

More from Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers5 min read
Lit Mags Confront a Serial Plagiarist
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Julie Weiss, a poet living in Spain, wrote “Pink Bunny” to express her sorrow, shock, and fear of a wider European conflict and how it might affect her two children. Her poem was published in One Art in April 20
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 & Writers2 min read
Submission Calendar
AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize DIAGRAM/NEW MICHIGAN PRESS Chapbook Contest  LEEWAY FOUNDATION  Transformation Awards LOST HORSE PRESS Idaho Prize for Poetry NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION National Book Awards  PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSI

Related