MAGAZINES THAT PUBLISH POETRY
If you're a poet then it's magazines that publish poetry you should be reading. If you're a feature article writer, then you'll be tracking what's appearing in the magazines to which you submit. Topicality is essential, and it's all too easy, turning out your own work and running events in the local community, to forget the larger picture. You need to know who's just published a set of good poems in magazines that publish poetry, who has won an important literary prize, who and what the literary journals are talking about. All this is vital to:
ensure your submissions to magazines reflect these changes
shift your own writing styles to catch the new interests
talk knowledgeably at writers' events
interest publishers with up-to-date projections
hobnob with editors etc. at poetry and publishing conventions
review sensibly
Your natural curiosity should lead you to reading these sources, but if you don't make a special point of searching you may only hear at secondhand, or really not know. Spend a few hours occasionally with these publications/websites.
Poetry societies:
Poetry Society of America. Excellent listings of US poetry events and magazines.
Poetry Forecasts Online version of Poetry Society of America's publication.
State Poetry Societies. Links to US State poetry societies with websites.
UK Poetry Society. Events, publications and resources.
Poetry Library. Full-text digital library of English poetry magazines.
Book news:
Book Web. Trade news and personalities
Book Publishing News. Articles and news snippets.
Bookwire. Comprehensive online portal of the book industry.
Bookspot. Extensive sets of links.
Literary criticism, reviews and gossip:
About Poetry Poetry channel and literary gossip.
Moby Lives. Good set of articles in Archives.
Ozlit News. Australia scene: needs updating.
Poets & Writers Online. Very extensive articles and resources.
Martin Blyth. A personal view of UK poetry and poets.
Expansive Poetry & Music. New Formalist view: not well maintained.
Cosmoetica. Idiosyncratic view of US poetry scene.
Bookpage. Reviews of American books.
Boston Review. Political and literary forum.
American Book Review. Single issues $4: subscription $24/year.
Atlantic Online. Digital edition of long-established magazine.
New Criterion. Conservative view of the humanities.
London Review of Books. Some articles free, otherwise $42/year.
League of Canadian Poets. Events, publications and resources.
New York Times Reviews. Free if you register.
Guardian Book Reviews. Reviews from UK's left-wing newspaper.
Times Literary Supplement. Leading review: $135/year.
Contemporary Poetry Review. Current articles free, archives $6/month.
The Poetry House. University of St. Andrew's guide to poetry in English.
If you've forgotten your literary theory/criticism, or are simply baffled: