![]() ![]() She lives with her wife, poet Jessica Jacobs, in Asheville, NC, where she volunteers at a three different animal sanctuaries. Currently, she is the Editor for the Marie Alexander Poetry Series and teaches periodically at a number of places, including the Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program, the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA, and the Hindman Settlement School. She was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for four years until she gave up her beloved time in the classroom in hope of writing full time. Her second book, a biography-in-poems called Fanny Says, came out from BOA Editions in 2015, and the audio book of that collection became available in 2017. Her first collection, Sister, a novel-in-poems, was first published in 2007 by Red Hen Press and a new edition was reissued by Sibling Rivalry Press in 2018. She worked at Sarabande Books for ten years. NICKOLE BROWNreceived her MFA from the Vermont College, studied literature at Oxford University, and was the editorial assistant for the late Hunter S. ![]() She is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program. In 2021, she became the first-ever poetry editor for SIERRA magazine, the story-telling arm of The Sierra Club. Honors include a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pushcart Prize, a Mississippi Arts Council grant, and being named a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. Her writing appears twice in the Best American Poetry Series, The New York Times Magazine, ESPN, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, and Tin House. Her most recent chapbook is LACE & PYRITE, a collaboration of epistolary garden poems with the poet Ross Gay. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: Have you ever submitted a book to a literary agent? Tell us in the comments.AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL (neh-ZOO / KOO-mah / tah-TILL) is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays and Kirkus Prize finalist, WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES, WHALE SHARKS, & OTHER ASTONISHMENTS (2020, Milkweed Editions), which was chosen as Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year. She has four previous poetry collections: OCEANIC (Copper Canyon Press, 2018), LUCKY FISH (2011), AT THE DRIVE-IN VOLCANO (2007), and MIRACLE FRUIT (2003), the last three from Tupelo Press. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 12. Roseanne WellsĪgency: The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 11. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 9. Jessica SinsheimerĪgency: The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 8. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 7. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 6. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 5. ![]() Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 4. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 3. Submission guidelines: Manuscript wishlist: 2. Also, make sure you do your research before writing a query letter or contacting any literary agents. You might also like to read our full guide to finding a literary agent. Here’s our list of 15 literary fiction book agents who can help you get your book published. Literary novels usually sell in smaller quantities than genre or popular novels, so having a good agent in your corner is essential-it could mean the difference between selling your book to a publisher or not. Most of the prestigious awards given for fiction every year go to literary fiction books. Literary fiction is a term used to describe books with “literary merit” that are not categorized as genre fiction (such as thriller, romance, fantasy, etc.). ![]()
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