Skip to main content
Back to Show
PBS News Hour

A poetry publisher on the math of rejection

Every year, Jeff Shotts, executive editor of Graywolf Press, sorts through thousands of poetry submissions -- and rejects about 99 percent of them. It’s not a success rate poets like to hear, he says, but it’s the reality in the poetry publishing industry. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Shotts about his company’s location in the small press “mecca” and why there’s never been a better time for poetry.

Support Provided By
Season
September 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
57:46
September 10, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
September 9, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
57:46
September 9, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
September 8, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
56:44
September 8, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
September 7, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:45
September 7, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
September 6, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:45
September 6, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
September 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
57:46
September 5, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode
August 31, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:45
August 31, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
April 5, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:45
April 5, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
January 12, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:44
January 12, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
January 11, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
26:45
January 11, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode
June 24, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
57:46
Israel's Prime Minister says the intense phase of the war in Gaza will end soon as Israel and the U.S. argue over weapons deliveries.
June 3, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
57:46
After Claudia Sheinbaum becomes the first woman to win Mexico's presidential election, a look at what that means for U.S. relations.
Active loading indicator