If you're selling magazine articles, poems, individual short stories, single essays--anything that's not a book and won't bring in much money, an agent has little incentive to take you on. You can probably sell your magazine and journal pieces just as well as an agent can. If you have a book of poetry, try a university press; many of them acquire poetry manuscripts through award contests.
However, if you're peddling a novel, memoir or story collection, you might consider an agent--whether he/she needs you or not.
Catherine Alexander
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