Writing Toward Communal Responsibility: A Conversation with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
In “The Freezer Door,” Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore questions everything....
“Locks of Sorrows”: On Mykola Bazhan’s Early Poetry
Uilleam Blacker is captivated by “‘Quiet Spiders of the Hidden Soul’: Mykola (Nik) Bazhan’s Early Experimental Poetry.”...
The Pursuit of Awe: On Aaron Poochigian’s “American Divine”
Maryann Corbett is awed by “American Divine,” a new collection of poems by Aaron Poochigian....
Subverting the Canon of Patriarchy: Lesya Ukrainka’s Revisionist Mythmaking
Sasha Dovzhyk celebrates the radical feminism of the great Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the 150th anniversary of her birth....
Summoned to the Stand: On Erica McAlpine’s “The Poet’s Mistake”
Declan Ryan vets “The Poet’s Mistake” by Erica McAlpine....
Star Vehicle: On Translating Poetry
Polish poet Tomasz Różycki reflects on his craft of translation, in an essay translated by Mira Rosen-thal....
Signs of Life in a Surreal World: A Conversation with Charlotte Mandell on Breton and Soupault’s “The Magnetic Fields”
Paul Maziar talks with Charlotte Mandell about her new translation of Breton and Soupault’s “The Magnetic Fields.”...
Moving Houses: A Conversation with Zenobia Frost
Kate Durbin interviews Zenobia Frost about her new book, “After the Demolition.”...
“No Worst, There Is None”: On Gerard Manley Hopkins
Vona Groarke finds little comfort and much inspiration in one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Terrible Sonnets.”...
Manifestations of Higher Meaning: On Dana Gioia’s “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop”
Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia....
Border Waters: On Ayendy Bonifacio’s “To the River, We Are Migrants”
Renee Hudson considers “To the River, We Are Migrants” by Ayendy Bonifacio....
“Between the Lines”: A Conversation with Diane di Prima
Hilton Obenzinger interviews poet Diane di Prima, who recently passed away in October 2020....
