POETRY

“Homage to the Word”: On Robert B. Shaw’s “What Remains to Be Said: New and Selected Poems”

Timothy Steele celebrates the appearance of “What Remains to Be Said: New and Selected Poems” by Robert B. Shaw....

POETRY

“Color Is Its Own Divine Language”: A Conversation with Colleen Louise Barry

JoAnna Novak speaks to poet Colleen Louise Barry about the sublimity of color, the limits of the self, and her new collection, “Colleen.”...

JOANNA NOVAK

POETRY

Self-Curation: On Rachel Mannheimer’s “Earth Room”

C. Francis Fisher considers “Earth Room,” the debut collection of poems by Rachel Mannheimer....

C. FRANCIS FISHER

POETRY

“Poetry Is a Superpower”: Edward Vidaurre and FlowerSong Press

Dick Cluster profiles the Los Angeles–born, Texas-based small-press poet and publisher Edward Vidaurre....

DICK CLUSTER

POETRY

The Holding Places of Impermanence: On Adalber Salas Hernández’s “The Science of Departures”

Shannon Nakai travels through “The Science of Departures,” a book of poems by Adalber Salas Hernández, translated by Robin Myers....

SHANNON NAKAI

POETRY

“I See the City Not as It’s Become”: On Adam Kirsch’s “The Discarded Life”

Leslie Monsour navigates the waters of youth and adulthood in “The Discarded Life,” a book-length poem by Adam Kirsch....

LESLIE MONSOUR

POETRY

Performing Is Learning: A Teacher’s Memoir

Poet David Mason reflects on a lifetime of teaching literature as performance....

DAVID MASON

POETRY

“A Stitched Version”: On Silvina López Medin’s “Poem That Never Ends”

Molly Bendall takes on “Poem That Never Ends” by Silvina López Medin....

MOLLY BENDALL

POETRY

Dante’s Purgatory, and Ours: On D. M. Black’s New Translation of the “Purgatorio”

Leeore Schnairsohn reflects on D. M. Black’s new translation of Dante’s “Purgatorio” and on the purgatories of our day....

LEEORE SCHNAIRSOHN

POETRY

“The Flicker, Not the Flame”: E. A. Robinson’s Narrative Compression

Brian Brodeur reassesses the masterful brief narratives of Edwin Arlington Robinson....

BRIAN BRODEUR

POETRY

ModPo Communities: On “The Difference Is Spreading”

Jacquelyn Ardam considers “The Difference Is Spreading,” edited by Al Filreis and Anna Strong Safford....

JACQUELYN ARDAM

POETRY

The Poetics of Praise: A Conversation with Ada Limón

Yvonne Conza interviews Ada Limón about “The Hurting Kind.”...

YVONNE CONZA

POETRY

Like Standing Stones: On Sam Buchan-Watts’s “Path Through Wood” and Henri Cole’s “Blizzard”

Declan Ryan finds new tenderness and defiance in recent collections by Sam Buchan-Watts and Henri Cole....

DECLAN RYAN

POETRY

“The Thin Lash of Silence”: On Monika Herceg’s “Initial Coordinates”

The first English translation of the spare, lyrical work of a major Croatian poet....

CORY OLDWEILER

AROUND THE WORLD

POETRY

Check the Doors: On Alexandra Oliver’s “Hail, the Invisible Watchman”

Maryann Corbett celebrates the appearance of “Hail, the Invisible Watchman,” a new collection of poems by Alexandra Oliver....

MARYANN CORBETT

POETRY

“Shouldn’t Life Resolve?”: On Ange Mlinko’s “Venice”

Oona Holahan journeys through “Venice,” the latest collection of poems by Ange Mlinko....

OONA HOLAHAN

POETRY

Feels Like Home: Two Chinese Poets on Love, Longing, and Distance

Anne Henochowicz looks at two recently translated books by Wang Yin and Yu Xiuhua....

ANNE HENOCHOWICZ

AROUND THE WORLD

POETRY

Mirror-Man: On Aaron Poochigian’s Translation of Baudelaire

Patrick Kurp finds a “stylized, vigorous, clear” Baudelaire in Aaron Poochigian’s translation of “The Flowers of Evil.”...

PATRICK KURP

POETRY

“To Know No Nation Will Be Home”: A Conversation with Solmaz Sharif

Natasha Hakimi Zapata interviews Solmaz Sharif about her new book, “Customs.”...

NATASHA HAKIMI ZAPATA

POETRY

“My Beautiful Never-Nevers”: Yoko Ono’s Poetry Revisited

Austin Allen peels over Yoko Ono’s “Grapefruit.”...

AUSTIN ALLEN

POETRY

Putting Things Back Together: On Alexis Sears’s “Out of Order”

Maryann Corbett is awed by “Out of Order,” Donald Justice Poetry Prize–winning collection by Alexis Sears....

MARYANN CORBETT

POETRY

Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of First Books: Amanda Moore’s “Requeening,” Paul Tran’s “All the Flowers Kneeling,” and Devon Walker-Figueroa’s “Philomath”

Victoria Chang and Dean Rader consider Amanda Moore’s “Requeening,” Paul Tran’s “All the Flowers Kneeling,” and Devon Walker-Figueroa’s “Philomath.”...

VICTORIA CHANG, DEAN RADER

POETRY

Eco-Relations: On David St. John’s “The Way It Is” and Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s “Dub: Finding Ceremony”

Susan McCabe considers “The Last Troubadour” by David St. John and “Dub: Finding Ceremony” by Alexis Pauline Gumbs....

SUSAN MCCABE

POETRY

Chasing After Home or Running Away from It: Derrick Austin and Shangyang Fang Discuss Their New Collections

Derrick Austin and Shangyang Fang discuss their new books, “Tenderness” and “Burying the Mountain.”...

DERRICK AUSTIN, SHANGYANG FANG

POETRY

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