Let’s Be Neurotic Together: A Conversation with Cathy Park HongEditor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara speaks with author Cathy Park Hong....MICHELLE CHIHARANONFICTIONPOETRY
Zeal, Wit, and Fury: The Queer Black Modernism of Claude McKayGary Edward Holcomb considers the suppressed legacy of Claude McKay’s two “lost” novels, “Amiable with Big Teeth” and “Romance in Marseille.”...GARY EDWARD HOLCOMBFICTIONLITERARY FICTIONPOETRY
Trying On a New Self: On Mary Jo Bang’s “A Film in Which I Play Everyone”Liza Katz Duncan reviews Mary Jo Bang’s “A Film in Which I Play Everyone.”...LIZA KATZ DUNCANPOETRY
Whose Fantasy Is This? On Sally Wen Mao’s “The Kingdom of Surfaces”Hazem Fahmy reviews “The Kingdom of Surfaces” by Sally Wen Mao....HAZEM FAHMYCULTURAL STUDIESGENDER & SEXUALITYPOETRY
What Practice Will Help Prepare Me: On Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls”James Ciano reviews Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls.”...JAMES CIANORELIGIONPOETRY
Toxic Masculinity Is a Deep Sort of Loneliness: A Conversation with Ben PurkertKatya Apekina speaks with Ben Purkert about his debut novel “The Men Can’t Be Saved.”...KATYA APEKINAFICTIONPOETRY
The Poet and the Historian: On Julian Gewirtz’s “Your Face My Flag” and “Never Turn Back”Sabina Knight reviews the poetry and historical writing of Julian Gewirtz in “Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s” and “Your Face My Flag.”...SABINA KNIGHTHISTORYPOETRY
Away Upstream Again: On Mark Wormald’s “The Catch”Katherine Robinson reviews Mark Wormald’s “The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes.”...KATHERINE ROBINSONMEMOIR & ESSAYBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYPOETRY
Scrolling Through Poetry: A Conversation with @poetryisnotaluxuryElizabeth Metzger interviews anonymous Instagram poetry curator @poetryisnotaluxury....ELIZABETH METZGERPOETRY
A Style So Clear It Could Wash a Face: On Pleiades Press’s “Bert Meyers”Shoshana Olidort reviews Pleiades Press’s “Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master,” edited by Dana Levin and Adele Williams....SHOSHANA OLIDORTBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYPOETRY
What Is Home? On Sophie Klahr’s “Two Open Doors in a Field”Adedayo Agarau reviews “Two Open Doors in a Field” by Sophie Klahr....ADEDAYO AGARAUPOETRY
What Fresh Hell: On Mary-Alice Daniel’s “Mass for Shut-Ins”Chloe Xiang reviews “Mass for Shut-Ins” by Mary-Alice Daniel....CHLOE XIANGRELIGIONCULTURAL STUDIESPOETRY
Artaud’s Final Testaments: On Three Recent Books from Infinity Land PressJay Murphy reviews three recent books of (and about) the late writings of Antonin Artaud....JAY MURPHYPHILOSOPHY & RELIGIONMEMOIR & ESSAYPOETRY
Sharing Speech: On Translation as ConversationRobin Myers writes about her experience of migrating to Mexico City and coming to translate Spanish poetry....ROBIN MYERSMEMOIR & ESSAYPOETRY
Poetry, Biography, and the Unknowable: On Two New Books About Phillis WheatleyHollis Robbins reviews Vincent Carretta’s “Phillis Wheatley Peters: Biography of a Genius in Bondage” and David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence.”...HOLLIS ROBBINSHISTORYBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYPOETRY
The Latitude to Want: On Quenton Baker’s “ballast”Jon Jon Moore Palacios reviews “ballast” by Quenton Baker....JON JON MOORE PALACIOSPOETRY
The Word-Historical Moment in Contemporary Poetry: On Walter Ancarrow’s “Etymologies”Camille Ralphs explores the use of etymology in contempory poetry, especially through the lens of Walter Ancarrow’s “Etymologies.”...CAMILLE RALPHSPOETRY
Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of Will Harris’s “Brother Poem” and Evie Shockley’s “Suddenly We”Victoria Chang and Dean Rader review Will Harris’s “Brother Poem” and Evie Shockley’s “Suddenly We.”...VICTORIA CHANG, DEAN RADERTWO ROADS: POETRY REVIEWS IN DIALOGUEPOETRY
The Afterlives of Violence: On Brandon Shimoda’s “Hydra Medusa”Hana Rivers reviews Brandon Shimoda’s “Hydra Medusa.”...HANA RIVERSMEMOIR & ESSAYPOETRY
Oblivion Beckons: On Thomas Ligotti’s “Pictures of Apocalypse”Greg Cwik reviews “Pictures of Apocalypse” by Thomas Ligotti....GREG CWIKSFPOETRY
A Century of Writing Back: How Salma Khadra Jayyusi Brought Arabic Literature to the Anglophone WorldDima Ayoub describes the long and multivarious career of Palestinian author and critic Salma Khadra Jayyusi....DIMA AYOUBFICTIONLITERARY CRITICISMPOETRY
A Carefully Cultivated Loss: On Paisley Rekdal’s “West”Teow Lim Goh reviews Paisley Rekdal’s “West: A Translation.”...TEOW LIM GOHPOETRY
Recovering a World: On Franny Choi’s “The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On”Sharon Lin reviews Franny Choi’s “The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On.”...SHARON LINPOETRY
The Drama of History, in Poems: On Robert Selby’s “The Kentish Rebellion”Dan O’Brien reviews Robert Selby’s new poetry collection “The Kentish Rebellion.”...DAN O’BRIENHISTORYPOETRY
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