Poetry

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry." — John Cage

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  Timothy Donnelly’s “To the Alien”

  Timothy Donnelly imagines the daunting task of encapsulating humanity’s woes, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”

  Timothy DonnellyOct 6

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

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  Jeremy Ra’s “Janis Carter Lives in Gambia for Years to Rehabilitate Lucy the Chimp Back into the Wild”

  Jeremy Ra inhabits the conflicted mind of chimpanzee caretaker Janis Carter in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”

  Jeremy RaOct 5

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

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  The Deep Engine of Witness

  Ryan McIlvain finds the truth worth telling in Rickey Laurentiis’s “Death of the First Idea” and Geoff Bouvier’s “Us from Nothing: A Poetic History.”

  Ryan McIlvainOct 4

  • Poetry

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  Days of Wayward Gifts

  Dan Beachy-Quick soaks in Joe Deany-Braun’s “Young Santa,” Sayumi Kamakura’s “Applause for a Cloud,” and James Shea’s “Last Day of My Face.”

  Dan Beachy-QuickOct 1

  • Poetry

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  The Lucent Light of Lethal Pain

  Katie Berta examines the properties of grief in Prageeta Sharma’s new poetry collection “Onement Won.”

  Katie BertaSep 18

  • Poetry

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  Neither Off the Hook nor Out to Dry

  James Ciano interviews Bobby Elliott about his debut poetry collection, “The Same Man.”

  James CianoSep 18

  • Poetry

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  God and Sex and Money

  Tierney Finster interviews Maya Martinez about her debut book, “Theatrics: Collected Theatrical Writings.”

  Tierney FinsterSep 17

  • Poetry

  • Fiction

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  jump cuts to mystery at edge of protest

  Kate Millar reviews Anne Waldman’s “Archivist Scissors.”

  Kate MillarSep 17

  • Poetry

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  Time to Get Out of Yourself

  Patricio Ferrari interviews award-winning poet Victoria Chang on the occasion of her Limelight Poetry reading at the New York Public Library.

  Patricio FerrariSep 11

  • Poetry

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  Cough Up the Pill

  David Schurman Wallace reviews Natalie Shapero’s new collection “Stay Dead.”

  David Schurman WallaceSep 9

  • Poetry

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  Ungatherable Being

  Martha Ronk thinks about Kristen Case’s “Daphne.”

  Martha RonkSep 2

  • Poetry

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  If I Was Undercover Now I Wouldn’t Say

  C. Francis Fisher investigates Richard Siken’s “I Do Know Some Things.”

  C. Francis FisherAug 26

  • Poetry