Poetry

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

Tzimtzum as (Space)craft: Jake Marmer’s Mystical Sci-Fi Poetics
Jake Marmer talks intergalactic longing and Jewish mysticism.
Alexander NemserJan 10, 2021
- Poetry
- SF
Change of Perspective: A Conversation with Anaïs Duplan
Tracie Morris interviews poet Anaïs Duplan about his new work, “Blackspace: On the Poetics of an Afrofuture.”
Tracie MorrisJan 9, 2021
- Poetry
“The World Wakes Up, Enlarged”: A Conversation with Dan Chiasson
Natasha Hakimi Zapata interviews poet Dan Chiasson about his latest book, “The Math Campers.”
Natasha Hakimi ZapataJan 6, 2021
- Poetry
“Between All of Us Living and All of Us Dead”: On Mark Bibbins’s “13th Balloon”
L. A. Johnson reviews “13th Balloon” by Mark Bibbins.
L. A. JohnsonJan 1, 2021
- Poetry
Vikings: A Poem
A poem by Carl Phillips
Carl PhillipsDec 20, 2020
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Blue Willow: A Poem
A poem by Armen Davoudian
Armen DavoudianDec 19, 2020
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
The Voice of Feminism: On “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry”
Francesca Ebel listens to the varied voices of “F Letter: New Russian Feminist Poetry.”
Francesca EbelDec 6, 2020
On Derek Mahon
Declan Ryan celebrates the great Irish poet Derek Mahon, who passed away in October of this year.
Declan RyanDec 5, 2020
- Poetry
Words in a Mirror: On Don Mee Choi’s “DMZ Colony”
Jae Kim connects with “DMZ Colony,” the National Book Award–winning collection of poems by Don Mee Choi.
Jae KimDec 2, 2020
- Poetry
Horton! Thou Should Be Living in This Hour: On Matt Sandler’s “The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery”
Derik Smith reviews Matt Sandler’s latest work, “The Black Romantic Revolution.”
Derik SmithDec 1, 2020
“More than Me”: On “How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton”
Dean Rader considers “How to Carry Water” by Lucille Clifton.
Dean RaderNov 29, 2020
- Poetry
Much, Much Love: On Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby’s “Oracular Transmissions”
Sophia Stewart considers the epistolary collaboration of Etel Adnan and Lynn Marie Kirby.
Sophia StewartNov 28, 2020