Poetry

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

Keeping an Accent: On Charles Wright’s “Oblivion Banjo”
Lindsay Turner considers “Oblivion Banjo” by Charles Wright.
Lindsay TurnerApr 2, 2020
- Poetry
Studies in Silence: On Szilárd Borbély’s “Final Matters: Selected Poems, 2004–2010”
Carla Baricz considers Szilárd Borbély’s “Final Matters,” the haunting final volumes of one of Hungary’s most celebrated poets.
Carla BariczMar 27, 2020
- Around the World
- Poetry
Failing to Find the Language of Pain: On Gayle Brandeis’s “Many Restless Concerns: The Victims of Countess Báthory Speak in Chorus”
Elena Goukassian listens to “Many Restless Concerns,” the new novel in poems by Gayle Brandeis.
Elena GoukassianMar 17, 2020
- Fiction
- Poetry
All Present and Accounted For: On “The Shrine Whose Shape I Am: The Collected Poetry of Samuel Menashe”
Sunil Iyengar opens “The Shrine Whose Shape I Am: The Collected Poetry of Samuel Menashe,” edited by Bhisham Bherwani and Nicholas Birns.
Sunil IyengarMar 10, 2020
- Poetry
The Enduring Grace of the Trivial: On “The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice”
Art Beck is enchanted by “The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice,” a Greek epic translated by A. E. Stallings.
Art BeckMar 5, 2020
- Poetry
“A Drive for Beauty”: A Conversation with Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the Co-Founders of Not a Cult Media
Yesika Salgado speaks to Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the co-founders of Not a Cult Media.
Yesika SalgadoMar 4, 2020
- Poetry
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Francesc Parcerisas and Ye Lijun
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a look at translated books by poets Francesc Parcerisas and Ye Lijun.
Lisa Russ SpaarFeb 26, 2020
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- Poetry
The Beats, the Hungryalists, and the Call of the East
Akanksha Singh considers Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury’s “The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution.”
Akanksha SinghFeb 19, 2020
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- Poetry
“I Wasn’t Even That Good”: On Megan Fernandes’s “Good Boys”
Rachel Carroll considers “Good Boys” by Megan Fernandes.
Rachel CarrollFeb 18, 2020
- Poetry
Your Homie from Another Heart: On Danez Smith’s “Homie”
Amanda Gorman considers “Homie” by Danez Smith.
Amanda GormanFeb 13, 2020
- Poetry
Song and the Names of Things: On Robert Hass’s “Summer Snow”
Heather Treseler considers “Summer Snow” by Robert Hass.
Heather TreselerFeb 6, 2020
- Poetry
Precarious Devotion: A Conversation with Ivanna Baranova
Callie Hitchcock speaks to Guatemalan-Slovak poet Ivanna Baranova, author of “Confirmation Bias,” now out from Metatron Press.
Callie HitchcockFeb 5, 2020
- Poetry