Poetry

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

“Places We Actually Go”: Three Irish Poets’ Debuts
James O’Sullivan reviews collections by Roisin Kelly, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, and Elaine Cosgrove.
James O’SullivanAug 3, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Historical Fidelity: Margaret Randall on Translating Cuban Poetry
“We must be vigilant, because the history we are given is sometimes very different from the history that happened.”
Harris FeinsodJul 24, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Funks of Ambivalence: On Flarf
Andrew Epstein reviews “Flarf: An Anthology of Flarf.”
Andrew EpsteinJul 22, 2018
- Poetry
Still Happening: A Conversation with Ed Sanders
Jennifer Seaman Cook interviews Ed Sanders, a major figure in the Beat and counterculture movements.
Jennifer Seaman CookJul 18, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Poetry
Loneliness on My Hands: A Conversation with Maggie Nelson
Clare Shearer speaks to Maggie Nelson about “Something Bright, Then Holes,” reissued by Soft Skull Press last month.
Clare ShearerJul 9, 2018
- Poetry
Writer’s Brains: The Lasting Worth of Alfred Hayes
Alex Harvey surveys the career of Alfred Hayes, a 20th-century American poet, novelist, and screenwriter.
Alex HarveyJul 6, 2018
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry by Charles Simic and Jacob Shores-Argüello
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a second look at second books by poets Charles Simic and Jacob Shores-Argüello.
Lisa Russ SpaarJul 4, 2018
- Poetry
“Danger Blue”: Dana Goodyear Interviews Carol Muske-Dukes
Dana Goodyear talks to poet Carol Muske-Dukes about her new collection, the slipping mask of poetry, and the first poet laureate of California.
Dana GoodyearJul 4, 2018
- Poetry
“Writing the Unwritten”: The Poetry of Tom Pickard
Alex Niven reviews Tom Pickard’s “Fiends Fell.”
Alex NivenJul 3, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Careers of Evil: On the Migration of a Three-Word Phrase from Lautréamont to J. K. Rowling, with Stops at Patti Smith and the Blue Öyster Cult
Howard Rodman on the origins of the phrase “career of evil,” with stops at Patti Smith and the Blue Öyster Cult.
Howard A. RodmanJun 28, 2018
No More Nature: On Ecopoetics in the Anthropocene
"Poetry might best represent what capitalism has spoiled." Jean-Thomas Tremblay reviews two new books of ecopoetry.
Jean-Thomas TremblayJun 24, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Poetry
Dreams from Bunker Hill: On Robin Robertson’s “The Long Take”
Woody Haut reviews “The Long Take,” a long-form noir poem by Robin Robertson.
Woody HautJun 22, 2018
- Noir
- Poetry