Poetry

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

The Age of Acceleration: An Interview with Martin Amis
Martin Amis on poetry versus the novel and the vicissitudes of a literary career.
Scott TimbergJun 21, 2018
A Gift to Our Spirit: On Wasting Time
Rebecca Foster reviews “The Art of the Wasted Day” by Patricia Hampl and “In Praise of Wasting Time” by Alan Lightman.
Rebecca FosterJun 20, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
Saving the World with Metaphor: Toward an Ecological Poetics
How the humanities can save us.
Robert D. NewmanMay 23, 2018
- Education
- Poetry
“The Dramatis Personae of Our Lives”: On “A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald”
Patrick Kurp explores “A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald,” edited by Philip Hoy.
Patrick KurpMay 20, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Poetry
Andouni: The Shared and Unshared Songs of Armenian Exile
"My great-grandfather often was quiet and rarely spoke, if at all, about what he endured. My knowledge of what happened is limited — impossible to verify."
Diana ArterianMay 11, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Canoodling with Junk Food: On Tommy Pico’s “Junk”
Jacquelyn Ardam on the ecstasy of detritus in Tommy Pico’s “Junk.”
Jacquelyn ArdamMay 10, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
Willed Resilience: On Andrew Motion and Christopher Reid
Declan Ryan reviews “Coming in to Land: Selected Poems 1975-2015” by Andrew Motion and “A Scattering and Anniversary” by Christopher Reid.
Declan RyanMay 6, 2018
- Poetry
I Wake Up Choking
Muriel Rukeyser's "The Book of the Dead" is a story about race. It’s about industry. It’s about being held accountable and the right to a safe workplace.
Maggie MessittMay 5, 2018
Mario Santiago: Infrarrealist and Terrorist
Ilan Stavans introduces “Poetry Comes out of My Mouth,” a collection of Mario Santiago Papasquiaro’s poems translated by Arturo Mantecón.
Ilan StavansMay 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
“Not in Someone Else’s Footsteps”: Studying Literature from the Gulag
Lydia Roberts praises “Intellectual Life and Literature at Solovki 1923-1930: The Paris of the Northern Concentration Camps” by Andrea Gullotta.
Lydia RobertsMay 3, 2018
World Split Open: The Poetry of Adolescent Girlhood
In "The Poet X," a teenage Dominican girl in Harlem discovers herself through slam poetry.
Sadie Shorr-ParksApr 27, 2018
- Poetry
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Long Perspectives: An Interview with Hannah Sullivan
Ralf Webb asks Hannah Sullivan about her new collection, “Three Poems,” the long poem, lyric poetry, and autofiction.
Ralf WebbApr 20, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry