Poetry

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

Will You Join Me in Taking Up the Body?: On Sara Uribe’s “Antígona González”
Lara Schoorl finds inspiration in “Antígona González” by Sara Uribe.
Lara SchoorlJul 11, 2017
- Poetry
Disincarnation of the World: On Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian”
Ilan Stavans introduces a new edition of Nobel Prize–winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian” (1974).
Ilan StavansJul 4, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Olga Broumas and Emilia Phillips
Lisa Russ Spaar is moved by of Olga Broumas’s and Emilia Phillips’s second collections.
Lisa Russ SpaarJun 30, 2017
- Poetry
Arohanui: Shaun Miller Interviews James Galvin
James Galvin on his latest collection, the end of life, and the end of man.
Shaun MillerJun 21, 2017
- Poetry
Mad Russia Hurt Me into Poetry: An Interview with Maria Stepanova
Cynthia Haven talks to Russian poet, journalist, and political activist Maria Stepanova.
Cynthia L. HavenJun 15, 2017
A Sudden Taking-in-of-Air: An Interview with Poet and Translator Robin Myers
Daniel Saldaña París interview poet Robin Myers about her bilingual volume “Conflations,” translation, and literary communities in Mexico and the U.S.
Daniel Saldaña ParísJun 14, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
The Shipwreck of History: Bertolt Brecht’s “War Primer”
Roy Scranton reviews Bertolt Brecht’s “War Primer.”
Roy ScrantonJun 4, 2017
- History
- Poetry
Blurring the Boundaries: The Poetry of Michel Houellebecq
Russell Williams reviews Michel Houellebecq’s poetry collection “Unreconciled.”
Russell WilliamsJun 1, 2017
- Poetry
Just Grace
“A Grace Paley Reader” contains a sampling of the wisdom that one woman gleaned from not taking the easy way out.
Jerusha Joy EmersonMay 31, 2017
Grand Finale: On “The Poetry of Weldon Kees: Vanishing as Presence”
Kathleen Rooney reviews John T. Irwin’s “The Poetry of Weldon Kees: Vanishing as Presence.”
Kathleen RooneyMay 30, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Poetry
“A Sweetness in This Sense”: On X. J. Kennedy’s “That Swing: Poems, 2008–2016”
Patrick Kurp finds sweetness in “That Swing: Poems, 2008–2016” by X. J. Kennedy.
Patrick KurpMay 29, 2017
- Poetry
Slight Exaggeration: An Interview with Adam Zagajewski
Louise Steinman talks to poet Adam Zagajewski about his new memoir, "Slight Exaggeration."
Louise SteinmanMay 28, 2017