Poetry

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

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  Double Remembrance

  With the centenary of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising arriving this year, Richard Kearney considers their impact on Ireland.

  Richard KearneyJul 1, 2016

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  There is Someone Here Who is Trembling

  A new translation of the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik introduces Anglophone audiences to the influential Argentine’s work.

  Lowry PresslyJun 26, 2016

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  How to Swim in the Black Atlantic

  Skewering Jamaican piety, Colin Channer writes in a grand tradition.

  Stephen NarainJun 23, 2016

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  Holy City Adrift: On the Occasion of Thomas McGrath’s Centenary Year

  Los Angeles’s Midwestern poet, Thomas McGrath.

  Andrew Lyndon KnightonJun 13, 2016

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  St. Kevin at the Construction Site

  “St. Kevin and the Blackbird” resonates with Los Angeles construction workers while they are interviewed by Kelly Candaele.

  Kelly CandaeleJun 9, 2016

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  A Record of Love, One Letter at a Time

  With the poetry of “Monograph”, Simeon Berry is teaching us that how we pay attention to life can make our observations poetry.

  Hannah RogersJun 7, 2016

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  Projects, Poetries, Choratopes: On Anne Boyer, Bhanu Kapil, and Juliana Spahr

  Poetry both is and is not a project. Maureen N. McLane looks at collections by Juliana Spahr, Bhanu Kapil, and Anne Boyer to explain why.

  Maureen N. McLaneJun 5, 2016

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  You Can't Put Muhammad Ali in a Poem

  A memorial poem by the Poet Laureate on the passing of Muhammed Ali

  Juan Felipe HerreraJun 4, 2016

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  Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry by James Tate and Sam Taylor

  Lisa Russ Spaar looks to poets Sam Taylor and James Tate to explay why the two fundamental modes of lyric poetry are crying and laughing.

  Lisa Russ SpaarMay 20, 2016

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  Is There a Good Way to Translate Chinese Poetry?

  An essay on the challenges and values of translating Chinese poetry with Xujun Eberlein.

  Xujun EberleinMay 20, 2016

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  Brendan Constantine’s “Dementia, My Darling”: The Poet As Compassionate Extrovert

  An interview on poetry about dementia and memory loss with Brendan Constantine.

  James CushingMay 16, 2016

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  Where Poetry Meets LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

  A conversation between two young, trans, latinx poets who mix activism and art: Christopher Soto (a.k.a. Loma) and Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

  Joshua Jennifer EspinozaMay 7, 2016

  • Poetry