Poetry

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

Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry by Carl Phillips
How Carl Phillips became one of America's most eminent writers.
Lisa Russ SpaarDec 19, 2015
- Poetry
The End of Tomorrow
On the poem "Long Live Silence" by Meena Kandasamy.
Manash Firaq BhattacharjeeDec 16, 2015
- Poetry
Free Speech, Minstrelsy, and the Avant-Garde
Avant-garde poetics and minstrelsy in a year of controversies involving Vanessa Place and Kenneth Goldsmith.
Chris Chen, Tim KreinerDec 10, 2015
- Poetry
Not a British Subject: Race and Poetry in the UK
Not a British Subject: Race and Poetry in the UK.
Sandeep ParmarDec 6, 2015
- Poetry
Synthetics
Wayne Koestenbaum, in his recent "The Pink Trance Notebooks," says, "— don't / keep saying 'Stabat Mater' / as if it meant anything —."
Lucy IvesDec 2, 2015
- Poetry
Into Openness
Brian Teare interviews Jean Valentine.
Brian TeareNov 28, 2015
- Poetry
(Never) Out of the Past: Film Noir and the Poetry of Lynda Hull
Much can be gleaned directly from the poems of Lynda Hull.
Suzanne LummisNov 17, 2015
- Film
- Poetry
How to Write a Poem About Baseball
Julian Gewirtz interviews Jill Bialosky on baseball and poetry.
Julian GewirtzOct 24, 2015
- Poetry
- Sports
A Poet’s Guide to Los Angeles
"Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond" is a wonderfully unsystematic Baedeker's guide to LA.
Calista McRaeOct 21, 2015
- Poetry
Juan Felipe Herrera’s Global Voice and Vision
An introduction to the scope of Juan Felipe Herrera's oeuvre
Rigoberto GonzálezSep 23, 2015
- Poetry
In Ruins
David Baker's 10th collection of poems is itself strikingly ambivalent about science, cherishing the insights it offers into the nonhuman world.
Jonathan FarmerSep 21, 2015
- Poetry
The Program Era and the Mainly White Room
We are insistent on something structural: at most of the poetry readings we attend, the room is mainly white.
Juliana Spahr, Stephanie YoungSep 20, 2015
- Poetry