Poetry

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

• Beyond Bukowski

  Sophie Rachmuhl’s ‘A Higher Form of Politics’ explains how Los Angeles poetry thrived throughout the city from Venice to Watts.

  Mike Sonksen a.k.a. Mike the PoetMay 16, 2015

  • Poetry

• Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry by Rae Armantrout and Ye Chun

  Rae Armantrout and Ye Chun are poets who go in “quest of” without, to paraphrase Keats, an irritable reaching after any one answer.

  Lisa Russ SpaarMay 9, 2015

  • Poetry

• The Charges

  We will always need to read Jorie Graham, and to read her closely, if we want to understand the last 40 years of poetry in America.

  Matthew RitgerApr 8, 2015

  • Poetry

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  On the Renaissance Career of Judith Kitchen: Four Assessments

  Gabriel Blackwell, Stephen Corey, Kevin Clark, Dinah Lenney, and Marjorie Sandor write about Judith Kitchen.

  Gabriel Blackwell, Kevin Clark, Marjorie Sandor, Stephen CoreyMar 25, 2015

  • Nonfiction

  • Poetry

• Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Fulton and Bachmann

  Lisa Russ Spaar looks at second books of poetry by Beth Bachmann and Alice Fulton.

  Lisa Russ SpaarMar 11, 2015

  • Poetry

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  I Would Have to Wake Up Young Again: On “Bay of Angels,” Personal Mythology, and the Enduring Badassery of Diane Wakoski

  Wakoski has a knack … for insisting that we look at what we may not want to see, and for letting no one, not even herself, off the hook.

  Lynn MelnickMar 10, 2015

  • Poetry

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  “Between Ms. Hicks & Her Body”

  An original poem by David Huddle, author of "Blacksnake at the Family Reunion."

  David HuddleMar 9, 2015

  • Poetry

• “The Riverbank of Desolation”: An Evening with Hagiwara’s Translator

  “Am I the butterfly in the dream or am I the one here now?”

  Catherine PondMar 3, 2015

  • Poetry

• “Smashing Fascist Heads”: Jazra Khaleed on Political and Poetic Crisis in Greece

  "Aside from being important as an act of memoralization, poetry is a weapon."

  Max RitvoMar 1, 2015

  • Poetry

  • Politics

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  Hey Phil

  An obituary poem for Philip Levine by Juan Felipe Herrera.

  Juan Felipe HerreraFeb 17, 2015

  • Poetry

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  The Too Small House: Lola Ridge and I

  Seduced by biography: How Lola Ridge became my obsession.

  Terese SvobodaFeb 12, 2015

  • Poetry

• Truth in the Poetry of Chana Bloch

  "Time and time again, Bloch teaches us to questions even the strictest truths given to us by authorities in religion and society."

  Dara BarnatFeb 5, 2015

  • Poetry