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Wichita poet Albert Goldbarth was included in a New Yorker anthology this year, but he doesn’t necessarily want to discuss it ...
For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.
How is it that some of us are privileged and many are not? This subject is at the heart of a new collection of poetry.
With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are ...
A former Rockford resident says living in the city inspired him to write again after a 15-year hiatus. He took these ...
When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...
The Key to Everything,” by Margaret A. Brucia, is the first biography of May Swenson, a poet who fashioned her own unique ...
A Mackay woman’s side hustle as a self-labelled “poetry physician” has gained national recognition after she was selected as ...
Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...
The album, out on 7/11 from Blue LLama Records interweaves classic poetry with timeless music. We spoke with Harris about the ...
With Taylor Swift taking a well-deserved break from releasing new music, where does America turn for poetry? To Amaya from Love Island, whose quotes will convince you she’s our next greatest wordsmith ...
Sitting across the lounge were New Orleans residents Bianca Le and her husband, Jacob Cheramie. The two had just talked to Zins and were waiting for their poem. Many think of a lover when crafting a ...