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Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers

Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers

In the poet’s last work, Lola the Interpreter, she treats her readers as true interlocutors, inviting them into the act of interpretation alongside her.

Books & the Arts / Angie Sijun Lou

AI Is Incapable of Poetry

AI Is Incapable of Poetry AI Is Incapable of Poetry

It’s incapable of producing anything creative that isn’t dreck.

Column / Katha Pollitt

T.S. Eliot inspecting manuscripts. Undated photograph.

Teaching Poetry in the Age of AI Teaching Poetry in the Age of AI

Poetry, perhaps more than any other genre, shows us how important it is to connect with a real human presence.

Lindsay Turner

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