Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 2, 2018, Issue
No magazine is an island… Never mind Armageddon… Executive dysfunction… Behold the nothing that is…
Mar 8, 2018 / Our Readers
The alt-R&B of Rhye The alt-R&B of Rhye
Despite all of the sex baked into Blood, the album is striking for the sense of solitude that lurks beneath its surface.
Feb 15, 2018 / Bijan Stephen
The Harasser’s Apology The Harasser’s Apology
Alissa Quart reconfigures the recent public statements of men who have sexually harassed, assaulted, or raped women (or, in one case, other men) into free-form poetry. I always fe…
Dec 12, 2017 / Alissa Quart
Between the News and a Prayer Between the News and a Prayer
Danez Smith’s poetry bends language to hope for the possibility of a better world.
Nov 15, 2017 / David B. Hobbs
The Loneliness of Elizabeth Bishop The Loneliness of Elizabeth Bishop
Using antique verse structures to expose and heal her personal wounds, the poet often hid in plain sight.
Oct 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
‘The Nation’ Names Steph Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith Poetry Editors ‘The Nation’ Names Steph Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith Poetry Editors
Burt and Smith take over stewardship of the magazine’s storied poetry section.
Aug 7, 2017 / Press Room
The Poet in James Comey’s Soul The Poet in James Comey’s Soul
The G-man as bard.
Jul 6, 2017 / Alissa Quart
Czesław Miłosz’s Space Travels Czesław Miłosz’s Space Travels
Having spent four decades in exile, the Polish poet discovered a homeland in his writing.
Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Burt
On the Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko On the Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko
The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government.
Apr 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Model of Perfection in Morgan Parker’s Poems The Model of Perfection in Morgan Parker’s Poems
The poet allows the struggles and the messiness of life—with a particular focus on black womanhood—to breathe.
Mar 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Soto