Ange Mlinko

Poetry Editor

Ange Mlinko is poetry editor of The Nation and the author of Marvelous Things Overheard (FSG). She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Randall Jarrell Award for criticism, and teaches poetry at the University of Florida.

A Part of Denise Riley’s Song

A Part of Denise Riley’s Song A Part of Denise Riley’s Song

The shadow of ballad meter haunts Riley’s poems, which can never not be a sign of vitality.

Sep 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Captivity

Captivity Captivity

If it’s Yuletide in the New World, then what bellies up to the manger are rattler, gator, buzzard. Just as a wooden snake in a basket of toys at this barber shop I bring the boys s…

Aug 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

How Poems Think

How Poems Think How Poems Think

The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.

Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

James Merrill (left) and David Jackson at the Ouija board in 1983.

A Poet Who Believed in Nothing As in Love A Poet Who Believed in Nothing As in Love

After first writing poetry to impress and entertain his wealthy parents’ guests, cosmopolitan James Merrill went cosmic.

Nov 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Jorie Graham. By Marina Cook

Modernist Poetry in a Crowdsourcing Age Modernist Poetry in a Crowdsourcing Age

Jorie Graham resists classic pleasures like closure, a concept anathema to the poet and her country.

Oct 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

The Dream Life of Desire

The Dream Life of Desire The Dream Life of Desire

Drawing a line between poetry and the political has never been simple.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Letters Letters

Saving the venerable NYPL… cooperation, not capitalism… a jewel in the dross… you could look it up…

Jul 1, 2014 / Our Readers and Ange Mlinko

Infamy or Urn?

Infamy or Urn? Infamy or Urn?

How was Emily Dickinson able to be frugal and fruitful in her art?

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Denise Levertov’s poetic communion with the world.

Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Paul Hoover’s second edition of Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology.

Mar 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

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