Poetry
To Little Black Girls, Risking FlowerA Double Golden Shovel To Little Black Girls, Risking Flower”A Double Golden Shovel”
Remembering a honeymoon hike near Drakes Bay, California, while I cook our dinner at the feet of Colorado’s Front Range Remembering a honeymoon hike near Drakes Bay, California, while I cook our dinner at the feet of Colorado’s Front Range
A Portrait of the Artist as I Hate You A Portrait of the Artist as I Hate You
Poets
Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife Lyn Hejinian’s Counterlife
The pioneering poet expanded the possibilities of both poetry and autobiographical writing.
Ben Lerner, Personal Poet Ben Lerner, Personal Poet
In his first collection of verse in over a decade, he applies the lessons of his successful, self-conscious prose.
An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe
Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment.
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Feb 21, 2024 / no-paywall / Matthew Tuckner
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Jan 29, 2024 / no-paywall / Valerie Hsiung