Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code Schumer Drops Senatorial Dress Code
Oct 3, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin
“A map grows no trees.” “A map grows no trees.”
—Alberto Blanco
Sep 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jane Hirshfield
Proper Fat Proper Fat
Thin with disgust Fat with wordless joy And patience Thin like the opening of the gate You pray you’ll make it through Fat like the other side Fat with pubescence With moonstone or…
May 16, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Omotara James
Ohio Ohio
Who am I to say that the hawk circling above the deck wasn’t really the murdered sister of our host, as she insisted? Who says the dead stay dead, or even human—for all I know our…
Apr 20, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kim Addonizio
The City Wears a Coat to Bed The City Wears a Coat to Bed
The white army of winter spreads across the city. Boilers and radiators die in their sleep, their skin cold to the touch in the morning. The city wears a coat to bed. The city watc…
Apr 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Martín Espada
Brother Leaves Voicemails from CPEP Brother Leaves Voicemails from CPEP
Alex, any time, and at a moment’s notice you should give me the number I ask for. Unlock my phone, my money Somebody fucking stole my Gucci scarf And tell mom my son is not her chi…
Mar 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Watson
Three Short Poems Three Short Poems
ORACULAR: THE WOMAN IN THE ARMCHAIR SPEAKS The beings after the Anthropocene will be formed of inorganic matter they will be not unfeeling they will study us the way we study the n…
Jan 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alicia Ostriker