Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language Danez Smith Makes Room for the Messiness of Language
We talked to Smith about their new poetry collection, Homie, and what it means to create poetic space for your community.
Mar 5, 2020 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Prince Harry’s Employment Prospects in Canada (Worst-Case Scenario) Prince Harry’s Employment Prospects in Canada (Worst-Case Scenario)
The prince has trouble finding work. Although without a pause he’s hunted, He hasn’t seen an ad that says, “Experienced ribbon cutter wanted.”…
Jan 28, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Eve L. Ewing Creates Poetry Out of History Eve L. Ewing Creates Poetry Out of History
Nov 26, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical For Yiyun Li, All Writing Is Autobiographical
Oct 21, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho
Ben Lerner’s Quandary Ben Lerner’s Quandary
The Topeka School captures the novelist at a crossroads between politics and aesthetics, fiction and poetry.
Oct 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley
Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist
We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.
Oct 7, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue
Unrecognized labor… Taking offense… Hope amid troubles…
Oct 1, 2019 / Our Readers
Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus
The Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” was written as a radical call to welcome all immigrants—not just the wealthy and connected.
Aug 14, 2019 / John Nichols
In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage
The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.
Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
Berryman Berryman
A poem from the celebrated late poet, W. S. Merwin.
Mar 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin