Siegfried Sassoon and Palestine
When Siegfried Sassoon, the great World War I poet, was posted in Palestine.
When Siegfried Sassoon, the great World War I poet, was posted in Palestine.
Nina MartyrisAug 19, 2014
Ryan Teitman on Matthew Gavin Frank, a book-length essay, poetry, the biography of a naturalist, and a giant squid.
Ryan TeitmanAug 9, 2014
This weekend, The New York Times asked, "Does Poetry Matter?" Today, Jonathan Farmer asks, "Do Questions Like This Matter?"
Jonathan FarmerJul 21, 2014
Carribean Fragoza on reclaiming relics and the poetry of Aimee Suzara.
Carribean FragozaJul 5, 2014
Randall Horton extols the level of poetic maturity in the debut collections of R. Erica Doyle and francine j. harris.
Randall HortonJul 2, 2014
Like anything simple in today’s cluttered world, the poetry of Chloe Honum stands out. It demands to be heard.
Catherine PondJun 19, 2014
Despite its oppression under the Taliban and beyond, the ancient culture of landay poetry persists in Afghanistan today, practiced almost exclusively...
Matthew RitgerApr 20, 2014
Poet Barbara Mor's life's work’s appeared in Sulfur, Clayton Eshleman’s influential literary magazine of the 1980s and 1990s.
Edgar GarciaApr 19, 2014
In the poetry of tragedy and resistance, silence collaborates with the audience in writing its own story.
Jerome MurphyApr 16, 2014
An exclusive interview with renowned poet and translator Forrest Gander and Raúl Zurita, recipient of the Chilean National Prize for Literature
Magdalena EdwardsFeb 2, 2014
The new collected poems of American poet Robert Duncan gives us a rare insight into his early works.
Bruce WhitemanDec 28, 2013
Gerald Maa, editor-in-chief of the Asian American Literary Review, sits down with poet Brenda Hillman to talk about poetry, politics and Letters on...
Gerald MaaDec 27, 2013
More than a feel-good fantasy of holiday giving
Alexandra SocaridesDec 24, 2013
THE DEATH OF SEAMUS HEANEY this past August reminds us that the passing of any great poet, however old, always feels untimely. A refrain in the flood...
Lisa Russ SpaarDec 6, 2013
On 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' by Langston Hughes
Alexandra SocaridesAug 1, 2013
THERE ARE TWO KINDS of things, wrote J.L. Austin in an essay that Arthur Danto made famous: things that are part of the world, and things that are...
Michael W. CluneJul 29, 2013
IT SEEMS RIGHT that the titles of Linda Gregerson’s last three books, combined, take up just five words. Gregerson loves the pun-ish potential of...
Jonathan FarmerMar 4, 2013
Palestinian and Israeli Poets in Conversation
Dara Barnat, Fady Joudah, Marcela Sulak, Tala Abu RahmehDec 2, 2012
The anatomy of a second book of poems
Lisa Russ SpaarNov 10, 2012
On three English translations of 'The Iliad'
John FarrellOct 30, 2012
Juan Felipe Herrera talks about becoming the new California Poet Laureate.
Tom LutzJun 17, 2012
In the forefront of calls for democracy in China, Liu has engaged in various forms of dissent.
Gordon FellmanMar 9, 2012
The poems suspend different voices, different recognizable patterns of emotion and idiom, and stretch the lines out to include every voice.
Adam PlunkettFeb 22, 2012
where do 'we' go from here? How do we build, assume, curate a new 'us'?
Siobhan PhillipsFeb 22, 2012