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The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres Examines the Close Bonds of Occupation

By Philip Metres | August 27, 2025

“If God Were Like Chekhov, I Would Be Consoled.” On the Privileges of Misery

“If God Were Like Chekhov, I Would Be Consoled.” On the Privileges of Misery

Philip Metres on the Eternal Brilliance of a Russian Master

By Philip Metres | July 30, 2025

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

“Poetry’s belatedness hauntingly echoes international law’s belatedness when it comes to defining genocide.”

By Philip Metres | April 9, 2024

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Why the Russian Protest Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky Still Matter Today

Phillip Metres on Political Literature, Classical Forms, and What Outsiders Get Wrong About Russian Poetry

By Philip Metres | October 10, 2023

The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

Philip Metres Considers the Borders Between the Earthly and the Divine

By Philip Metres | October 13, 2022

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

The Wall of Silence: On Trying to Talk About Palestine, Israel, and the USA

Philip Metres Seeks Unoccupied Spaces for Conversation

By Philip Metres | February 3, 2021

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The Beggars of Beirut

By Philip Metres | August 11, 2020

To Be the Poet of Troy:
An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha by Philip Metres

By Philip Metres | July 22, 2020

A Poem by Philip Metres

By Philip Metres | April 24, 2020

To Expand the Moral Imagination in the Confines of Quarantine

To Expand the Moral Imagination in the Confines of Quarantine

Philip Metres Writes a Letter to His Students

By Philip Metres | March 30, 2020

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres on Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Anything, and the Stories of the Living

By Philip Metres | November 14, 2019

On the Third Most Popular Poet of All Time

On the Third Most Popular Poet of All Time

Philip Metres Reveals His Family Connections to Khalil Gibran, Poet of 'The Prophet'

By Philip Metres | September 17, 2018

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Imagining Iraq: On the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Iraq War

Philip Metres Offers a Brief History of Imperial Dementia

By Philip Metres | March 20, 2018

Same As It Ever Was: <em>Orientalism</em> Forty Years Later

Same As It Ever Was: Orientalism Forty Years Later

On Edward Said, Othering, and the Depictions of Arabs in America

By Philip Metres | January 23, 2018