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Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

Yusef Komunyakaa on the Genius and Contradictions of Etheridge Knight

“Here’s a poet who possessed a genius for surviving the harsh realities of America.”

By Yusef Komunyakaa | December 2, 2022

“Death Parts”

“Death Parts”

Jack Driscoll

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 1, 2022

Two Poems by Elisa Díaz Castelo

Two Poems by Elisa Díaz Castelo

From the Collection An Imperfect Geometry

By Elisa Díaz Castelo | November 30, 2022

This Time, That Place

This Time, That Place

Clark Blaise

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 30, 2022

Read a New Translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian Poet-Hero Taras Shevchenko

Read a New Translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian Poet-Hero Taras Shevchenko

“The bones / Of many soldiers languish there. / And what of blood, and what of tears?”

By Literary Hub | November 29, 2022

“Ascendant”

“Ascendant”

Gina Nutt

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 29, 2022

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Read “Autumn Night,” From Lu Xun's Experimental Prose Collection Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk

By Lu Xun and Eileen J. Cheng | November 28, 2022

The Age of Goodbyes

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“In Some Thousand Years.” A Poem by Camonghne Felix

By Camonghne Felix | November 23, 2022

The Impersonal Adventure

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Marcel Béalu (trans. George MacLennan)

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Allie Rowbottom

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Four Poems by Peter Cole

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From the Collection Draw Me After

By Peter Cole | November 21, 2022

December Breeze

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Marvel Moreno (trans. by Charlotte Coombe, Isabel Adey)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 21, 2022

“Those Who Wait”

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Quinn Adikes

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“The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On.” A Poem by Franny Choi.

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Read the Title Poem from Franny Choi's New Collection

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Three Poems by Will Alexander

Three Poems by Will Alexander

From the Collection Divine Blue Light (for John Coltrane)

By Will Alexander | November 17, 2022

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