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Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

Naming What Can Be Lost: Matthew Zapruder on Poems for Dire Times

“The greatest poems demand change. Maybe we need to change to meet them.”

By Matthew Zapruder | September 13, 2022

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T. Coraghessan Boyle

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 13, 2022

Kibogo

Kibogo

Scholastique Mukasonga (trans. Mark Polizzotti)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 12, 2022

A Poem by Jenny Xie

A Poem by Jenny Xie

From the New Collection The Rupture Tense

By Jenny Xie | September 9, 2022

Sacrificio

Sacrificio

Ernesto Mestre-Reed

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 9, 2022

Days Come and Go

Days Come and Go

Hemley Boum (trans. Nchanji Njamnsi)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 8, 2022

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