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The Very Real Consolations of Poetry

The Very Real Consolations of Poetry

A Poem is Not a Substitute for Action, But It Can Lift Us Up

By Literary Hub | November 11, 2016

The Needle's Eye

The Needle's Eye

Fanny Howe

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 8, 2016

In Praise of Our Black Women Poets

In Praise of Our Black Women Poets

Arisa White on the Recordings of the San Francisco State Poetry Center

By Arisa White | November 4, 2016

as portraiture a pair of

as portraiture a pair of

3 New Poems by Rusty Morrison

By Rusty Morrison | November 2, 2016

Fanny Howe on Race, Family, and the Line Between Fiction and Poetry

Fanny Howe on Race, Family, and the Line Between Fiction and Poetry

A Great American Thinker in Conversation with Bill Corbett

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2016

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

3 New Poems by David Lau

By David Lau | October 26, 2016

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THE TWELVE HOURS OF THE NIGHT

By Srikanth Reddy | October 19, 2016

It Breaks Before it Bends: On Donika Kelly's Black Girl Poetry

By Nikky Finney | October 13, 2016

THE GREAT WAR

By Geoffrey Nutter | October 12, 2016

Water Is Life: A Poem For the Standing Rock

Water Is Life: A Poem For the Standing Rock

Demian DinéYazhi' Wishes He Was at the Camp of the Sacred Stones in North Dakota

By Demian DineYazhi | October 10, 2016

GROWL

GROWL

Three Poems by Ada Limón

By Ada Limón | October 5, 2016

Jane: A Murder

Jane: A Murder

Maggie Nelson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 30, 2016

Poetry is a Pipe: Selected Writings of René Magritte

Poetry is a Pipe: Selected Writings of René Magritte

The Surrealist Master Takes on Another Form

By René Magritte | September 29, 2016

Herman Melville Was Also a Failed Poet

Herman Melville Was Also a Failed Poet

On the Final Years of an American Legend-to-Be

By Mark Beauregard | September 28, 2016

Your Rapists Were the Last

Your Rapists Were the Last

A New Poem by CAConrad

By CAConrad | September 28, 2016

MY MOTHER’S BROTHER-IN-LAW NEVER LEFT THE SHACK HE WAS BORN IN

MY MOTHER’S BROTHER-IN-LAW NEVER LEFT THE SHACK HE WAS BORN IN

A New Poem by Edwin Torres

By Edwin Torres | September 14, 2016

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