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They Call Him Scarface Because He's Sad

They Call Him Scarface Because He's Sad

Lit Hub Poem of the Week

By David Tomas Martinez | March 30, 2016

This is Not a Defense of Poetry

This is Not a Defense of Poetry

Ishion Hutchinson on Vision, the Sea, and the Poetics of the Caribbean

By Ishion Hutchinson | March 30, 2016

Where is Jim Harrison? Seven Poems from a Master

Where is Jim Harrison? Seven Poems from a Master

Remembering a Great Writer Through Some of His Final Words

By Literary Hub | March 28, 2016

Dear Pierre

Dear Pierre

A New Poem By Karen Weiser

By Karen Weiser | March 16, 2016

Poem-Doodles by bill bissett

Poem-Doodles by bill bissett

New Work by the Godfather of Canadian Poetry

By Literary Hub | March 14, 2016

The Women of the World Poetry Slam Comes to Brooklyn

The Women of the World Poetry Slam Comes to Brooklyn

On Creating a Safe Space for All Voices to Be Heard

By Jonathan Russell Clark | March 9, 2016

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KILL MARRY FUCK

By Dorothea Lasky | March 9, 2016

Inside the Unpublished World of Allen Ginsberg

By Bill Morgan | March 2, 2016

Stevie Smith: Brilliant Poet, Charming Doodler

By Literary Hub | February 26, 2016

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

Walt Whitman is Dead, I'm Divorced, and the Universe Goes On

On Life and Death as a Grand Series of Comings and Goings

By J. Aaron Sanders | February 25, 2016

WANTING TO BE WHITE

WANTING TO BE WHITE

New Poem by Charif Shanahan

By Charif Shanahan | February 24, 2016

<em>Shaler's Fish</em>: Four Poems from Helen Macdonald

Shaler's Fish: Four Poems from Helen Macdonald

From the Award-Winning Author of H is for Hawk

By Helen Macdonald | February 23, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Tess Taylor on Ross Gay's <em>Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Tess Taylor on Ross Gay's Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Tess Taylor | February 22, 2016

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'

TWO NEW POEMS

By Fred Moten | February 10, 2016

Poetry & Ritual

Poetry & Ritual

An Essay in Verse by CAConrad, on Memory, Ritual, and Survival

By CAConrad | February 5, 2016

Janet Malcolm: Biased, Mean, and Brilliant

Janet Malcolm: Biased, Mean, and Brilliant

Why Our Best Biographer Hates the New Ted Hughes Biography

By Bridget Read | January 26, 2016

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