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John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life
In Praise of an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life
By
Essex Hemphill
| March 7, 2025
“Tamarack Fire,” a Poem by Rachel Richardson
From the Collection “Smother”
By
Rachel Richardson
| March 7, 2025
“The Old Current,” a Poem by Brad Leithauser
From the Collection “The Old Current”
By
Brad Leithauser
| March 5, 2025
“Information Worker at the End of the World,” a Poem by Stephanie Niu
From the Collection “I Would Define the Sun”
By
Stephanie Niu
| February 21, 2025
“Joined To All The Living There Is Hope,” a Poem by Jonathan Fink
From the Collection “Don't Do It, We Love You, My Heart”
By
Jonathan Fink
| February 14, 2025
“Winter Garden” and “Moleskine Knockoffs,” Two Poems by Emma Ruth Rundle
From the Collection “The Bella Vista”
By
Emma Ruth Rundle
| February 12, 2025
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Pádraig Ó Tuama on Patricia Smith, Poems as Acts of Noticing, and the Power of Good Teachers
By
Pádraig Ó' Tuama
| February 6, 2025
“Postpositivity in Spring,” a Poem by Oli Hazzard
By
Oli Hazzard
| February 3, 2025
“Intimacy” and “Endurance,” Two Poems by Maria Ferguson
By
Maria Ferguson
| January 30, 2025
“In the Name of the Bee,” a Poem by Pádraig O’ Tuama
From the Collection “Kitchen Hymns”
By
Pádraig Ó' Tuama
| January 28, 2025
“how to be a contemporary performer,” a Poem by Asha Futterman
From the Collection “Empathy”
By
Asha Futterman
| January 23, 2025
“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari
Translated and Introduced by Huda Fakhreddine
By
Mohammad Abdelbari and Huda Fakhreddine
| December 18, 2024
“Winter” and “Sigh,” Two Poems by Roberta Iannamico
From the Collection “Many Poems”
By
Roberta Iannamico
| December 17, 2024
“The bullet,” a Poem by Sahar Rabah
Translated from Arabic by Ammiel Alcalay
By
Sahar Rabah
| December 13, 2024
“Sexting is Roleplay About Desire,” a Prose Poem by Vera Blossom
From the Essay Collection “How to Fuck Like a Girl”
By
Vera Blossom
| December 10, 2024
“Dissociation” and “Central Park, Nocturne,” Two Poems by David McLoghlin
From the Collection “Crash Center”
By
David McLoghlin
| December 6, 2024
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