In Memoriam

Thank You, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Alysia Abbott Remembers the Abiding Spirit of North Beach

 
By Alysia Abbott  February 4, 2021
In Memoriam

Barry Lopez, whose landmark writings bore witness to the natural world, has died at 75.

By Corinne Segal  December 26, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Joan Bingham

By Literary Hub  November 13, 2020
In Memoriam

After My Partner’s Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

By Megan Marshall  October 21, 2020
In Memoriam

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Rachel Cobb  September 25, 2020
In Memoriam

The Joy of Editing—and Knowing—Randall Kenan

By Alane Salierno Mason  September 16, 2020
In Memoriam

A Close Reading of Randall Kenan, Who Paid Rare Attention to Black Complexity

By Omari Weekes and Elias Rodriques  September 16, 2020
In Memoriam

William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life’s Smaller Moments

By Sonny Brewer  September 4, 2020
In Memoriam

Joy Williams on the Troubling Grace and Strange Assurances of Brad Watson’s Work

By Joy Williams  August 3, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Chris Dickey, Writer, Friend, and Truly Great Editor

By Will Cathcart  July 24, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Australian Novelist Elizabeth Harrower

By Michael Heyward  July 22, 2020
In Memoriam

In Sunshine and In Shadow: Remembering the Quiet Genius of Brad Watson

By Alane Salierno Mason  July 10, 2020
In Memoriam

Celebrating Yahya Hassan,
Poet, Rebel

By Jamal Mahjoub  June 22, 2020
In Memoriam

Death of a Radical Rewilder

By Joanna Pocock  May 20, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Michael McClure, Poet, Teacher, Friend

By Rebecca Solnit  May 8, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering H.G. Carrillo, and His Marvelous Recounting of Cuban History

By H.G. Carrillo  May 6, 2020
In Memoriam

Dear Eavan Boland, I Wanted to Send You a Letter

By Amy Robinson  May 1, 2020
In Memoriam

Eavan Boland: Beautiful and Complicated and Fierce and Brilliant and Loyal

By Gabrielle Calvocoressi  May 1, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Deirdre Bair

By Sydney Ladensohn Stern  April 29, 2020
In Memoriam

Ta-Nehisi Coates: On the Privilege of Knowing David Carr

By Ta-Nehisi Coates  April 7, 2020
In Memoriam

In Memory of Krishna Baldev Vaid, Pioneer of Modern Hindi Fiction

By Literary Hub  March 3, 2020
In Memoriam

How communities are honoring Toni Morrison on what would’ve been her 89th birthday.

By Aaron Robertson  February 18, 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering Alice Mayhew, Legendary Editor

By Samuel Freedman  February 5, 2020
In Memoriam

Kamau Brathwaite, a leading figure of postwar Caribbean literature, has died at 89.

By Aaron Robertson  February 5, 2020
In Memoriam

Mourning Jade Sharma, Her Irreverence, Her Audacity

By Melissa Mesku  February 3, 2020
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