Poets

In Praise of the Difficult: On Marianne Moore, Defiant Poet of Complexity

Gabrielle Bellot: "I’m accustomed to difficulty."

 
By Gabrielle Bellot  January 31, 2019
Poets

Two Poems by Hala Alyan

By Hala Alyan  January 29, 2019
Deep Dive

When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt

By Gabrielle Bellot  January 28, 2019
Poets

“Duty,” A Poem by Sarah Gambito

By Sarah Gambito  January 25, 2019
Close Reading

On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver

By Jeanna Kadlec  January 23, 2019
Feature

How Mary Oliver Helped Me to Breathe Again

By Brandon Taylor  January 18, 2019
In Memoriam

Poet Mary Oliver Dies at 83

By Corinne Segal  January 17, 2019
Poets

‘Meeting you in the first place was great though’ A Poem by Rachael Allen

By Rachael Allen  January 17, 2019
Poets

New Poetry by DaMaris Hill

By DaMaris Hill  January 16, 2019
Poets

‘Ideas of Heaven’ A Poem by Dorianne Laux

By Dorianne Laux  January 15, 2019
Poets

Read an Extract from Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan, Winner of This Year’s T. S. Eliot Prize

By Hannah Sullivan  January 14, 2019
Conversations

Cedar Sigo on Playfulness and Poetry

By Peter Mishler  January 11, 2019
Essay

Living at Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes’ “Poetical” Boston Address

By Jessica Vestuto  January 8, 2019
Poets

Two Poems by Marwa Helal

By Marwa Helal  January 7, 2019
Poets

Two Iconic Russian Poets, the Couch They Shared, and Me

By Literary Hub  January 4, 2019
Essay

Reading Across America: A Poetry Reading on an NYC Subway Car?

By KC Trommer  January 2, 2019
Poets

New Poetry By Indigenous Women: Looking Back at 2018

By Literary Hub  December 21, 2018
Poets

“Appetites,” a Poem by David Orr

By David Orr  December 21, 2018
Excerpts

What Happened to the Original Version of The Waste Land?

By Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue  December 19, 2018
Feature

New Poetry by Indigenous Women

By Literary Hub  December 18, 2018
Excerpts

Oliverio Girondo’s Absurd Cosmopolitan World

By Harris Feinsod and Rachel Galvin  December 13, 2018
Deep Dive

Poet of the Disappeared: On the Writing of Raúl Zurita

By Norma Cole  December 7, 2018
Poets

“Grenfell Tower, June 2017”

By Ben Okri  December 4, 2018
Excerpts

A Prose Poem by Chelene Knight

By Chelene Knight  December 3, 2018
Poets

“The Lights” A Poem by Jeffrey Yang

By Jeffrey Yang  November 30, 2018
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