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Poetry
June 23, 2016
Ken Chen
What’s The Matter With Poetry?
For Ben Lerner, poems are the perfect medium for failure. So how can they negotiate with the politics of real life?
May 5, 2016
MagazineKim Yideum
Fluxfilm No. 4 (lesbian)
A poem
May 4, 2016
MagazineMaureen N. McLane
Balsam
A poem
April 15, 2016
MagazineD.A. Powell
Black Glove
A poem
April 14, 2016
MagazineDorothea Lasky
Men Are Pointless
A poem
April 8, 2016
Timothy Yu
White Poets Want Chinese Culture Without Chinese People
Calvin Trillin's "Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?" is the latest in a long artistic tradition.
March 29, 2016
MagazineJohn Ashbery
Glitch
A poem
March 28, 2016
MagazineKathleen Ossip
The Believer
A poem.
March 25, 2016
MagazineMargaret Ross
Historic District
A poem
February 19, 2016
MagazineNatalie Diaz
Post-Colonial Love Poem
A poem
February 18, 2016
MagazineSam Ross
Exchange
A poem
February 17, 2016
MagazineRick Barot
The Marrow
A poem
February 16, 2016
MagazineKristin Prevallet
A Glassful of Tea and Sugar in the Mouth
A poem
December 10, 2015
Laura Marsh
Emily Dickinson, born on this day in 1830, left a beautiful trove of handwritten poems.
December 4, 2015
Laura Kasischke
The Enormous Cage
December 3, 2015
Stephanie Burt
My 1987
November 17, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
Poet Warsan Shire is the new voice of the refugee crisis.
November 5, 2015
CAConrad
Mercury.1
November 4, 2015
Monica Sok
Cambodia
November 4, 2015
Adam Fitzgerald
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