To Christina, with Carrier Pigeons
By Mary Byrnes
“What if / you try to imagine this–a sky mottled with birds, a gray-winged static eclipse”
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Learning English in the Margins of the Masters
“What is the sound of a throat when it sings? / What is the wound of a throat when it singes?”
Poetry We Admire: Latinx Poets
This September, Associate Editor Benjamin Bartu curates poems by Latinx poets.
Before That
“Before wishes they were trees. / Three flat rooted pines under her breath,”
Poetry Double Features #7
By Summer Farah
In Poetry Double Features, poet, critic, and editor Summer Farah moves away from the capitalistic language of “comparative titles” and instead towards the indulgence possible in considering two poetry collections that complement each other. The books paired here are not necessarily similar, but Farah asks: what language, pleasure, or wonder might be uncovered when they are read together? Poetry Double Features is in praise of the beautiful and unruly process of reading, synthesizing, and parsing out connective threads. This month, Farah considers the work of Hanif Abdurraqib and Marlin M. Jenkins.
2023 Sappho Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners and finalists of the 2023 Sappho Prize for Women Poets! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by Evie Shockley.
