Ocean Vuong: Poetry, Bodies, and Stillness
Alexandra Barylski interviews Ocean Vuong This interview was originally published on January 5, 2018, and it was one of our most read pieces
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national poetry month
Songs of a Sufi Martyr: Poetry and Heresy in Al-Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj
Nathaniel A. Miller on Al-Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj Al-Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj is as well-known for his unorthodox statements and execution as he is for his poetry.
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Rhina Espaillat and the Lyre of Orpheus
Alfred Nicol Reviews Rhina P. Espaillat The power of even the best poets begins to flag as they reach their eighth and ninth
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A Blur of Wings: The Diaphanous and the Dissonant in Political Poetry
Ciahnan Darrell reviews Myronn Hardy’s Radioactive Starlings Myronn Hardy’s Radioactive Starlings is aggressively opaque. Written in a multitude of poetic forms, it draws
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