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The Collected Works of Kathleen Tankersley Young reintroduces an enigmatic poet at the center of American Modernism.
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EssayBy Richard Hegelman
The work of the German-Swedish poet Nelly Sachs ranges between atrocity and grace.
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Learning PromptBy Stefania Gomez June 1, 2022
For today’s prompt, we’ll explore how poets have delved into the world of math. Far from diametrically opposed, mathematicians and poets have lots in common. Both use a language of...
Poem Guides
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Poem GuideBy Austin AllenA reluctant soldier responds to mass tragedy.
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Poem GuideBy Katherine Robinson
Our choices are made clear in hindsight.
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Poem GuideBy Joshua Weiner
Touch, risk, trust, improvisation—“the intellect as powerhouse of love.”
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I have developed affinities for poems that provide a space to rest. This is not to say that poetry can or should avert one’s eyes from political realities, but it might preserve for the reader a place where she can find some forms of repair.
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June 9, 2022
The Poetry Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. This award honors the best book-length works of criticism published in the prior calendar year, including...
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By Robert Eric Shoemaker June 1, 2022
I recently learned that the word “curate” comes from “curare,” a Latin root meaning “to attend and to care for.” I’ve long had an aversion to the terminology of “curating”...
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By Chaelee Dalton May 31, 2022
Before I saw Turning Red, I heard about it. More accurately, I read about it, or I read about the movie refracted through another review which finished by definitively declaring...
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By Hajar Hussaini May 25, 2022
I have developed affinities for poems that provide a space to rest. This is not to say that poetry can or should avert one’s eyes from political realities, but it...
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EssayBy Michelle A. Taylor
The Collected Works of Kathleen Tankersley Young reintroduces an enigmatic poet at the center of American Modernism.
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EssayBy Richard Hegelman
The work of the German-Swedish poet Nelly Sachs ranges between atrocity and grace.
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Learning PromptBy Stefania Gomez June 1, 2022
For today’s prompt, we’ll explore how poets have delved into the world of math. Far from diametrically opposed, mathematicians and poets have lots in common. Both use a language of...
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