Poetry

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Poems for Political Disaster

Marking a moment of rupture, summoning the collective strength found in the language of poetry.

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Gravity and Grace

On the poems of Alice Oswald.

Robert Baker

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The Lost Neruda Poems

As questions about Neruda's death linger, a lost archive of unpublished poems, hidden amongst his notebooks, has surfaced.

Magdalena Edwards

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BR's Top 25 Poems of 2016

Poetry is a counterattack.

Boston Review

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Urgent Missives

Since when has poetry been without politics? Benjamin Hollander reviews Out of Print by Julien Poirier.

Benjamin Hollander

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Reading Yeats in the Age of Trump

No poet captures the feeling of political failure—of having lost an unfair fight—like W. B. Yeats.

Stephanie Burt

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Fall Poetry Reading

New poetry from Aracelis Girmay, Magdalena Zurawki, Liu Xia, John Wilkinson, and Ruth Madievsky.

Boston Review

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Contending with Ruin

Matt Donovan talks about his new book of essays on disasters and his upcoming opera about the Winchester Mystery House.

Matt Donovan, Dana Levin

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Poet's Sampler: Analicia Sotelo

Exploring the complexity of being a Latinx woman in contemporary America.

Analicia Sotelo, David Tomas Martinez

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No Place to Call Home

Daniel Borzutzky and Solmaz Sharif explore the poetics of war and exile, pushing the boundaries of a national literature.

Steve Healey

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A Backward Song

Stephen Burt talks with Monica Youn about her book ‘Blackacre,’ longlisted for the National Book Award.

Stephanie Burt, Monica Youn

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The Dragons Were Blue Too Soon

Poet Max Ritvo, who was 25 when he died in August, talks about music and revision in an interview conducted shortly before his death.

Elizabeth Metzger, Max Ritvo