Poetry and Agency Under Trump

Poetry and activism share an uneasy relationship.

Identity and the Avant-Garde

In art, formal innovation versus identity politics.

The Suffering of Others

Jorie Graham's PLACE.

Poetry and the Public Sphere

Addressing “When That Becomes This”

When That Becomes This

Comparison in politics and poetry.

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