the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
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This collection gathers poems, from the eve of the twenty-first century to the month following Trump’s election, to mark a moment of political rupture, summoning the languages of resistance and memory, struggle and hope. Poems by former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Jorie Graham, Ilya Kaminsky, Carolyn Forché, Craig Santos Perez, and many more.
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-Broido
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
In the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
Khadijah Queen
The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-Broido
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
In Which Rising Inequality Eventually Triggers Countervailing Social Dislocations
Dara Wier
In the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
Khadijah Queen
The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-Broido
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
America (after Allen Ginsberg)
Craig Santos Perez
In Which Rising Inequality Eventually Triggers Countervailing Social Dislocations
Dara Wier
In the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
Khadijah Queen
The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-Broido
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
America (after Allen Ginsberg)
Craig Santos Perez
In Which Rising Inequality Eventually Triggers Countervailing Social Dislocations
Dara Wier
In the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
Khadijah Queen
The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-Broido
We’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCrae
English as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier Osorio
Letter to a City under Siege
Carolyn Forché
Inauguration Poem
Lynn Melnick
Concord Grapes
Stephanie Burt
You the Recoil
Susan Briante
#WTF
Maureen N. McLane
Women Own a Violence Too
Amy King
December
Matthew Zapruder
Watch Us Elocute
Marcus Wicker
Bad Intelligence
Corey Van Landingham
Safe House
Solmaz Sharif
America! America!
Ricardo Maldonado
A Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica Youn
I Want to Read at the White House
Joshua Clover
Excuses
Carmen Giménez Smith
from Atopia
Sandra Simonds
Ferguson
Major Jackson
from We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya Kaminsky
Linear Travel
Wendy Xu
Days of 2016
Ange Mlinko
Sat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin Bedient
Filibuster to Delay Them All
Katie Peterson
Credo
Andrew Zawacki
Guantánamo
Jorie Graham
Riddle
Jericho Brown
Disaster
Dorothea Lasky
Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda Hillman
To Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brien
the experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
“When freedom is in danger, when you are asked, in one faked way or another, a shabby admonition, to leave your own humanity which includes the humanity of all, the alarm is extra-ordinary, America. Don’t you think so? You must respond, America. You must speak out, you must write.”
— U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, from the Foreword
Contents
Foreword
Juan Felipe HerreraThe Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Peter GizziIn November We Inched Closer
Mary Jo BangAmerica (after Allen Ginsberg)
Craig Santos PerezIn Which Rising Inequality Eventually Triggers Countervailing Social Dislocations
Dara WierIn the Event of an Apocalypse, Be Ready to Die
Khadijah QueenThe American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
Lucie Brock-BroidoWe’ll Go No More a Roving
Shane McCraeEnglish as a Second Language
Nathan Xavier OsorioLetter to a City under Siege
Carolyn ForchéInauguration Poem
Lynn MelnickConcord Grapes
Stephanie BurtYou the Recoil
Susan Briante#WTF
Maureen N. McLaneWomen Own a Violence Too
Amy KingDecember
Matthew ZapruderWatch Us Elocute
Marcus WickerBad Intelligence
Corey Van LandinghamSafe House
Solmaz SharifAmerica! America!
Ricardo MaldonadoA Guide to Usage: Mine
Monica YounI Want to Read at the White House
Joshua CloverExcuses
Carmen Giménez Smithfrom Atopia
Sandra SimondsFerguson
Major Jacksonfrom We Lived Happily During the War
Ilya KaminskyLinear Travel
Wendy XuDays of 2016
Ange MlinkoSat Down and Wept by Lake and Cloud Gear
Calvin BedientFilibuster to Delay Them All
Katie PetersonCredo
Andrew ZawackiGuantánamo
Jorie GrahamRiddle
Jericho BrownDisaster
Dorothea LaskyPoem of Hope, Almost at Equinox
Brenda HillmanTo Classes
Geoffrey G. O’Brienthe experiment
Juan Felipe Herrera
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