Idra Novey is the author of several novels and poetry collections, including Soon & Wholly (Wesleyan University Press, 2024) and Exit, Civilian (University of Georgia Press, 2012), selected for the ...

In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Sawako Nakayasu discusses her curatorial approach and her own creative work. Sawako ...

Every time I have started for the Yellow Flower River, I have gone down the Blue-Green Stream, Following the hills, making ten thousand turnings, We go along rapidly, but advance scarcely one hundred ...

The Poetry Circus is a free event for all ages. It will include Merry-Go-Round Rides, Poetry readings by over 40 well known poets, tables housing several Los Angeles publishers and literary ...

Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a queer Caribbean poet, independent scholar, and activist. She is the author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (AK Press, 2020); coeditor of ...

Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with faces grimly gay. Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray As men’s are, dead. Dull ...

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New York, NY (September 26, 2024)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading champion of poets and poetry in the United States, is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY ...

In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Sarah Gambito discusses her curatorial approach and her own creative work. Poets.org: ...

Ariana Benson was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Spelman College and holds MA degrees in both poetic practice and scriptwriting, which she earned as a Marshall Scholar.

1 * Fame is a B. You received its fatal sting—Lorca: your house is there, where it used to be. They made a park around it in your name. It’s some summer. El sol es el major torero: memory, remains and ...

The word ‘رحم⁩’ (rah-hem) in Arabic often means ‘mercy’ and comes from one of God’s names, ‘الرحمان’ (ar-rahman) or ‘the most merciful one’. It is also the word for ‘womb’ or ‘uterus’, because it is ...