pantograph
/a poem
Read MoreFrom the Archive: Prediction
/a poem
Read MoreTitle Menu: 10 Books that Might be Poetry
/Are these 10 books collections of "poetry"? Does it matter? "As poetry" is the best way to read these hybrid titles.
Read MoreMOONS OF GRIEF
/a poem
Read MoreTell Me Something I Don’t Know
/Two new books of poetry take different approaches to the written word and its conundrums. Can words express the truth, or are we asking too much of them?
Read MoreIF IT’S THE LAST THING YOU DO
/a poem
Read MoreBill Knott, 1940-2014
/Open Letters mourns the passing of a giant of American poetry.
Read MorePedestaled in Triumph: Robert Browning in Italy
/The great and problematic poet Robert Browning drew some of his most powerful poetic inspirations from the lore and lure of Italy; Luciano Mangiafico traces the complicated relationship of the man to his "adopted homeland."
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Two From Saturnalia Books
/John Cotter looks into new mixed-media books of poetry by Bill Knott and John Yau to discover shades of meaning in the interplay of artwork and verse.
Read MoreTitle Menu: Twoo Wuv
/February would be unremittingly bleak if it weren't for the excuse it gives us to ponder the meaning of love, that many-splendored thing. Our editors offer up their favorite literary treatments.
Read MoreOffice Space
/When we read poetry, we want the transcendence of art: how is that compatible with being at work? A new collection of poems explores the possibilities.
Read MoreJanuary 2014 Issue
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Read MoreA Palace and a Prison at Each Hand: Lord Byron in Italy (part 1 of 2)
/Byron was mad, bad, and dangerous to know -- and eventually his amorous, adventurous spirit led him to Italy.
Read MoreStudio Matto e Disperatissimo: The Life and Writings of Giacomo Leopardi
/He was the greatest Italian poet since Dante, but he was tormented by a strict upbringing, ruinous health, and moods of black pessmism. He was Giacomo Leopardi, and this is his story.
Read MoreThousands of Grids
/Building on his previous work, in New Poems Ben Mazer tries to find a balance between structure and fluidity.
Read MoreMy Last Dutchman
/a poem
Read Morefrom “Dear Alain”
/a poem
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