Peter Balakian 4/6/21 Peter Balakian 4/6/21

Denial, Lies, & Fear: Democracy in Jeopardy

A democracy cannot be based on lies and its lethal companion denial.

Ginger Eager 4/6/21 Ginger Eager 4/6/21

Nail Polish on Nickels

Maybe this ideal of higher education as a liberalizing experience reflects nothing more than class naiveté.

Ken Edwards 4/6/21 Ken Edwards 4/6/21

The depredations of Brexit have still to make themselves fully felt in Hastings, but those of the pandemic have.

David Ghitelman 4/6/21 David Ghitelman 4/6/21

Why does listening enable me to enter a timeless realm I have rarely, if ever, found in reading?

Andrea Gregory 4/6/21 Andrea Gregory 4/6/21

There is no help. There is no kindness. This is a state-run psychiatric hospital.

Nidia Hernández 4/6/21 Nidia Hernández 4/6/21

Where do poets’ verses, their poems, and they themselves stand in relation to power?

Fanny Howe 4/6/21 Fanny Howe 4/6/21

Thank you, Claudia, for your book — it is a model of generosity to those who might not know “what’s up.”

Dan Hunter 4/6/21 Dan Hunter 4/6/21

Technological advancement may be inevitable, but it is not inevitably good for all of us.

James Brandon Lewis 4/6/21 James Brandon Lewis 4/6/21

My father said: “I don’t want to hear about those artists. What I want to know is who my son is, musically.”

Judith Nies 4/6/21 Judith Nies 4/6/21

When I queried the editor, he said, “You know, Atlantic readers aren’t really interested in Indians.”

Thomas O’Grady 4/6/21 Thomas O’Grady 4/6/21

“I became Seamus eile — Irish for ‘the other Seamus.’ A nice qualifier. Otherhood via brotherhood.”

Mark Pawlak 4/6/21 Mark Pawlak 4/6/21

As a poet and activist, Denise Levertov viewed invitations to read her poems as opportunities to educate audiences.