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

On Audio Books: Prolonging the Pleasures of the Text

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

Green is the New Black

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

Poetry and Power

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

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

To Claudia Rankine

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

Get Ready Man

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

Molecular Part 3: A Code of Being

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

A Real American Story

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

Hope and History: The Other Seamus Chimes In

“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

Praxis

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

Askold Melnyczuk 1/12/21 Askold Melnyczuk 1/12/21

Introduction to Volume 13

Several pieces in this issue offer cautionary tales about just how far off-track a government can go.

Andrew Grainger 1/12/21 Andrew Grainger 1/12/21

A Right Judgment

These lifetime appointments will be with us for decades to come.

Rowena Hill 1/12/21 Rowena Hill 1/12/21

Rafael Cadenas: Poetry and Conscience

Rafael Cadenas is in every sense Venezuela's senior poet.

Dan Hunter 1/12/21 Dan Hunter 1/12/21

Reality is Dead

Reality is dead, shattered like a mirror into millions of pieces.

Shahriar Mandanipour 1/12/21 Shahriar Mandanipour 1/12/21

Ghosts of Objects

Something had suddenly appeared in his office. He didn’t say what.

Iranian Writer’s Association in Exile 1/12/21 Iranian Writer’s Association in Exile 1/12/21

Free Imprisoned Iranian Writers Unconditionally Now!

Let’s get together and stand up against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime.

Lena Marecki 1/12/21 Lena Marecki 1/12/21

A City Over A Bridge

We hope to restore safety to immigrants and refugees.

Mark Pawlak 1/12/21 Mark Pawlak 1/12/21

Every Day is Sunday Now

Although it really is Thursday, I reply: “It’s Sunday. Every day is Sunday now.”

Joyce Peseroff 1/12/21 Joyce Peseroff 1/12/21

On Sumita Chakraborty’s “Arrow”

Chakraborty’s lyric arrows prick a reader’s heart.

Mosab Abu Toha 1/12/21 Mosab Abu Toha 1/12/21

“After the Last Frontiers, After the Last Sky”

Am I, as a Gazan, destined to feel imprisoned wherever I go?

Christie Towers 1/12/21 Christie Towers 1/12/21

Epiphany

To truly transform the inequities of our society, we must first listen, then act.