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Astrid López Méndez on the Role of Verse and Resistance to Poetry

Astrid López Méndez on the Role of Verse and Resistance to Poetry

In Translation by Ellen Jones from the Latest Issue of the “New England Review”

By Astrid López Méndez | May 5, 2025

Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

Farid Matuk on Mirroring, Poetic Artifice, and Complicating Sensuality in Verse

The Author of “Moon Mirrored Indivisible” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2025

The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare

The Best of the Bard: Nine Literary Works That Radically Reimagine Shakespeare

Grace Tiffany Recommends David Wroblewski, Dorothy Dunnett, Richard Adams, and More

By Grace Tiffany | February 4, 2025

How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

Michael O'Sullivan Follows the Famed British-American Poet Across Europe

By Michael O’Sullivan | October 19, 2023

The Fellowship of the Ring.">Read W. H. Auden's 1954 review of <emThe Fellowship of the Ring.">

The Fellowship of the Ring.">Read W. H. Auden's 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring.

By Dan Sheehan | July 28, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

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By History of Literature | January 23, 2023

Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

By Jack Parlett | July 8, 2022

Tiny Beautiful Things: Why Deborah Way Launched a Mini-Memoir Project on Instagram

By Deborah Way | June 6, 2022

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Samantha Rose Hill Considers the Importance of Marginalia in the Writing Life

By Samantha Rose Hill | June 8, 2021

In Praise of a Brazen Poet: On the Essays of Kay Ryan, Outsider

In Praise of a Brazen Poet: On the Essays of Kay Ryan, Outsider

Jason Guriel Considers the Legacy of a Literary Maverick

By Jason Guriel | April 28, 2021

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

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By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

Everyone is sharing David Berman lyrics and poems on Twitter.

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By Jonny Diamond | August 8, 2019

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

Elizabeth Bales Frank on the Pleasures and Perils of Introducing Attorneys to Poetry

By Elizabeth Bales Frank | July 23, 2019

The Complex Queer Literary History of Fire Island

The Complex Queer Literary History of Fire Island

Jack Parlett on the Storied Legacy of a Legendary Long Island Getaway

By Jack Parlett | June 25, 2019

Twenty-Three Things About W.H. Auden

Twenty-Three Things About W.H. Auden

Since When">A Poem by Bill Berkson From His Memoir, Since When

By Bill Berkson | November 5, 2018

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