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Looking Back on Our Cringe-Worthy Selves: A Reading List for Teenage Weirdos

Looking Back on Our Cringe-Worthy Selves: A Reading List for Teenage Weirdos

Cloud Delfina Cardona Recommends Michele Serros, jo reyes-boitel, Jacinto Jesús Cardona and More

By Cloud Delfina Cardona | October 17, 2025

A Poem by Ursula K. Le Guin About Cats

A Poem by Ursula K. Le Guin About Cats

Read “Entanglements,” a poem by the Late Author

By Ursula K. Le Guin | October 15, 2025

Poetry for Everyone: Remembering Courtney Kampa

Poetry for Everyone: Remembering Courtney Kampa

On Creating a Posthumous Collection That Captures a Vibrant Life and Creative Ethos

By Catherine Pond and T Bambrick | October 14, 2025

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Growing Older and Forging Connection Through Poetry

By Patricia Smith | October 6, 2025

Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 6, 2025

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

Kate Colby on Finding Inspiration in Edward Hopper’s “Cape Cod Morning”

By Kate Colby | October 2, 2025

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Jason Mott on Struggling with Home

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 29, 2025

“Sniped Sonnet,” a Poem by Zeina Hashem Beck

By Zeina Hashem Beck | September 26, 2025

Gabrielle Bates and Keetje Kuipers Are Seeking Wildness

By awakeners | September 24, 2025

Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark

Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark

Frances Wilson on the Similarities Between Spark’s Favorite Teacher and Her Most Famous Protagonist

By Frances Wilson | September 23, 2025

“Autoimmune Aubade,” a Poem by Chet’la Sebree

“Autoimmune Aubade,” a Poem by Chet’la Sebree

From the Collection “Blue Opening”

By Chet’la Sebree | September 22, 2025

Reginald Dwayne Betts on Transformation and Surprise

Reginald Dwayne Betts on Transformation and Surprise

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 22, 2025

How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

How Writing Poetry Can Freeze Time

Heidi Seaborn on Regrets and Becoming a Poet in Her Fifties

By Heidi Seaborn | September 18, 2025

Poet Margot Kahn on Why She Left One Particular Poem Out of Her Collection

Poet Margot Kahn on Why She Left One Particular Poem Out of Her Collection

“One of the poems I put in my stack involved my father’s dick.”

By Margot Kahn | September 18, 2025

Arthur Sze is the new U.S. Poet Laureate.

Arthur Sze is the new U.S. Poet Laureate.

By James Folta | September 15, 2025

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From the Collection “Death of the First Idea”

By Rickey Laurentiis | September 15, 2025

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