Of Poetry and Women and the World
I have to say that war is man-made. It’s made by men. It’s their thing, it’s their world, and they’re terribly injured in it.
Lola Ridge: The Radical Modernist We Won’t Forget Twice
The past-due revival of Lola Ridge: poet, editor, feminist, and political activist.
The Poetics of Mass Murder
Poems responding to past gun violence, mass murders, and school shootings.
The Poet and the Riot
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.
What Jimmy Taught Me – PoetryNow
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents.
The Demon – PoetryNow
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one.
The Lamp of Mutual Aid
Joshua Edwards meditates on the nature of work and communal living. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jennifer Kronovet studied Yiddish so she could communicate with the dead
Kronovet had a ton of ideas for language-related podcast episodes. We eventually settled on her adventures with Yiddish. She shared these adventures with two other students of the language, Faith Jones and Samuel…
Natalie Shapero Reads “Sunshower”
The editors discuss Natalie Shapero’s poem “Sunshower” from the November 2017 issue of Poetry.