The outgoing Children’s Poet Laureate in conversation with the incoming Poet Laureate.
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Interview
Revealing all the Secrets
Julie Enszer on reissuing Sapphic classics and lesbian-feminist poetry.
Essay
Learning to Breathe under Water
Considering Muriel Rukeyser’s oceanic work.
Poem Sampler
Poems for Funerals
Poetry of grief, commemoration, and consolation.
Essay
Whole Earth Poem Catalog
Is there any blank space left for a new poem, old subjects?
Interview
Field of Power
Fady Joudah is known as much for his own verse as for his translations of Palestinian poets.
Essay
My Walking Shoes
Working-class origins of an American lyric.
Essay
Nuptial Matters
How did poetry become an essential part of American wedding ceremonies—and why is it so hard to choose a poem of one’s own?
Poem Sampler
Toasts & Celebrations
Poems to celebrate successes, salute loved ones, and offer thanks for life’s blessings, big and small.
Essay
Letters from Archibald MacLeish
I was in my 20s when I learned the octogenarian writer was my neighbor, so I wrote him a letter. All I wanted was for his literary greatness to rub off on me; through our correspondence, he became my teacher and more.
Essay
Nurseries of Verse
The only way to grow poetry is to make it a habit.
