Artists & Poets—Join Us This Saturday! May 9, 2013: On Saturday, May 11 Poetry will sponsor the Poetry Foundation's first-ever symposium on poets and artists. Poets Bill Berkson and John Yau will be joined by artists Lesley Dill and Mildred Howard to talk about the intersections between visual art and poetry. The symposium will end with an announcement of a new collaboration between poet [...] by Lindsay Garbutt

Poetry Launches Digital Subscription May 8, 2013: After years of tinkering and experimenting, and dreaming with my colleagues, I’m excited to announce that starting with the May 2013 issue, Poetry will be available through a digital subscription. For $29.99 per year, iPhone and iPad users can access a digital package that includes everything in the print magazine, the monthly Poetry [...] by Don Share

Reading List: March 2013 March 28, 2013: Rae Armantrout I've just received a copy of the new Postmodern American Poetry: a Norton Anthology, edited by Paul Hoover. I've been enjoying the good selections of some of my favorite younger poets like Catherine Wagner, Katie Degetesh, Graham Foust, and Ben Lerner. I’m also reading Cathy Wagner’s Nervous Device from City Lights. And I [...] by Lindsay Garbutt

Jeffrey Yang Leads Us into the Abyss March 20, 2013: [caption id="attachment_62944" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Yves Klein in the Void Room (Raum der Leere), Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, January 1961.[/caption] “I used to keep a list of books in which ‘the abyss’ appeared — the [...] by Lindsay Garbutt

Poetry Funnies March 18, 2013: Jake Austen, editor of Roctober magazine and founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, is celebrating Poetry’s 100th birthday by creating and submitting 100 poetry-themed gag panels for publication, and he’s documenting the process here. For the next many Mondays we will post our favorites for your pleasure. This [...] by Fred Sasaki

Poetry Funnies March 11, 2013: Jake Austen, editor of Roctober magazine and founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, is celebrating Poetry’s 100th birthday by creating and submitting 100 poetry-themed gag panels for publication, and he’s documenting the process here. For the next many Mondays we will post our favorites for your pleasure. This [...] by Fred Sasaki

Poetry Funnies March 4, 2013: Jake Austen, editor of Roctober magazine and founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, is celebrating Poetry's 100th birthday by creating and submitting 100 poetry-themed gag panels for publication, and he's documenting the process here. For the next many Mondays we will post our favorites for your pleasure. To kick it off, [...] by Fred Sasaki

Reading List: February 2013 February 27, 2013: [caption id="attachment_62019" align="alignright" width="500"] A young Joan Mitchell reading. Courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation.[/caption] The Reading List is a new feature of the Editors’ Blog this year. Each month we ask Poetry’s recent contributors to share a book—or several—that they’ve been poring over. Here are some [...] by Lindsay Garbutt

To My Heart As I Go Along February 18, 2013: The space between our mouth and the people’s ears, or eyes, who receive what we make, that is holy ground. —Fred Rogers Poetry recently received a heartening email from artist and writer Paul Zelevansky about his new project, “Mister Rogers for Adults.” Zelevansky, on behalf of the Fred Rogers Company, is developing a series of [...] by Fred Sasaki

Lynette Roberts: ‘Pastoral ding-dong is out’ February 15, 2013: If you’ve been keeping up with Poetry over the past two years, you perhaps weren’t surprised to see Ange Mlinko write about Lynette Roberts for our “Enthusiasms” section in this month’s issue. Back in October 2011, Poetry published Mlinko’s “Cantata for Lynette Roberts”: Want to read some Lynette Roberts for yourself? [...] by Lindsay Garbutt