• Essay
    By Quinn Latimer

    A new edition of N.H. Pritchard's The Matrix reintroduces one of the most conceptually rigorous texts of the Black radical tradition.

    • Audio
      From VSMarch 2021

      torrin greathouse is in the VS house! The author of Wound from the Mouth of a Wound, Torrin talks about queering form with the utmost intention, examining what community actually...

    • Black and white image of women marching down Fifth Avenue in New York City for the Women's Equality March on August 26, 1970.
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      By The Editors

      Poems, articles, podcasts, and blog posts that explore women’s history and women’s rights.

    • flower drawing and handwritten poem by Alice Notley, from her book Runes and Chords
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      By Alice NotleyMarch 23, 2021

      This book forthcoming, my first art book, has happened so quickly, as “written” and as published, that I can scarcely describe it. As I say in my intro, I bought...

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From This Issue March 2021
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    By Jacqueline Woodson

    And still—ahead of us, the road keeps winding into a place we cannot yet see.

  • poem
    By Naomi Shihab Nye

    And there were so many more poems to read!

  • Prose from Poetry Magazine
    By Margarita Engle

    Nurturing poetry is like bringing a wild creature indoors.

Podcasts

From The Poetry Magazine PodcastMarch 2021

This week: thoughts on form. Both Marilyn Nelson and Nikki Grimes agree, playing with poetic constraints can create an expansive world to write within. Listen as two of the most celebrated authors writing for young readers today share their thoughts on poetic forms. You’ll hear about two of their favorite forms to experiment with, as well as excerpts from both of their memoirs in verse.

The impact Nelson and Grimes have had on the field of writing for younger audiences is profound. Both are featured in this month’s special issue of Poetry dedicated to poems for young people.

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Tracing the fight for equality and women’s rights through poetry.

Featured Biographies

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    During her life, poet and essayist Adrienne Rich was one of America’s foremost public intellectuals. Widely read and hugely influential, Rich’s career...

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    Emma Lazarus was born in New York City to a wealthy family and educated by private tutors. She began writing and translating...

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