Essay
By Julia Kornberg
José Emilio Pacheco, one of Mexico’s most celebrated poets, rejected nostalgia even as he remained transfixed by the passage of time.
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From the magazine:On Fear: Radiant and Brimming
By Hannah Bonner
Where my ex deemed me unmaternal because of my writing, the opposite is true: I’m no good to anyone if I don’t preserve this one thing for myself.
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Poem
By Juliana Spahr
I hold out my hand.
I hand over
and I pass on.
I hold out my hand.
I hold out my hand.
I hand over
and I pass on.
Some call this mothering,
this way I begin each day by holding out my hand and then all day
...
I hand over
and I pass on.
I hold out my hand.
I hold out my hand.
I hand over
and I pass on.
Some call this mothering,
this way I begin each day by holding out my hand and then all day
...
Poem
From the magazine:The Day Raisiny
By Shamsher Bahadur Singh
Translated By Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
The day
raisiny silky fair
smiling
The luster of pearls hidden
under its petals
Depths the color of surma…
raisiny silky fair
smiling
The luster of pearls hidden
under its petals
Depths the color of surma…
Poem of the day
They woke beside one another. I touched
his face. Things that are over. Triumph, applause:
things that are weightless, invisible, both. Keeping...
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