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  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:On Translating Václav Hrabě

    By C. E. Janecek

    Hrabě’s poems embody the Czech sixties literary scene, during which the Beat Generation’s literature permeated Czechoslovakia. 

  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:On Translating Hélène Dorion

    By Susanna Lang

    A Canadian writer who has received recognition from quintessentially French institutions.

  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:On Translating Manuel Becerra

    By Kristin Dykstra

    A poet with interests in cross-border
affinities in poetic history. 

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  • Essay
    By Colin Dickey

    Gray Barker helped create UFO mythology from his home in rural West Virginia. In his poems, he channels the repression and paranoia that stalked postwar America.

    A tinted photograph of a flying saucer that's ripped in different spots to reveal a sheet of handwritten text beneath.
  • Grantee-Partner Profile

    By identifying, cultivating, and publishing both new and established poets and selecting authors of unique literary talent, Boa Editions brings high-quality literature to the public.

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  • Essay
    By Joshua Bennett

    For Bruce M. Wright—a lawyer, judge, and poet who lived through Jim Crow—words held worldmaking force.

    A black-and-white photograph of Bruce M. Wright in a suit and tie, sitting in front of a blank wall.
  • 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.

    A black-and-white photograph of José Emilio Pacheco looking at the camera.
  • Grantee-Partner Profile

    Foglifter Press centers the stories of those who are multi-marginalized, propelling diverse collective narratives into the future literary history. 

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  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:Galvanizing Textures

    By Marcus Jackson

    Street portraits and poetry depicting the unfolding nuances of under-heralded people’s veracity and beauty.

    Black and white photograph of three Black women crossing a busy city street holding Chik-fil-A bags and wearing face masks.
  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:On Disgust: Gurgling Pits

    By Jane Wong

    Disgusting, isn’t it, how much we want to be loved?

    Various expressive faces, in frames, against a gray-green background.
  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:On Nostalgia: Ever Cleaner, Ever More Pillowy

    By Boris Dralyuk

    Surely the experience of immigration reinforced my predilections, but some people are simply born looking backward.

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  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    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.

    Various expressive faces, in frames, against a mid-blue background.
  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:

    On Translating Halina Poświatowska 

    By Karolina Zapal & Ryan Mihaly

    There’s playfulness and a love of life set against the specter of death. 

  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

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    On Translating Blaže Koneski

    By Kristian Josifoski

    Koneski’s contributions as a scholar, linguist, academic, poet, fiction writer, and translator were foundational in the development of Modern Macedonian literature.

  • Prose from Poetry Magazine

    From the magazine:

    Editor’s Note, May 2026

    By Adrian Matejka

    There’s no consistently iambic verse in the May issue, but there is—as always—form. 

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