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The multi-talented Clarence Major is interviewed at The Rumpus. Major doesn't dabble in the variety of arts he practices, but rather he is an accomplished poet, painter, and novelist all...

At Midwestern Gothic, Kristina Perkins talks with poet Robert Fernandez about his third collection, Scarecrow (Wesleyan, 2016). As Perkins notes, Fernandez was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in...

Lauren Levin's new book, The Braid (Krupskaya, 2016) is reviewed at Entropy. Jake Reber takes a fragmented approach, reckoning with Levin's moving "between, through, under spaces." An excerpt: ii. To Quote Levin...

At Canada's arts and culture publication, The Walrus, poet Aaron Giovannone writes about a few collections that approach the concept of wealth from the perspective of artists. From Josef Kaplan's...

Former California Poet Laureate and now our nation's poet laureate (for a second term) Juan Felipe Herrera spoke to students at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California about discovering...

Poet and Small Press Distribution (SPD) Operations Director Brent Cunningham talks with The Rumpus about "literary infrastructure” and the NEA. "While the UK, for instance, has generally deeper traditions of...

A few weeks ago Stevie Edwards was wondering why francine j. harris's second collection, play dead, hadn't received more attention since it's publication in the spring of 2016. If you,...

Le Monde has confirmed the news that poet, writer, translator, and Oulipo member Harry Mathews has died. The Paris Review Daily reports the news in English. "In Harry, the Review...

On the eve of the Jaipur Literature Festival, India's Catch News interviews Ishion Hutchinson, who took a break from teaching classes at Cornell to speak with the publication. "After our...

This week we've been reading obituaries for Mark Baumer, whose tragic death came on the 100th day of his barefoot walk across the country when he was struck by an...