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Torrin A. Greathouse reviews the "historical anthology" Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer People of Color (Nightboat, 2018), edited by Christopher Soto, for The Rumpus. "The collection draws its title from a Gloria...

Robert Duncan would be turning 100 in January of 2019, and the Sorbonne is celebrating the centenary with “Passages”: The Robert Duncan Centennial Conference in Paris, a summer event that will feature keynotes from Stephen Fredman, Miriam...

Couldn't agree more with Melissa Ragsdale's article published at Bustle, which nods to the soothing effects of reading poetry during one's lunch break. In her article, Ragsdale names nine new poetry...

At Signature, Tobias Carroll recommends 11 new poetry collections that provide both solace and clarity in these politically complex times. "At a point in time when complex sociopolitical issues are...

Kevin Thurston interviews Hanif Abdurraqib on the eve of Abdurraqib's appearance at Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Silo City Reading Series. Although he'll likely read poetry or prose at the event, Abdurraqib...

Scholar Jacquelyn Ardam, Visiting Assistant Professor in English at Colby College, writes for BLARB about The International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, which she visited recently with her friend Angela. Mostly she is...

El Salvadorian revolutionary poet Roque Dalton, assassinated in 1975 by a faction of his own organization, the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People’s Revolutionary Army, or EPR), is finally having his case investigated...

At Literary Hub, Liz Bowen reflects on the #MeToo movement's impact on poetry, specifically, in verse by Natalie Eilbert and Khadijah Queen. In her introduction, Bowen recounts a specific instance...