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How DID Pablo Neruda's poems find their way into English? The official blog of the Library of Congress provides readers with an in-depth backstory about one of the most revered...

Is it better or worse than Dimitri Oblensky's "grandaddy collection?" At The Guardian, Carol Rumens takes a close look at this newest Penguin-published anthology of Russian verse. Although it is...

At Arcade, Brian Reed takes up Sueyeun Juliette Lee’s poem "Korea" and the problem of geography as it appears for the study of contemporary Asian American writers--with attention to particular...

At Vice, Blake Butler reviews Heather Christle's newest collection of poems, Heliopause (Wesleyan, 2015). He writes: "Christle's writing has vibrantly defined itself the bearer of a clear, incantatory quality, almost...

Washington Times familiarizes readers with a 15-month program at the University of Kansas, "Black Poetry After the Black Arts Movement," which included a two-week summer intensive conference that brought together...

Jacket Copy brings word that the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $1.7 million to 36 authors working on scholarly nonfiction books--outside of the academy. The gesture is an...

In addition to receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship, Professor Marianne Boruch (a Chicago native) is also a recent recipient of the distinction "Indiana Author of the Year," which comes with a...

We're saddened to hear and report that Lawrence, KS–based poet and professor Kenneth Irby passed away this morning. Irby, widely recognized as, well, deserving of more recognition, was 79. In...

Faith is not the only fine invention for those of us who see! Phosphorescence, a new project about Emily Dickinson, is narrated by Cynthia Nixon and comes from British production...

Eric Schmaltz reviews a trio of Canadian poesie for Canadian Literature, giving us great takes from Lisa Robertson's Cinema of the Present (Coach House Books 2014), Donato Mancini's Loitersack (New...