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Jane Gregory's new book, Yeah No (The Song Cave, 2018) is reviewed by Tyler Flynn Dorholt for 4 Square Review. "Beginning with poems that read as incremental gestures toward clarity, YEAH...

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If Rupi Kaur's poetry is not for you, Sarah Spellings and Diana Tsui of The Cut recommend the writings of poet and digital media whiz, Sophia Le Fraga. As Spellings and Tsui explain, Le Fraga's...

At the end of last week, we heard the saddening news that poet, visionary musician, and artist Cecil Taylor had passed away at the age of 89. "His death was...

At The Atlantic, Emily Lordi reflects on Nikki Giovanni's poetry and how it has been shaped by Martin Luther King Jr.'s teachings and his assassination. "The day after Martin Luther King...

Alina Cohen introduces Artsy readers to poet and curator Frank O'Hara. Cohen dives into O'Hara's museum and curatorial work, beginning: "In the history of museum employees, Frank O’Hara wins the prize...

The first poem I wrote that let me know that I might be a poet took up the story of Yusef Hawkins, the black teenager who was murdered by a...

A new essay by Jericho Brown that responds to the Poetry Coalition’s new initiative, Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, is up at Lambda Literary. In "A New Way of Living," Brown...