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Isobel O'Hare is a writer who has been thinking a lot about the ways in which public figures refuse to accept boundaries and accountability, such as in the case of Louis C.K.'s...

In Tuesday-afternoon-worthy news, Taylor Swift writes poems, and Stephanie Burt critiques them! At Cosmopolitan, Patti Greco has more: "On November 10, Taylor Swift released two magazines along with her sixth...

Poet, scholar, and translator (from the Italian) Jennifer Scappettone is interviewed at Asymptote. Scappettone's "translation of Italian poet Milli Graffi was featured on the Asymptote blog last week and her translation of F. T. Marinetti’s futurist poetry...

The Lannan Foundation has announced the winners of its 2017 Literary Awards and Fellowships! Each year, candidates are recommended by "a network of writers, literary scholars, publishers, and editors" across...

At MIT News, Fatima Husain writes about Mary Clare Beytagh, a senior who is studying to become a physician, and, like William Carlos Williams before her, employs poetry to explore big ideas. After a...

For High Country News, Eric Siegel spends time with Tommy Pico, in order to learn more about his journey from medical student to poet. "Pico knows a thing or two about loss...

Fort Not author Emily Skillings is interviewed by her alma mater, Columbia School of the Arts! "Emily Skillings '17 believes that being a poet is more than writing poetry — it's about embracing different...

The Fall 2017 issue of Sink Review abounds with good reads, and among them is Steven Perez's review of Douglas Kearney's Buck Studies (Fence, 2016). "Buck Studies is another reminder of how [the genres...

Emily Temple divulges the reasons for an historic rift between James L. Dickey and Anne Sexton in an article recently published at Literary Hub. According to the story, Dickey wrote a...

Each month we feature a guest post from a contributor to Poetry’s current issue. Roy G. Guzmán’s poems, all called “Queerodactyl,” appear in the November 2017 issue. Previous posts in this...