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On there being no such thing as a “correct” or “definitive” translation.
Dario Bellezza scandalized Italy with unabashedly queer poetry about cruising and AIDS. Nearly thirty years after his death, a new translation brings his work into English.
Anything, in their hands, could be shaped into art.
One could almost draw an analogy between relative pitch in music and a similar concept in translation, where context is everything.
Poem Guides
Poem GuideBy Christopher SpaideA madcap fracas! Law and dastards clash! All As!
Poem GuideBy Aimee NezhukumatathilPastan captures the sound of mortality while echoing Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
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Mendoza Receives a $20,000 Prize as Champion
- EssayBy Mira Rosenthal
On there being no such thing as a “correct” or “definitive” translation.
- EssayBy Daniel Felsenthal
Dario Bellezza scandalized Italy with unabashedly queer poetry about cruising and AIDS. Nearly thirty years after his death, a new translation brings his work into English.
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Reading Between the Lines (RBL) aims to mitigate the effects of institutional racism and mass incarceration by exposing people involved in the justice system to a lifeline of culture, conversation, analysis, and exploration of works of poetry and other creative genres.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Chase BerggrunIt seemed to me a kind of magic to take a made thing and make it almost unrecognizably new.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Chase BerggrunAllow yourself to be nervous. Allow yourself to doubt the work you’re doing even as you’re doing it.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Shangyang FangTo translate an ancient language—one that feels estranged, unfamiliar, and even a bit sentimental—into English has always been a challenge.
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Adrian MatejkaAll art, but especially poetry, strives for communication and understanding.
- Press Release
Celebration of Illinois Arts also marks the creation of the Illinois Creative Caucus and 60th Anniversary of Illinois Arts Council
- EssayBy José Olivarez & Jon Sands
Anything, in their hands, could be shaped into art.
- InterviewBy David Trinidad & Amy Gerstler
David Trinidad and Amy Gerstler in conversation.
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Words of the People provides opportunities to learn, share, and publish Indigenous language creative works.
- Press Release
Poets encouraged to carry forward the incredible work of Chicago’s inaugural Poet Laureate, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago Public Library, and the Poetry Foundation to bring poetry to the people—apply from April 17 to May 29, 2025.
- EssayBy Nancy Naomi Carlson
One could almost draw an analogy between relative pitch in music and a similar concept in translation, where context is everything.
- EssayBy Hannah Bonner
In The Rose, Ariana Reines offers an alternative to feminism’s well-worn obsession with women’s empowerment.
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Infrarrealista Review elevates Central-Texan artists and activates appreciation for expression by publishing local writers and cultivating a culture that connects local political issues with the arts to create a sustainable cultural economy.
- EssayBy Barbara Henning
A poet of Detroit and Cincinnati with friends all over the country.
- EssayBy Hannah Gamble
I didn’t understand what kind of place Taizé was—but I understood I could stay there for very little money and would be fed three meals a day.
