A reflection on making pop culture references in poetry by Cloud Delfina Cardona, author of “the past is a jean jacket.”
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Fierce Love in “Lullaby for the Grieving”
A review of Ashley M. Jones’ new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.”
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“Shedding Season” Casts a Spell
In their poems, Jane Morton finds incredible strength and beauty in being cracked open, shedding what no longer serves in order to become something new.
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Poetry Flowing from History in “You’re Called by the Same Sound”
A review of Alicia Wright’s August 2025 poetry collection “You’re Called by the Same Sound.”
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Notes from the Octopus School of Poetry: An Interview with Denton Loving
An interview with Denton Loving about his poetry collection “Feller.”
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The Way Sound and Meaning Interact: A Conversation with Kendall Dunkelberg
“I knew that mortality was goig to be a big part of the collection.” An interview with Kendall Dunkelberg about Tree Fall with Birdsong, his fourth poetry collection.
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“Lady Smith”: No Prince Charmings Here
A review of Jess Smith’s poetry collection, “Lady Smith.”
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Liminal Spaces of the Sacred and Profane: Alina Stefanescu’s “My Heresies”
Alina Stefanescu’s new collection of poetry, “My Heresies,” is an entirely new feminist text in its own right. Observant, angry, and questioning, Stefanescu’s poems guide readers through the liminal spaces where the sacred and the profane collide.
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Ancient Myth Meets Modern Poetry in “Helen of Troy, 1993”
An interview with poet Maria Zoccola about her debut collection.
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Ruin, Repair, and Keeping On: An Interview with Rebecca Lindenberg
An interview with poet Rebecca Lindenberg on her latest collection, “Our Splendid Failure to Do the Impossible.”
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