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Kathryn Nuernberger
The Poetics (and Politics) of SpellsAscend, Ascend, by Janaka Stucky. Third Man Books, 88 pp., $17.95A Sand Book, by Ariana Reines. Tin House Books, 323 pp., $24.95Without Protection, by Gala … Read the rest
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Hasan Alizadeh
Translated by Rebecca Ruth Gould & Kayvan Tahmasebian Old Testament, New Testament Perhaps in Isfahan or another city like Isfahan a woman— the most beautiful woman in the world— a … Read the rest
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An Interview with Claire Wahmanholm
Claire Wahmanholm is the author of Night Vision (winner of the 2017 New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM chapbook contest), Wilder (winner of the 2018 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, and the 2018 Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry) and Redmouth (Tinderbox Editions 2019).
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Andrés Reconco
La CreelMy mother was obsessed with soap operas and pan dulce. One day, after my photo shoot, I went to a panadería she likes. It’s a Cuban place with little sweet … Read the rest
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Gabriel Palacios
Just Dangling:Michael Earl Craig and the Art of Defusing a Poem Woods and Clouds Interchangeable, by Michael Earl Craig. Wave Books, 122 pp., $22. Two years ago at the AWP book … Read the rest
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This Long Winding Line: A Poetry Retrospective
On Alice Oswald’s Dart, edited by Shara Lessley, featuring Niall Munro, Aria Misher Aber and Yvonne Reddick.
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Sarah Mangold
Painting Understands Its Scientific Aspirations (for Hilma af Klint) your eyes animal blue maniac law black to light a superstition I might render to a small point flowers … Read the rest
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O-Jeremiah Agbaakin
anaesthesia for the Eve in my bloodline // or how to tame an earthworm for auntie funmi leave your beak behind today. let the early bird lie peacefully in her … Read the rest
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Case Q. Kerns
Protected LandMy share of the morsel should have lasted for at least a week or two keeping me nice and steady— two or three days if I really wanted to … Read the rest
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Lillian Cummins
FirstHot, dry Friday night, late September in Texas. Callie, Mina, and Emma get ready for the football game. Constrained during the week by the plaid skirts and button-down shirts of … Read the rest
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