Hannah Zeavin / N+1Dec 14, 2022
Bernadette Mayer’s work opened up the subject of poetry so that friendship, as much as romantic love or sex, might be central to its content. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
By Helen Mackreath / Los Angeles Review of BooksJun 21, 2019
Carolyn Forché grapples with what constitutes “poetry of witness” in a memoir about El Salvador on the brink of civil war in the late 1970s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Jason Barker / Los Angeles Review of BooksMay 10, 2019
Decrying neoliberal capitalism’s “slow cancellation of the future” in his new book, Srećko Horvat advocates “hope without optimism.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Will Brewbaker / Los Angeles Review of BooksMar 27, 2019
While reading "Deaf Republic," we would be wise to join poet Ilya Kaminsky in owning our failures—political, personal or otherwise. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Stephen FrenchMar 25, 2019
The Truthdig Editor in Chief talks with his lifelong friend, the legendary poet who just turned a 100 years old. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 15, 2019
Written after the 45th president was inaugurated, Terrance Hayes’ sonnets have an urgency that will leave readers’ heads spinning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Gregory Glover / TruthdigJul 18, 2018
In her poem "Sweet Leilani," Sara Simone Wagner speaks for many residents of Hawaii's Big Island who are adjusting to the reality of an ongoing volcanic disaster. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Emily Wells / TruthdigMay 3, 2018
Her arrest after she posted her work on social media was condemned by more than 150 high-profile writers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Elaine Margolin / TruthdigMar 2, 2018
Tom Sleigh travels to war zones and refugee camps, yet views intervention on his part as transgression. When does passivity become complicity? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Ron CharlesDec 15, 2017
Jonathan Swift, we need you now—when one constantly sees true stories prefaced with "Not from The Onion!"—more than ever. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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