Judith Nies 4/6/21 Judith Nies 4/6/21

A Real American Story

When I queried the editor, he said, “You know, Atlantic readers aren’t really interested in Indians.”

Thomas O’Grady 4/6/21 Thomas O’Grady 4/6/21

Hope and History: The Other Seamus Chimes In

“I became Seamus eile — Irish for ‘the other Seamus.’ A nice qualifier. Otherhood via brotherhood.”

Mark Pawlak 4/6/21 Mark Pawlak 4/6/21

Praxis

As a poet and activist, Denise Levertov viewed invitations to read her poems as opportunities to educate audiences.

Askold Melnyczuk 1/12/21 Askold Melnyczuk 1/12/21

Introduction to Volume 13

Several pieces in this issue offer cautionary tales about just how far off-track a government can go.

Andrew Grainger 1/12/21 Andrew Grainger 1/12/21

A Right Judgment

These lifetime appointments will be with us for decades to come.

Rowena Hill 1/12/21 Rowena Hill 1/12/21

Rafael Cadenas: Poetry and Conscience

Rafael Cadenas is in every sense Venezuela's senior poet.

Dan Hunter 1/12/21 Dan Hunter 1/12/21

Reality is Dead

Reality is dead, shattered like a mirror into millions of pieces.

Shahriar Mandanipour 1/12/21 Shahriar Mandanipour 1/12/21

Ghosts of Objects

Something had suddenly appeared in his office. He didn’t say what.

Iranian Writer’s Association in Exile 1/12/21 Iranian Writer’s Association in Exile 1/12/21

Free Imprisoned Iranian Writers Unconditionally Now!

Let’s get together and stand up against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime.

Lena Marecki 1/12/21 Lena Marecki 1/12/21

A City Over A Bridge

We hope to restore safety to immigrants and refugees.

Mark Pawlak 1/12/21 Mark Pawlak 1/12/21

Every Day is Sunday Now

Although it really is Thursday, I reply: “It’s Sunday. Every day is Sunday now.”

Joyce Peseroff 1/12/21 Joyce Peseroff 1/12/21

On Sumita Chakraborty’s “Arrow”

Chakraborty’s lyric arrows prick a reader’s heart.

Mosab Abu Toha 1/12/21 Mosab Abu Toha 1/12/21

“After the Last Frontiers, After the Last Sky”

Am I, as a Gazan, destined to feel imprisoned wherever I go?

Christie Towers 1/12/21 Christie Towers 1/12/21

Epiphany

To truly transform the inequities of our society, we must first listen, then act.

Michael Ansara 12/8/20 Michael Ansara 12/8/20

Stealing the Truth

The indictment of Julian Assange jolted me back to when I and my friends published files that didn’t belong to us…

Thomas Sayers Ellis 12/8/20 Thomas Sayers Ellis 12/8/20

An Excerpt from “Crank Shaped Notes”

At the crossroads of Roland Barthes, John Berger, and Jean Toomer, Crank Shaped Notes is about language and loss as much as it is about music and government.

Andrea Gregory 12/8/20 Andrea Gregory 12/8/20

Acceptance

Acceptance was just not a place I’ve ever wanted to go. It sounded like defeat.

Dan Hunter 12/8/20 Dan Hunter 12/8/20

Elon Musk Takes a Piggy to Market

Elon Musk put a chip in a pig’s brain to learn what a pig thinks about.

James Brandon Lewis 12/8/20 James Brandon Lewis 12/8/20

Grocery Store Chronicles

Grocery Daily News: Broccoli wins Cypher by a landslide!

Jonny Lipshin 12/8/20 Jonny Lipshin 12/8/20

An Interview with Nidia Hernández

We were the only poetry program on the radio in Venezuela.