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Making of a Poem: Emily Osborne on “Cruel Loss of Sons”
For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. A ...
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee.
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“Good Poetry for Hard Times” An Evening Dedicated to David Adams
ArtSpace/Lima will present an evening of poetry under the direction of Lima’s Poet Laureate, Laurin Wolf, on Thursday, ...
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Try this: ‘Why be Good?’; Pencils and Pints; American Idol winner concert
An Evening in Paradise,” a benefit concert featuring Season 21 “American Idol” Champion Iam Tongi at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in ...
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Good Grief
Good grief is like civil-rights icon John Lewis’s concept of good trouble: It’s loving and rebellious but it’s got its own ...
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Woman of Words: Ventura County welcomes Mary Ann McFadden as new poet laureate
Mary Ann McFadden was inaugurated as the newly chosen poet laureate of Ventura County at a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12, at ...
Displacement, Disenchantment, and Partying at the End of the World: Aria Aber Discusses Her Debut Novel, Good Girl
Nila, the 19-year-old protagonist of Aria Aber’s debut novel, Good Girl, will be eminently recognizable to readers of ...
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Jeet Thayil: ‘Poetry will survive as a gift of prophecy and prayer’
Back after a 16-year-long gap, poet extraordinaire Jeet Thayil’s new collection of poems mirrors the times we live in ...