PoemUntoward Occurrence at Embassy Suites Poetry ReadingBy Randall MannFirst I want to thank you all for coming,for standing so patiently in line.I know these are difficult…
PoemThe End of PoetryBy Ada LimónEnough of osseous and chickadee and sunflowerand snowshoes, maple and seeds, samara and shoot,enough…
AudioMerchant of JoyPoetry Off the ShelfCaleb Femi on parties, golden pavements, and the downside of self-awareness. Listen now
Poema-ver-yBy avery r. younga•ver•y (ā ver'ē), n. dark(iss) ¹blk-male chile foundate(id) in luv unlimit(id) fuc(k) anthem(s). ²jee…
Article“I Do Not Consider Myself Very Scholarly”: Remembering Kris KristoffersonBy Walker MimmsThe songwriter espoused a personal, hedonistic kind of spirituality.
ArticleA Hotel for PoetsBy Jackson DavidowFifty years after it was published, Elsa’s Housebook remains an intimate photographic document of the literary avant-garde.
Poemp1Eroica 1By Nick Makohai. samo© as an alternative to blah ... blahblahblah. blahzooey ... bblahblah quasi-blah ... etc. (in…
Poemp1After “Killers of the Flower Moon”By Elise PaschenLily Gladstone confides she wore my great grandmother Eliza’s blankets in three scenes. I don’t remember…
Poemp1/ FOR / AFTER / JAN BEATTY /By Richard Blanco After my third shot of tequila / chased by a lime sour as my rant: fuck this-fuck that-fuck them-fuck…
Poemp1CODEX©By Nick Makoha SAMO© first appears as a tag on a New York City wall in 1978 two blocks down from Aswad bookstore…
PoemJust Wanna Be LikeBy Douglas KearneyWas Him, once fini, on the beams,prior, He's hewer of thorntree.Could stretch tilapia and ewer,dole …
PoemAfter RiefenstahlBy Major JacksonThe screen's fabrications remain. A filmshot never fails, sailing through the centurylike a black V …
PoemFellini in PurgatoryBy Jean ValentineHe was shoveling sandat the edge of the water, his heavy black glassesglittered with rain: "Don't you…
PoemMoviesBy Langston HughesThe Roosevelt, Renaissance, Gem, Alhambra:Harlem laughing in all the wrong places at the crocodile …
PoemDear John WayneBy Louise ErdrichAugust and the drive-in picture is packed.We lounge on the hood of the Pontiacsurrounded by the slow…
PoemMeditation on InsomniaBy Josh Bell Kung-Fu, a couch, and I might reach emptiness tonight, stuck on that Midwest hoo-doo, counting cemetery…
PoemI Know a Silent Movie Star By Michael PalmerI know a silent movie star named Jane.She speaks without moving her lips.She once starred in a film …
PoemDouble FeatureBy Robert HaydenAt Dunbar, Castle or Arcadewe rode with the exotic sheikthrough deserts of erotic flowers;held in the…
PoemWhat Is RealBy Timothy DonnellyAnd though we had fed long and well at the table the talk always turned to whether to go onregardless…