Articles

An Introduction to the folio.

On memory, oral history, and honoring elders.

On translating oral history into poetry.

Those who survived are trying to speak out now.

A quietly radiant and neglected figure in early modern Korean poetry.

On the perennial return to narrative.

Yuki Tanaka draws on the tradition of Japanese surrealism in Chronicle of Drifting.

The Design Museum of Chicago provides a platform for rich collections and design histories from the community, especially artists from underrepresented backgrounds. 

Foundation aligns organizational values with new investment strategy

Where Sonnet and Visual Poem Meet

Using new sounds to root a poem in a partially shared soil of linguistic meaning.

You’d think that something called “careening” would be able to roll with whatever comes along.

When I stop outside the fringes of the huge canopy, I let the tree know about my presence before making contact by closing my eyes and whispering words—hola, ¿puedo acercarme? hello, can I approach? 

Ted Joans fused jazz and Surrealism in poems of revolutionary fervor.

Sinister Wisdom explores a rich and complex legacy of queer, feminist, civil, disability rights, and other forms of progressive activism, connecting multigenerational, diverse queer communities across the globe. 

Commits More than $3 Million in Grants to 12 Organizations Across the United States

A tractor has as much right to be in a queer poem as a Fire Island reverie.

In Impossible Things, Miller Oberman's trans fatherhood is a loving rejoinder to the father who could not fully accept him.

World Poetry publishes English-language translations of poetry from a broad range of languages and traditions, bringing important works of the past and present from around the world to readers in high-quality, affordable editions.

My writing was not more important to me than my wish to have a family. And this is the well from which much of my shame flowed.