Q&A: Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate
The newly appointed U.S. poet laureate discusses how he learned his craft as a literary translator and his plans for promoting poetry in translation.
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The Long and Rolling Line
The author of Ocean of Clouds (Knopf, 2025) considers the lineage of his own loping lines and encourages poets to try them.
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Plotting Form Ahead of Time
The author of Ocean of Clouds (Knopf, 2025) considers the benefits of planning elements of a poem before its composition.
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Catching the “Chune”
The author of Ocean of Clouds (Knopf, 2025) reflects on the practice of poetry as one of both composition and listening.
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Writing Queerly
The author of Bright Fear (Faber & Faber, 2023) and Flèche (Faber & Faber, 2019) considers what it means to estrange a familiar motif in one’s writing.
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Ten Questions for Emily Wilson
“At a certain point, you just have to make that shift into the difficulty head-on. You have to hit it.” —Emily Wilson, author of Burnt Mountain
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Reading Queerly
The author of Bright Fear (Faber & Faber, 2023) and Flèche(Faber & Faber, 2019) reflects on how queer traces in literature can open doorways of possibility.
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Small Press Points: Green Linden Press
Based in Grinnell, Iowa, and motivated by a mission to support reforestation, Green Linden Press publishes around six titles per year and donates a portion of its proceeds to environmental efforts.
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Ten Outstanding Literary Magazines for Poetry
The author of How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published With Literary Magazines and Small Presses names top journals offering visibility, community, and meaningful pay to poets.
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Singing the Sublime: A Profile of Donika Kelly
In her latest poetry collection, The Natural Order of Things, out now from Graywolf Press, Donika Kelly celebrates joy as a simple yet radical means of resisting despair.
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