Articles

Philip Schultz’s The Wherewithal grapples with the Holocaust, poverty, Vietnam, and then some.

Daniel Redman chants Leaves of Grass to tell the story of queer history.

Tess Taylor on Thomas Jefferson, her family tree, and why literary history is full of omissions.

Nikky Finney on the South, Condoleezza Rice, and why curiosity trumps rage.

The co-editor of The Gorgeous Nothings talks about the challenges of editing the iconic poet.

Kill Your Darlings, a new film about a young Allen Ginsberg and friends, tracks life before the Beats.

Lyn Hejinian on her groundbreaking My Life and reordering time.

Maurice Manning on the South, Spoon River, and why he’s not a fan of Facebook.

Julie Enszer on reissuing Sapphic classics and lesbian-feminist poetry.

The outgoing Children’s Poet Laureate in conversation with the incoming Poet Laureate.