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A passion for strangeness, / what kind of color is a softness / spoken, felt as a sensation traced / in shapes of transistor afternoons?

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September 13, 2021

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August 11, 2021

Beyond the Bradys: Poetry and the “Perfect” American Family

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Carnival

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The summer was ending.
The dark was still young—

September 23, 2021
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PHILLIP B. WILLIAMS
Interlude: Sasa and Zamani

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I minded you like I mind dark shapes darting peripheral after I leave a room.

September 20, 2021
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STACIE CASSARINO
Malibu Before the Woolsey Fire

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the way it wants rain
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September 17, 2021
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HALA ALYAN
Bore

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It appears like a word and then I pray.

September 15, 2021
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CAITLIN ROACH
The Molt

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We are five
months into a game
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August 19, 2021
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SUN TZU-PING
from You Are Not There
translated by Nicholas Wong

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“What’re they selling there?”
“What we already have.”

August 8, 2021
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SAL Essay Series

Writers preview the Seattle Arts & Lectures Poetry Series

September 13, 2021
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On Failure

In which writers investigate the practice of failure.

August 11, 2021
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July 20, 2021
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Poets explore the intersection of word and image.

June 9, 2021
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Life List

A series of poems by BIPOC poets that engage with birds, curated by Sean Hill.

June 7, 2021
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Wago Ryoichi’s Poetics of Catastrophe

translated and introduced by Ayako Takahashi and Judy Halebsky

March 10, 2021
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Native Poets Torchlight Series

In which Guest Editor Jennifer Elise Foerster celebrates contemporary Native American poets.

February 15, 2021
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an excerpt from Instrument

[Wading into a new decade (ten miles of jungle, twenty+ river crossings, one night in a cave, chimes at the altar of the Highway of Horror, then lunch by...

October 26, 2020

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September 14, 2021

How Do the Words Dream Together?

Randall Potts on Geoffrey Nutter's Giant Moth Perishes

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Part of that Secret

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July 12, 2021

Hearts Washed Clean by Rain

Jon Lemay on Catherine Pond’s Fieldglass

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June 16, 2021

To Whistle Against the Dark

On Kate Gleason’s Laika in Space

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The Pursuit of It: Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom

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"Who does stasis serve?"—an essay by Gabrielle Bates

September 13, 2021
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I Am Ready To Be Every Animal You Leave Behind

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"Vuong shows the world for the truth of all its sharp and beautiful teeth." —a visual essay Tessa Hulls

June 2, 2021
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On translating Green Mountain by Chinese Poet Yang Jian

July 21, 2021
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"I am the assemblage of both my memory and the ones that contest it."

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Join us in welcoming our new Book Reviews Editor, Join us in welcoming our new Book Reviews Editor, Nanya! ⁠ ⁠ nanya jhingran (@nanyabiznes, @not1ofurbiznes on Twitter) is a poet, scholar & teacher from Lucknow, India currently living by the coastal margins of the Salish Sea, on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish People (upon which the city of Seattle was built). She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Literature and Culture, an MFA candidate in Poetry and a Predoctoral Instructor of Writing at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her poems and reviews have appeared in The Boiler, Seventh Wave, Snail Trail, Honey Literary, and more. When not reading and writing, she is likely taking long walks around the city, and gathering friends around a dinner table for homecooked meals.⁠ ⁠ We're so lucky to have you, Nanya! 🌟⁠
Read the rest of "Bore" By Hala Alyan at the link Read the rest of "Bore" By Hala Alyan at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #poetry #amreading #litmag
Greg Bern reviews Chath pierSath's (@chathpiersath Greg Bern reviews Chath pierSath's (@chathpiersath) On Earth Beneath Sky:⁠ ⁠ " On Earth Beneath Sky documents pierSath’s time surviving the Khmer Rouge and fleeing Cambodia, integrating into an American way of life as a refugee, and his return to the Kingdom of Wonder, On Earth Beneath Sky is a humble and striking book refreshing in both its structure and range. Deriving inspiration from pierSath’s other artistic life as a painter, each poem is an intimate portrait of specific experiences and moments that lends a sprawling visual quality to otherwise autobiographical poems."⁠ ⁠ Read the full review at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #poetry #review #litmag #amreading
Join us for the second inaugural James Welch readi Join us for the second inaugural James Welch reading, with prizewinner Kenzie Allen (@cerena) and judge Sherwin Bitsui (@sherwinbitsui), presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures (@seattleartsandlectures). Mark your calendars -- November 5th, at 7:30 PST! ⁠ ⁠ Tickets & more info at link in bio. #poetry #reading #jameswelchprize
Read Gabrielle Bates (@gabrielle_bates_)'s essay " Read Gabrielle Bates (@gabrielle_bates_)'s essay "The Pursuit of It: Maggie Nelson's On Freedom. at the link in our bio. ⁠ ⁠ This essay is part of a series in which Poetry Northwest partners with Seattle Arts & Lectures (seattleartsandlectures) to present reflections on visiting writers from the SAL Poetry Series. This evening, Maggie Nelson will read and discuss her work in conversation with Danzy Senna at 6:00 pm PST. ⁠ ⁠ #maggienelson #onfreedom
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