Essays

Prose that encourages us to engage with books of poetry, individual poets, and issues of craft or poetics.

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The Scribbles, the Rubbish, and the Mirrored Words

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Persimmons

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Mother Lode

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Unmastering English: On the Work of Cathy Park Hong

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Such Hints of Honey

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When the Years are Gone: On Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove

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The Underglimmer

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Everywhere Is [Beautifully] Dreamed in the Poetry of Sherwin Bitsui: A Critical Found Response

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Repair

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There’s the Overthrow and There’s the Rebuild

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A Forecast of Snow: Love in bpNichol’s Blues

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The Pursuit of It: Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom