Essays

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

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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

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I Am Ready To Be Every Animal You Leave Behind

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A THOUSAND IMAGINATIONS: What the Books of Alberto Ríos Say to Each Other

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Getting Out of the Way: The Quiet Poem

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A Book in a Tree Is a Love Poem and Also Not a Love Poem

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The Music of the Zone