Essays
Prose that encourages us to engage with books of poetry, individual poets, and issues of craft or poetics.
The Pursuit of It: Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom
I Am Ready To Be Every Animal You Leave Behind
A THOUSAND IMAGINATIONS: What the Books of Alberto Ríos Say to Each Other
Getting Out of the Way: The Quiet Poem
A Book in a Tree Is a Love Poem and Also Not a Love Poem
The Music of the Zone
Through Armantrout’s Looking Glass: The Poem as Wonderland
Going in Fear of Negation: What Happens When We Stop Saying ‘No’?
A Triptych on Toi Derricotte
The Territory Is Also the Map
Still Loving the World