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The latest features, essays, interviews from our contributing writers and editors.

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A Late Winter Reading List: Poet Diana Khoi Nguyen Curls Up with Prose

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Afterwords // Pay Attention: Bob Hicok These Days

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Notable Books (NW) – Reviews of Mary Szybist, Robert Wrigley, Nance Van Winckel, and more

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Modernity Explains Unfortunate Events // Heather Altfeld

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December Instagram Challenge: #2013poem

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The Poetics of Taxidermy, Part I // Heather Altfeld

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The Fridges of Famous Poets

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Afterwords // Naming the Animals: Stephen Burt on The Nearly-Baroque in Contemporary Poetry

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Interview // Rich Smith vs. Lisa Ciccarello, Matthew Dickman, Amber Nelson, Danniel Schoonebeek

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Afterwords // Poetry Press Week

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November Instagram Challenge: #ToAutumn

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Afterwords // The Present Tense: Joshua Beckman, Matthew Dickman, and Dorothea Lasky Read at the Henry