Interview // “Emotional Realities that Expand in the White Space”: A Conversation with Natalee Cruz
“The constant translations and riffs were my attempts to understand my father.”
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A selection of recent special features, essays, interviews and reviews
Native Poets Torchlight Series
In which Guest Editor Jennifer Elise Foerster celebrates contemporary Native American poets.
I Had to Clear my Throat
“Speaking these poems out loud, you will hear the sounds that Simmonds was able to put on the page, the way songs move with their own time, and how they push our bodies to inhabit that time.” — Mark Spero
Interview // “Poems are Considerate Objects”: A Conversation with Claudia Castro Luna
“The moment we give up showing a different way of being with language and the imagination, we have lost.”
Sand, Pigeon Feathers, Sorrows, and Names
“Olzmann writes with a penchant for allegory and ethical dilemmas, but these poems avoid parable or pat answers.” âRisa Denenberg
One-Legged Bird
“The loneliness that drenches Burying the Mountain derives from rejection and alienation, but also from portent.” âAngelo Mao
Interview // “Openings out of the Overlooked”: A Conversation Between Jenny Xie & Paul Hlava Ceballos
“What are ways of looking deeply, at a photograph or other archival filament, that allow us in the present to re-enter the past?”
Interview // âAbject Uncertaintyâ: A Conversation Between Jeff Alessandrelli & Ashley Yang Thompson
“The important thing is that the work conveys felt truth.”
We Are Not Untouchable
I wanted this, something to make my words feel real. Something that told me I could make a life out of writing poems.
âKB Brookins
A Myth Against Empire
“H of H Playbook is a submission to our collective conscience, a treatise against empire, and a reminder that there is no myth nor story that can replace actual, material human experience.” – Dujie Tahat