THE POLITICAL ISSUE

Heather McHugh dreams of a Texas songbird
Robert Pinsky visits the National Portrait Gallery
Jane Hirshfield considers Augusto Pinochet
Kevin Young gets the Hang Dog Blues
Mary Jo Salter says “My pen is angled too”

Plus: Stephen Dunn, James Longenbach, Brenda Hillman, Norman Dubie, John Koethe, & Eleanor Wilner.
And, in translation: Tomas Transtromer, Mahmoud Darwish, & Paul Celan.