The New York Times

In a Poem, Just Who Is ‘the Speaker,’ Anyway?

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most ...
The Conversation

How do you write a ‘Vietnamese’ poem? Nam Le’s defiantly cerebral verses shuffle the deck of identity, belonging and being

Michelle Hamadache does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Paris Review

Making of a Poem: Natasha Wimmer on “I Wasn’t Always This Ugly”

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.
The New York Times

A Philosopher Who Uses Poetry to Ask What Life Is All About

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full of reflection and digression and probing. By David Orr David Orr is the ...