Poetry

THE POST-OFFICE IS AN OPENFLOWER

By Malini Bhattacharya

“Our separate lives hold between them / a weepingfloodplain”

Poetry We Admire

Poetry We Admire:Harmony

By Benjamin Bartu

Poetry

Full Moon inCancer

By Hannah Smith

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Legacy Suite#5

By Palette Poetry

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All my heroes wearbonnets

By Imani Cezanne

“this here a full grown fro, a theatrical thickness, this a untameable tangle / this stuff ismolasses”

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Poetry We Admire

Poetry We Admire: CareWork

By Benjamin Bartu

This July, Associate Editor Benjamin Bartu curates a selection of poems about carework.

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Poetry

Enchanted is a Word forHaunted

By Rigel Portales

“On all sides of the fishing pond, a maw. A clearing of the throat. A clearsky.”

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Featured Poetry

We are so grateful to all of our partner-poets for sharing their work with us—please enjoy their beautiful words in our Featured Poetry catalogue.

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If These Covers Could Talk#6

By Mira Rosenthal

In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.

This month, poet Mira Rosenthal talked to editorial director Alex Wolfe about the cover of Territorial (University of Pittsburgh Press,2022).

Poetry

The Reproductive Language ofColors

By Philip Jason

“The difference between the earth and the sky / is not always obvious tome.”

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Legacy Suite#4

By I.S. Jones

The Legacy Suite is a three-part interview series in which poets delve into the tumultuous journey of publishing a debut full-length collection: before publication, during, and after. For this interview, I.S. Jones spoke with poet Kemi Alabi about their debut full-length collection, Against Heaven (Graywolf Press,2022).