Christopher Merrill "is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinary rich generation."—W. S. Merwin
READ MOREKimiko Hahn presents two poems from her forthcoming collection, "The Ghost Forest: New and Selected Poems" from W.W. Norton.
15 SEPTEMBER, 2024 • By KIMIKO HAHNPoet Saba Keramati explores multiraciality and exile alongside her uniquely American origin as the only child of political refugees from China and Iran.
18 AUGUST, 2024 • By SABA KERAMATISalvadoran poet Alexandra Lytton Regalado presents two poems from her latest collection, "Relinquenda," a National Poetry Series winner.
18 AUGUST, 2024 • By ALEXANDRA LYTTON REGALADOHedy Habra presents two poems from her fourth collection, "Or Did You Ever See the Other Side?"
15 JULY, 2024 • By HEDY HABRATranslators Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach present poetry from Hafez, Iran's celebrated 14th century Persian lyric poet.
15 JULY, 2024 • By ERFAN MOJIBSomaia Ramish's poems, originally in Persian, decry violence against women, underage or forced marriage, poverty and the impact of extremism and war.
12 JUNE, 2024 • By SOMAIA RAMISHPoet Michael Water's work is "novelistic in depth and reach, elegiac in its embrace of the living and the dead, raw in its fraught vulnerability."
12 JUNE, 2024 • By MICHAEL WATERSHeartbreak and echoes, as a poet recalls the US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death of her father, the sudden end of a love, and the birth of her daughter.
8 MAY, 2024 • By SAHAR MURADIFar from his first country, a poet maps the shoreline of the Great Lakes from the rocky North Shore of Minnesota to the Thousand Islands of eastern Ontario.
8 MAY, 2024 • By MOHEB SOLIMAN