Christopher Merrill "is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinary rich generation."—W. S. Merwin
READ MORESamantha Thornill, an American poet of Trinidadian-Tobago origin, shares two poems from her collection, "The Animated Universe."
22 DECEMBER, 2023 • By SAMANTHA THORNHILLPoet and writer Ahmad Almallah grew up in Bethlehem and presently makes his home in Philadelphia.
9 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By AHMAD ALMALLAHTranslator Kareem Abu-Zeid talks about the recent New Directions volume of the translated poems of Syrian maestro Adonis.
9 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By KAREEM JAMES ABU-ZEIDBilingual poems, in Arabic and English, from Iman Mersal (Egypt), Ines Abassi (Tunisia) and Ashjan Hendi (Saudi Arabia).
11 OCTOBER, 2023 • By SARAH COOLIDGEPoetry Markaz presents Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku with two poems from her latest book of poetry available in English.
11 OCTOBER, 2023 • By LULJETA LLESHANAKUDevotional poems in Tamil by Andal, a poet as beloved in India as Rumi is around the world.
12 SEPTEMBER, 2023 • By RAVI SHANKARA child grows up in a Northern California cult — a close-knit community of 400 people who seek to live an ideal, even utopian life.
12 SEPTEMBER, 2023 • By ALLEN C JONESPantea Amin Tofangchi grew up in poetry, war, death, conflict, beauty, hatred, love, and censorship all at the same time. She was eight when the Iran‑Iraq War started and in […]
3 AUGUST, 2023 • By PANTEA AMIN TOFANGCHIAnnie Finch’s poetry is a pure tone that calls us home to the first impulse of poetry. We link to mystery. We lift off. —Joy Harjo “Annie Finch’s spellbinding poems […]
3 AUGUST, 2023 • By ANNIE FINCH
