Poetry

Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to police violence.

22 APRIL 2025 • By A. VAN JORDAN

Irma Pineda's poems evoke tragedy and celebrate the ways in which the human is built from dream, tradition, and nature.

21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By IRMA PINEDA

Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."

21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By SONNET MONDAL

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha won the 2024 National Book Award for her latest collection of poems, "Something About Living."

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA

Iranian American poet Annahita Mahdavi West presents two poems, "Exile" and "City of War" from her book "Dusty Relic."

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By ANNAHITA MAHDAVI WEST

Darius Atefat-Peckham’s debut poetry collection, "Book of Kin," follows a boy’s coming of age in the aftermath of a car accident.

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By DARIUS ATEFAT-PECKHAM

Acclaimed French-language poet of the Palestinian diaspora, Olivia Elias probe the upheavals of the 20th and 21st centuries.

24 NOVEMBER 2024 • By OLIVIA ELIAS

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gregory Pardlo presents two poems from his collection "Spectral Evidence."

24 NOVEMBER 2024 • By GREGORY PARDLO

The first anthology of its kind to appear in English, "Modern Poetry of Pakistan" brings together many poetic traditions indigenous to Pakistan.

15 OCTOBER 2024 • By TMR