Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to...
22 APRIL 2025 • By A. Van Jordan
A story of a self-estranged gay adolescent navigating his identity as an Armenian in Iran and later as...
18 APRIL 2025 • By Sean Casey
Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."
21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Sonnet Mondal
A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to...
17 JANUARY 2025 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
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...
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...
19 DECEMBER 2024 • By Darius Atefat-Peckham
In this excerpt from Badar Salem's "Deserted as a Crowded Room," Majdal falls in love with a West...
16 AUGUST 2024 • By Badar Salem
Lord Byron, a theatrical poet, created the concept of celebrity and, with his poetry, brought the Ottoman world...
7 JUNE 2024 • By William Gourlay
Heartbreak and echoes, as a poet recalls the US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death...
8 MAY 2024 • By Sahar Muradi
Youssef Rakha revisits his fascination with Sargon Boulos who managed to live out poetic Arabness in exile as...
3 MAY 2024 • By Youssef Rakha
