How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism

Dystopian narratives affected subjects in a profound way, recalibrating their moral compasses.

Thaw & Desire: Heather Treseler’s Parturition

In these poems, Treseler reinvents an expansive New England imaginary.

Burton Raffel: Transformation Artist

His scholarship and energy were matched only by his insatiable ambition to tackle—and transform—the definitive texts of the Western canon.

Metamorphosis of a Dream

Sharif Ahmedov is the only translator of the great Jorge Luis Borges into Uzbek.

There’s No Place Like Home

On the poetics of home in the African-American diaspora.

No Holds Barred: On Manuel Vilas

An essay on the inventive, desolate, and celebratory writing of Spanish poet Manuel Vilas.

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What Was Before comes Back: Tess Taylor’s California Chronicles

Tess Taylor is one of our great poets of nature and the premier chronicler of her native California.

Imperial Romance and American Dreams

If a thoughtful return to Kipling can wake us up from our settler capitalist fantasy, it is worth that return.

A Moment’s Hesitation: The Indirect Language of Similes

Unlike the metaphor, the simile signals its own happening. It deals in images and concepts, setting these next to each other while retaining their separate identities.

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