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Best American Poetry
- From My Diary No. 3 – February 2020Inner Voices – Oil on Canvas by Lera Auerbach (1.) I think of the mountain from Rafael's childhood. Once upon a time, there lived a woman. Her name was Soledad. Nobody lives on that mountain now. Nobody is left who remembers Soledad, only Stella (Rafael's mother) and Rafael. She's also in my memory. And if you are reading this, she's no […]
- Force Majeure (by Mitch Sisskind)Professor Koch said, 'We know the story 'Where the guy wakes up and he's turned 'Into a bug, right? Now write a story where 'The guy turns into a beautiful woman.' He was always talking about beautiful women. Very well. Anomaly Englehardt spoke up, A kid recognized as a universal genius who In class always kept one hand over […]
- The How-To Poem with Rebecca Morgan Frank [by Nin Andrews]I had all these great ideas for a blog post last night as I was drifting off to sleep, feeling thrilled to have just received my second vaccine, and dreaming of life after Covid—dinners out, coffee shops, friends. But this morning, when I woke, I felt done in. Overnight, my brain seems to have turned into Jello. I’m not sure if there’s a coherent thought in […]
- An Interview with James Longenbach [by Aspen Matis]Renowned poet and literary critic James Longenbach is the author of six poetry collections ― including Earthling, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award ― and eight books of prose. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the Nation, and he is the recipient of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and […]
- From My Diary No. 3 – February 2020
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- Shaking Things Up: A Conversation with Poet Rita Dove, by Crystal AC SalasInterviews Rita Dove / Photo © Fred Viebahn / Courtesy of UCR Writers Week 2021 For the 44th Annual Writers Week, the University of California, Riverside Department of Creative Writing, in partnership with the LA Review of Books, honored three US Poets Laureate with Lifetime Achievement Awards: Rita Dove (1993–95), Juan Felipe Herrera (2015–16), and Joy Harj […]
- Treading a Fine Line: On Translating Tove Ditlevsen’s Gift, by Michael Favala GoldmanOn Translation Browsing a Copenhagen airport bookstore, a translator picks up a book. The journey between that impulse and his eventual translation of the memoir into English was both emotional and serendipitous. In the summer of 2016 I was passing through Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen with my wife, on our way home after a visit with family. We stopped to br […]
- 21 Books for the 21st Century: The Longlist, by The Editors of WLTLit Lists Earlier this spring, the editors of WLT invited twenty-one writers to nominate one book, published since the year 2000, that has had a major influence on their own work, along with a brief statement explaining their choice. Now it’s your turn to vote for your favorites during our two-week contest (April 1–15)! Participating voters will be included […]
- Pacing the Lion’s Path in Cuba: A Conversation with Carlos Manuel Álvarez, by Anderson TepperInterviews Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s debut novel, The Fallen—a withering portrait of a Cuban family with conflicting visions of their country and their roles within it—was published in June 2020 and has helped establish Álvarez as one of the leading writers of Cuba’s new generation. The book’s schisms reflect deeper rifts within the country today. Armando, a d […]
- Shaking Things Up: A Conversation with Poet Rita Dove, by Crystal AC Salas
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Wednesday, 3:03 pm
The cat. The sidewalk. The heat. The smoke. The laugh. The window. The thought. The car. The tree. The cloud. The sky. The dream.