Forget Polite Verse—This Poet Wants You to Feel the Salt and Soil of Newfoundland
Mary Dalton’s fight to preserve her community’s speech
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You Don’t Know
You don’t know. You never have gone anywhere, / they said. You have no travels.
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A Festering
So it can all begin / again, from scratch.
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Second Nature
What about my flower nature? / Chrysanthemum, peony, rose?
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One Day, ChatGPT Will Move You to Tears
Generative AI is mechanizing writing itself. Is poetry far behind?
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The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy
Scott Griffin wants to create the most lucrative poetry prize in the world. Not everyone is happy
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The Terrible Lottery
What is invisible is unreal, like love, / hunger, rage.
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Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book
When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?
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