Articles

Chris Abani endured years of torture and persecution by the Nigerian government. But don’t hold it against him.

Eleanor Wilner published her first book at age 42, but enough about her.

An excerpt about her father’s influence from June Jordan’s autobiography.

Something like a sonnet for Phillis Wheatley

An introduction to the collected poems of June Jordan

For Jane Hirshfield, every action is a form of judgment.

Donald Hall writes remarkable poems about loss, solitude, nature, and baseball. What will he do as America’s poet laureate?

Stanley Kunitz, former U.S. poet laureate and mentor to generations of poets, dies.

A profile of Lisel Mueller.