Poetry

Nation Poetry

The Sentence The Sentence

In the gospel according to children Love is a sentence containing a logic no syntax can trace— Mom throwing parties just to ruin them, Dad blaming everyone but himself. You remembe…

Mar 16, 2021 / Poems / Rob Schlegel

Book of Dolls 46; Book of Dolls 48

Book of Dolls 46; Book of Dolls 48 Book of Dolls 46; Book of Dolls 48

                                        46   The gods who made me small wer…

Mar 11, 2021 / Poems / Bruce Bond

Lawrence Ferlinghetti At City Lights

The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built

As a poet, publisher, and bookstore owner, he helped foster a literary ecosystem where politics and culture for the better seemed possible.

Mar 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Boy Corona

Boy Corona Boy Corona

after John Donne & for N. P.                       TENDER CROWN I have only these two hands with which to praise you, Bro…

Feb 3, 2021 / Poems / Meg Day

Lying Down

Lying Down Lying Down

Every body that hits the ground in Hell will get up should they choose it. There’s plenty of death and destruction but no dead. All ends are artificial, wishful thinking, and even…

Jan 27, 2021 / Poems / Dustin Pearson

Somewhere Real

Somewhere Real Somewhere Real

Get in, George Eliot. I packed PB&Js. I’m bringing that rainbow parachute we held hands under as eight year olds. Get in, right beside Autumn, beside every manic pixie dream gi…

Dec 28, 2020 / Poems / Shira Erlichman

Lost Voices, Muffled Histories, Piano Notes: The Poetry of Thulani Davis

Lost Voices, Muffled Histories, Piano Notes: The Poetry of Thulani Davis Lost Voices, Muffled Histories, Piano Notes: The Poetry of Thulani Davis

A new anthology of her writing, Nothing but the Music, tells the story of her thrilling body of work.

Dec 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Tobi Haslett

Three portraits

9 Months Into Touch-Free Living, What Shall We Birth? 9 Months Into Touch-Free Living, What Shall We Birth?

“Thanks Forgiving,” a poem.

Dec 2, 2020 / Verandah Porche

Kaveh Akbar

‘The Nation’ Names Kaveh Akbar Poetry Editor ‘The Nation’ Names Kaveh Akbar Poetry Editor

Taking over stewardship of the magazine’s renowned poetry section, Akbar will solicit and commission for both the print magazine and website as well as oversee other poetry-related...

Sep 1, 2020 / Press Room

Jenny Zhang’s Goo Aesthetics

Jenny Zhang’s Goo Aesthetics Jenny Zhang’s Goo Aesthetics

Her poems, fiction, and essays are visceral and tactile explorations of the body and immigrant identity.

Jul 6, 2020 / Ana Cecilia Alvarez

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