Poetry

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.

Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon

Berryman Berryman

A poem from the celebrated late poet, W. S. Merwin.

Mar 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin

Remembering W.S. Merwin

Remembering W.S. Merwin Remembering W.S. Merwin

Revisit the work of one of America’s great poets in the pages of The Nation. 

Mar 19, 2019 / The Nation

A Century With Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A Century With Lawrence Ferlinghetti A Century With Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Happy 100th birthday to the essential Beat poet. 

Mar 19, 2019 / The Nation

Ntozake Shange

For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow

Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.

Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll

Ann Coulter protest Berkeley

The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’ The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’

The most significant threats to free speech come from conservatives.

Sep 12, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

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Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 10-17, 2018, Issue

Poetry, wide open… The poetry editors reply…

Aug 16, 2018 / Our Readers, Stephanie Burt, and Carmen Giménez Smith

Manafort and Gates

Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates

Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…

Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue

In-justice… America’s war habit… Editors’ note… Nicaragua: where the truth lies (web only)…

Aug 2, 2018 / Our Readers and John Perry

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.

Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs

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