Godzilla in Mexico Godzilla in Mexico
Listen carefully, my son: bombs were falling over Mexico City but no one even noticed. The air carried poison through the streets and open windows.
Oct 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roberto Bolaño
The Imperfectionist The Imperfectionist
Reconsidering the life and legacy of avant-garde artist and poet Francis Picabia.
Oct 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Revolutionary Devotion Revolutionary Devotion
Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo's poetry.
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roberto González Echevarría
Bolaño in Mexico Bolaño in Mexico
As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa
Mr. Dynamite Splits Mr. Dynamite Splits
A poem in tribute to the passing of James Brown.
Mar 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Sayers Ellis
The Strains of Inspiration The Strains of Inspiration
The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
A View From the Bridge A View From the Bridge
Hart Crane, one of America's greatest poets, relished the extremes that eventually destroyed him.
Dec 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Melanie Rehak
2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman
Eleanor Lerman's poems sing a song that is bravely gloomy, but they sing it with a fierce and earned dignity.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tony Hoagland
The Last Antiwar Poem The Last Antiwar Poem
Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra," written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.
Nov 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rolf Potts