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Elaine Equi on Blankness, Condensing Verse, and the Joy of Writing Short Poems

Elaine Equi on Blankness, Condensing Verse, and the Joy of Writing Short Poems

The Author of “Out of the Blank” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | February 24, 2025

Capturing the Strange Terror of the World: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

Capturing the Strange Terror of the World: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

David Woo Recommends Rae Armantrout, Daniel Borzutzky, Andrea Cohen, and More

By David Woo | August 1, 2024

Literary San Diego: A Reading List That May or May Not Include Ron Burgundy

Literary San Diego: A Reading List That May or May Not Include Ron Burgundy

Patrick Coleman on Tommy Pico, Brit Bennett,
Rae Armantrout, and More

By Patrick Coleman | August 5, 2019

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rae Armantrout

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rae Armantrout

The author of Wobble on the Rolling Stones and Carrying a Notebook

By Emily Temple | November 5, 2018

Here is the Poetry Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

Here is the Poetry Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

On this, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2018

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements

Never Again Will You Have Nothing to Say at a Literary Dinner Party

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