For stroke survivor Sherman Hershfield, rapping and rhyming kept his seizures under control.
poetry
Remembering Ntozake Shange
The poet, novelist, and playwright Ntozake Shange died Saturday, October 27.
The Horse Was a Lie (The Horse Is Here With Us Now)
In Mario Chard’s “Land of Fire,” was it the truth or a lie that killed the migrants in the desert? And what if that’s the wrong question? What if we say it was a horse?
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A personal essay in which poet Sadia Hassan reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts
A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Rita Dove on Creating a ‘Collage of American Consciousness’ with Poetry
“The sole criterion is, how does it move us? Does it pull us out of our everyday trot?”
In the End, It’s All Just the Stories We Tell
Diana Arterian’s sad, lyrical essay on the legacy of the Armenian Genocide in the diaspora centers on a family story that everyone has heard — but that no one knows the truth of.
Listening to the Words of Puerto Rican Poet Julia de Burgos After Hurricane Maria
Largely unknown, Julia de Burgos may have been Puerto Rico’s greatest poet.
Protecting Your Writing Time In This Weird Time of Ours
Poet Patricia Lockwood offers ideas on how to keep writing in the unstable, toxic, distracting times we live in.