Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
In Retrospect: An Interview with Patricia Smith, 2026 Debut Chapbook Prize Guest Judge
This month’s “In Retrospect” interview is with Patricia Smith, who won the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems, which was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.…
Poetry: “I don’t know how an overdose works,” by Anna Leonard
The loss of a loved one is particularly challenging to navigate when, in life, helping them navigate addiction added friction to the relationship. Anna Leonard’s poem captures this friction in the exploration of knowing versus not knowing, negligibility versus negligence.…
The loss of a loved one is particularly challenging to navigate when, in life, helping them navigate addiction added friction to the relationship. Anna Leonard’s poem captures this friction in the exploration of knowing versus not knowing, negligibility versus negligence.…
July 2026 Deadlines: 10 Contests and Magazines with Deadlines This Month
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—contests for select poems, chapbook prizes, and magazines with open calls. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that…
There’s plenty of opportunities to submit your work this month, and there’s a wide variety of options—contests for select poems, chapbook prizes, and magazines with open calls. It’s prime time to share your work with the world! Don’t forget that…
Poetry: “Cuban-American Sonnet for My Past & Never Father” by Trinity Tibe
In this sonnet, one turn—one volta—comes in the form of an italicized word: Bloqueo. Given that Trinity Tibe’s speaker continually seeks throughout the poem to discover more insight about her father, this turn underscores the fact that he is impossible…
In this sonnet, one turn—one volta—comes in the form of an italicized word: Bloqueo. Given that Trinity Tibe’s speaker continually seeks throughout the poem to discover more insight about her father, this turn underscores the fact that he is impossible…
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Opportunity Cost
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR MAKING & UNMAKING
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Shadow Black
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How Often I Have Chosen Love
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