My daughter’s sleep/ wave machine/ becomes a granular datum of cheer
Heading Back into Memory: An Interview with Richie Hofmann
The poet Richie Hofmann discusses growing up in Germany, reading translated poems, and of course, his poetry.
Four Poems by Richie Hofmann
Perhaps my need to appear/ happy at all times comes from a fear/ of my true thoughts and desires.
The Word Process: An Interview with Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing discusses the spaces she works, the one skill that writers need, and the writers she returns to again and again.
Poems from Yu Nu, Lee Chin-Wen, Xiao Shui, Translated from Chinese
Will some lightly clapping hands remain/ in places where death walked through?
Our Lady of the Snows
Constantly shifting my interests trying to mirror those of the men, I no longer knew who I was without pretending or playing games.
The Story of Liberia: An Interview with Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore discusses her transformative debut novel She Would Be King, a retelling of Liberia’s formation story steeped in magical realism.
Blurbed: What to Read, See and Do in September 2018
Each month, Blurbed features a curated list of things to read, events to attend and news from the Journal.
Review: Call Them by Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
In her new collection, Rebecca Solnit bravely tackles the American crises that imperil our humanity as well as our survival.
A Short Story by Marilia Arnaud, Translated from Portuguese
It was you, wasn’t it, Belmira? I know you can’t hear me, now that you’ve gone someplace far away.
Almanac
The house is endless only in its emptiness, so vast/ there seemed trapped the wind itself.
Review: The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo
Ritvo refuses to wade with us in our fruitless investigation of life's meaning. Instead, he gives us poetry: affirming, beautiful, and mortal.