poetry
After My Wife Died I Painted the Holiday She Always Wanted
Tess and I often spoke about going to Iceland. But cancer intervened.
I Faked My Way as an Instagram Poet, and It Went Bizarrely Well
I decided to find out whether Instagram poetry took real talent, or if the whole thing is a sham, by becoming the worst poet the internet has ever seen.
Eve L. Ewing’s New Book Explores the Ways Violence and Time Affect Black Lives
One hundred years after the Chicago Race Riot, '1919' reflects on a century of exodus and deliverance for Black Americans.
Janaka Stucky Brings a Doom-Metal Mysticism to His Poetry Readings
"I want to channel the energy of each performance into conjuring whatever altered state of consciousness I was in when I wrote the work."
Princess Nokia’s NYT Interview Is Art, So We Turned It Into a Poem
"Matthew McConaughey on a beach in a hammock on a quaalude."
Hanif Abdurraqib and Morgan Parker Chat Poetry and Blackness in America
The poets found time between their busy touring schedules to talk about 'Magical Negro,' the current wave of contemporary poetry, and how white salons still can't handle black hair.
Erasure Poets Are Turning the Heavily Redacted Mueller Report into Art
Today is a goldmine for writers who craft poetry out of censored text.
5 Muslim Women Artists Whose Powerful Work You Should Know
Follow them. Support them. Give them your money.
'Close' Is the Literary Newsletter Bringing Intimacy to Your Inbox
We spoke to the creators of one of the best sources of original writing in the UK.
Nikki Giovanni Has Advice for Black Women Dealing with Emotional Labor
"We seem to be spending time telling white people what they're doing wrong, instead of telling Black people what we're doing right," Giovanni tells Broadly.
Morgan Parker’s 'Magical Negro' and the Multiplicity of Blackness
“I was thinking about ‘Black Girl Magic,’ which is cool, but I’m also a real person, so I wanted to explore what is magical about us according to us.”
The Past Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be In 'The Time Traveler's Wife'
Singapore poet Joshua Ip joined forces with Indonesian artist Kurnia Harta Winata.