Flash Points: Reading in the dark

Stories about poetry for difficult times [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( April 03, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Flash Points, [sign in]( or [subscribe today](. For National Poetry Month, celebrated in Canada and the United States, we wanted to turn to a lesser-known part of our archives. Poetry and other literature have often been shaped by world-historical events we’ve covered over the years, from the conflicts in eastern Ukraine in the 2010s to the election of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Join us as we delve into China’s historic “death and destruction” poems, European verse responding to authoritarian political tactics, and literature created by correspondents reporting on the war in the Donbas. —Chloe Hadavas --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Poet Laureate of Hybrid War]( The tragicomic absurdities of 21st-century warfare are finally being transformed into literature. By Marci Shore --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poetry for the Masses]( 1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times. By Tara Bray Smith --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lines of Resistance]( Will America see a rebirth of political verse? By Adam Kirsch --------------------------------------------------------------- [The End of Days Is Coming—Just Not to China]( Why apocalyptic fiction and film haven’t caught on in the Middle Kingdom. By Isaac Stone Fish --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reading in the Dark]( In the age of Trump, literature can sustain those searching for the courage to resist the politics of division. By Adam Kirsch Photo: Illustration by Edmon De Haro --------------------------------------------------------------- [
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