Eternity Only Will Answer

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   April 12, 2024 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [An illustration of Emily Dickinson sitting at a desk outside, her back to us, as she writes letters. In the foreground are dandelions and hydrangeas.]( Essay [Eternity Only Will Answer]( Funny, convivial, chatty—a new edition of Emily Dickinson’s letters upends the myth of her reclusive genius. By Maya C. Popa [Black and white photograph shows Melvin Dixon leaning against a large white column at the bottom of stairs.]( Prose from Poetry Magazine [Poetic Kin: Meeting Melvin Dixon]( An introduction to our Melvin Dixon folio. By CM Burroughs [Colorful painting of a bird flying over a field of wheat and red poppies.]( Poem Guide [“A Bird in Bishopswood” by John Tickhill]( A melancholy medieval rent collector’s sorrows, scribbled on the back of a legal document. By Eric Weiskott [A large group of people consisting of Kundiman’s 2023 Retreat Fellows, Faculty, and Staff smiling on the steps of Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus.]( Foundation News [Meet our Grantee-Partner: Kundiman]( Kundiman was founded in 2004 to facilitate the creation of new literary work, foster mentoring relationships, and address challenges facing Asian American poets and writers. The organization creates an affirming space where Asian American writers can explore the unique challenges of the new and ever-changing diaspora through art. Kundiman sees the arts as a tool of empowerment, education, and liberation, of proactively addressing its legacy to the future. [Cover of The Lantern and the Night Moths by Yilin Wang]( Book Review [The Lantern and the Night Moths by Fei Ming, Xiao Xi, Qui Jin, Dai Wangshu, and Zhang Qiaohui, tr. by Yilin Wang]( In The Lantern and the Night Moths, Yilin Wang translates selections from five modern and contemporary Chinese poets: Qiu Jin (1875–1907), Zhang Qiaohui (1978–), Fei Ming (1907–1967), Xiao Xi (1974–), and Dai Wangshu (1905–1950). The book includes translated poems and essays on each of the featured poets. REVIEWED BY Janani Ambikapathy [Cover of Auguries & Divinations by Heather Treseler]( Book Review [Auguries & Divinations by Heather Treseler]( Heather Treseler’s Auguries & Divinations is based in the practice of augury—symbols of entrapment and escape abound, interspersed with iconic avian poems, such as “Sparrow,” “Heron,” “Hawk,” “Haruspication,” and “Feathered Thing.” “Is it vestigial,” the poet asks, in deft mappings of migration, “this need to tally birds and bells, catalogue / the signs?” REVIEWED BY Virginia Konchan [Cover of Fugitive/Refuge by Philip Metres]( Book Review [Fugitive/Refuge by Philip Metres]( As Metres points out, this book draws its inspiration from the “images and stories of people caught in the fire zones of global violence.” Two such people are the writer’s great-grandfather, Iskandar, who was exiled from his native Lebanon and migrated to Salina Cruz, Mexico, and his grandfather, Felipe/Philip, who grew up in Mexico and later migrated to the United States. REVIEWED BY Leonora Simonovis Featured Podcasts POETRY off the shelf [My Awesome Stoma]( April Gibson on chronic illness, religion, and being a teenage mother. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen   [More Featured Podcasts]( SUBSCRIBE [GET POETRY]( [The Poetry Foundation]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram](   You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #