On Ambivalence: To Be, but to Be How?

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   June 21, 2024 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( Prose from Poetry Magazine [On Ambivalence: To Be, but to Be How?]( It is the voice of both our lives and our unled lives. By Meghan O’Rourke Prose from Poetry Magazine [On Loneliness: To You]( Loneliness, then, means understanding—and accepting, though some days this is only slightly easier than others—that no one knows me. By Carl Phillips [Bright rainbow-colored background with a grunge texture and graffitti paint drops.]( collection [LGBTQ+ Pride Poems]( A collection of poems and essays by LGBTQ+ poets on topics and themes of identity, gender, and sexuality. By The Editors [Three teen girls smiling and looking down while holding a brightly colored book with the title "This Moment"]( [Meet Our Grantee-Partner: WriteGirl]( WriteGirl is an award-winning creative writing and mentoring organization that helps girls and gender-expansive youth ages 13 to 18 discover and express their creative voices. Its workshops, mentoring, and publishing opportunities seek to help teens develop creative writing and communication skills and build self-confidence. Book Review [Sidetracks by Bei Dao, tr. by Jeffrey Yang]( by the revered Chinese poet Bei Dao, translated by Jeffrey Yang, comprises one long poem in 34 cantos tracing the poet’s time as a Young Pioneer in Beijing and his labor during the Cultural Revolution, through his years of exile living in six countries. REVIEWED BY Virginia Konchan Book Review [The Invention of the Darling by Li-young Lee]( Love—for the world, for life, and for what lies beyond human comprehension—is the driving force behind Lee’s poems, which meditate on mortality and on the mysteries of life as they are manifest in nature. REVIEWED BY Leonora Simonovis [Cover of Hopscotch by Fatemeh Shams]( Book Review [Hopscotch by Fatemeh Shams, tr. by Armen Davoudian]( Fatemeh Shams is a Persian poet and scholar, whose chapbook, Hopscotch, translated by Armen Davoudian, traces the uncanny route of an Iranian exile through Berlin. REVIEWED BY JANANI AMBIKAPATHY [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 #