Names of Love

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]  January 17, 2020 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Collage of a vinyl record, a boombox, two hands, bullets, flowers, dirt, and pills.]( Essay [Names of Love]( Danez Smith’s Homie is a testament to the joys and tragedies of friendship. By Brontez Purnely [Large Composition A with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow and Blue (Grande composizione A con nero, rosso, grigio, giallo e blu), by Piet Mondrian, 1919-1920, 20th Century, oil on canvas, 91 x 91 cm]( collection [An Introduction to Modernism]( The monumental artistic movement that changed poetry forever. Poetry News [PBS NewsHour Explains the Value of Hale/Eliot Letter Trove]( [PBS NewsHour]( readers through the process undertaken by the Houghton Library and the Princeton University Library to unseal letters written by [T.S. Eliot]( to his “muse,” Emily Hale. By Harriet Staff [A foot-worn path through a grass park.]( Featured Blogger [A Hand, a Question, and a Path of Desire]( I turn to poetry to resensitize myself to language, to the absurdity of our everyday practices. By Celina Su Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Wo Chan reads “june 8, the smiley barista remembers my name”]( The editors discuss Wo Chan’s poem “june 8, the smiley barista remembers my name” from the January 2020 issue of Poetry. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [Dreams and Fathers]( Bruce Beasley on his writing process, and on how fathers might be like warm ice cubes. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen poetrynow [I Thought a Tree Dying]( Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [VS Live with Patricia Smith at Chicago Humanities Festival]( Season 3 of VS goes out with a bang! Franny and Danez take the stage as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival with the true gawd of this poetry world Patricia Smith. They talk about the most bone-chilling prompt ever, discuss form as a way to invite readers into the room, and finally settle the page vs. stage question once and for all.  [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Davy Knittle, Charles Bernstein, and Kate Colby. [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. © 2020 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #                              Â