Make it New, Again

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]  January 31, 2020 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Portrait of Hannah Sullivan.]( Interview [Make it New, Again]( Hannah Sullivan on failure, form, and paying attention to the ordinary. By Lily Meyer [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 Purnell [Black and white image of Dr. Martin Luther King leading marcher on the Selma to Montgomery march.]( collection [Poetry and the Civil Rights Movement]( The struggle for social justice remembered through poetry. [Photo of doors opening to a bright exerior courtyard.]( Featured Blogger [Fathom Deeply: Celina Su and Wah-Ming Chang in Conversation]( To me, to be in this conversation with Wah-Ming is to emphasize process and care, to steal our memories away from abstraction. By Celina Su Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Declan Ryan discusses The Dolphin Letters, 1970–1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle]( The editors talk with Declan Ryan about his review in the January 2020 issue, “Letters Are Not Life,” on The Dolphin Letters, 1970–1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [Fragments from the Future]( Brenda Shaughnessy stares her fears in the face. [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 [Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Selena Dyer, and Jonathan Dick. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen  [More Featured Podcasts]( SUBSCRIBE [Promotional Ads for Valentine 2020]( [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