They Were Here

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]  July 10, 2020 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Grid of a Polaroid of Robert Giard.]( Essay [They Were Here]( At the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, photographer Robert Giard created an extraordinary record of gay and lesbian writers.  By Allen Ellenzweig [Black-and-white portrait of Wanda Coleman.]( Essay [Heart First Into This Ruin]( In her unsettling and candid poems, Wanda Coleman challenged the rot of American racism.  By Lizzy LeRud [An iridescent grid.]( Essay [Grid Logic]( Susan Howe’s cut-up histories recombine fragments, lists, and quotations into poems that often resemble visual art. By John Vincler [Portrait of Zoe Hitzig.]( Interview [Moments Like Tiny Razors]( Zoë Hitzig’s debut, Mezzanine, explores a late-capitalist purgatory. By Kathleen Rooney Featured Podcasts POETRY off the shelf [Empire State of Mind]( Take a walk through post-WWI Paris in this recently reissued Modernist epic. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jacob Edmond, Amber Rose Johnson, and Huda Fakhreddine. [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