Where the Poet Stood

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]  September 18, 2020 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Painting of a small desert town.]( Essay [A Rascuache Prayer]( Reflections on Juan Felipe Herrera, my homeboy laureate.  By Luis Alberto Urrea [Black and white headshot of poet Harryette Mullen.]( Poem Guide [Harryette Mullen: “Elliptical”]( When polite prejudice makes for scathing satire. By Austin Allen [Image of a person writing on a paper next to a laptop]( collection [Teaching Poetry Online]( Resources for teaching and learning remotely, for all levels. Open Door [Where the Poet Stood: Eavan Boland and the Power of Perspective]( The only book I have signed by Eavan Boland is The Lost Land, from the first reading of hers I attended, when she came to Florida just after I finished my MFA in 1998. It’s signed not to me, but... By Alexandra Teague Featured Podcasts POETRY off the shelf [Words in the Attic]( Joy Ladin on the failures of language, courage, and the trans parable of Jonah and the Whale. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Airea D. Matthews vs. What Haunts]( Airea D. Matthews knows her ghosts. The poet and professor talks with Franny and Danez about the spectres and phantasms that live in her work, the ways she wants her poems to exist beyond paper and ink, the journey back to her original name. Plus, a dollop of Greek myth on top! [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY MAGAZINE [A Conversation with Kit Fan and Alice Oswald]( Kit Fan talks with Alice Oswald about her latest book, Nobody. Fan’s review of the book appears in the July/August 2020 issue of Poetry. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens”]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas, and Jess Shollenberger. [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