Unspeakably Miserable for the Most Part

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]  October 30, 2020 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Collage illustration featuring Sylvia Plath, bees, moons, wedding rings, and rising waters.]( Essay [The Intolerable, I Guess]( A new biography goes deep on Sylvia Plath. By Elisa Gabbert [John Berryman sitting in his semi-empty apartment.]( Essay [Unspeakably Miserable For the Most Part]( Reading John Berryman’s letters. By Rick Moody [Black-and-white portrait of poet Bruno K. Öijer leaning against a vintage car in a redwood forest.]( Interview [On the Road With Bruno K. Öijer]( The Swedish poet on his travels in the American counterculture. By Johannes Göransson Featured Blogger [I’m Looking for Something, Are You Looking for Something Too?]( I didn’t open the pages of Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (edited by Charles Henry Rowell) until I was pursuing my MFA at North Carolina State University, where I also received my undergraduate degree. Vievee Francis... By Tyree Daye Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Ed Roberson and Lyn Hejinian in Conversation]( Longtime friends despite living vastly far apart, Lyn Hejinian and Ed Roberson have been in close dialogue for almost 20 years. Now, for the first time, we have the pleasure of listening in. Topics discussed include the survival of the human species, the safety in friendship, and a pesky octopus at a Pittsburgh aquarium. Ed also reads from a new series of poems in the October 2020 issue of Poetry. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [A Practice of Care]( EJ Koh on distance, broken English, and writing poems that forgive. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Randall Horton vs. the i]( Danez and Franny have the honor and pleasure of chopping it up with the brilliant Randall Horton on this episode of the show. Randall, whose newest collection {#289-128}: Poems just dropped this month, talks about coming to know his story so that he could eventually write about it, resisting being boxed in as a poet who was incarcerated, and what he’s learned from his collaborations with jazz musicians. Get into it! [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Poem Talk [Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt]( Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Fred Wah, Meredith Quartermain, and Daphne Marlatt. [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