Not Words Alone

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   September 1, 2023 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A black-and-white portrait of Roque Dalton sitting down, looking to his right, in a checkered shirt.]( Essay [Not Words Alone]( Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle, by the Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton, remains a tender but fiery call for revolution. By Esther Allen [A painting of two figures grappling or embracing in a lake. Their skin is dark and crossed with lines.]( Essay [Safe Harbor]( In Dark Days: Fugitive Essays, the poet Roger Reeves delivers an unruly examination of race, community, and history. By J. Howard Rosier collection [110 Years of Poetry Magazine]( An Anniversary Collection By The Editors, Adrian Matejka & Robert Eric Shoemaker [Abstract painting, gouache on paper, swirls in black, purple, green, with a horn-shaped sliver of blue sky and field shining through, as well as a larger pocket of light with curved lines in orange, greens and blues.]( Foundation News [Meet Our Grantee-Partner: Radical Reversal]( Dr. Randall Horton believes in poetry’s ability to transform lives. While incarcerated, he discovered the poem “Skinhead” by Patricia Smith. He credits his experience reading that poem with opening a “gateway of possibilities” to explore the power of poetry during a time when he felt isolated and dehumanized by the carceral system. [Abstract painting, gouache on paper, swirls in black, purple, green, with a horn-shaped sliver of blue sky and field shining through, as well as a larger pocket of light with curved lines in orange, greens and blues.]( Featured Blogger [Laughing at the Abyss]( My father used to read to me at bedtime when I was a kid. One of my favorite books was Louis Untermeyer’s anthology, The Golden Treasury of Poetry, with Blake, Dickinson, Whitman, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg. I can still hear my father’s... By Andrea Cohen [Cover of The Telaraña Circuit by Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola]( Book Review [The Telaraña Circuit by Lucía Hinojosa Gaxiola]( leaf turns to lace. Handwritten notes, video stills. Drawn symbols. Islands of text on white pages, drifting between Spanish and English. Photographed gestures, typewritten words. Poems. Negatives. Family photographs. This process book is a record of investigations. REVIEWED BY SYLEE GORE [Cover of Poem Bitten by a Man by Brian Teare]( Book Review [Poem Bitten by a Man by Brian Teare]( Reading Brian Teare’s Poem Bitten by a Man, one can almost hear the text thinking aloud: the questions that occupy Teare about language and image—for instance, is one more adequate than the other for the purpose of abstraction?—are asked in plain view. REVIEWED BY JANANI AMBIKAPATHY Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Kevin Young and Cindy Juyoung Ok on All the Things Poetry Does]( This week, Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with Kevin Young, who has authored or edited over twenty books including the poetry collection Stones (Knopf, 2021) and the nonfiction investigation Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (Graywolf Press, 2017). We’ll also hear two new gorgeous poems by Young from the July/August 2023 issue of Poetry: “The Stair” (4:20) and “Diptych” (38:06). [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [My Totally Normal Crisis]( Natalie Shapero on Wheel of Fortune, babysitting for her landlord, and pretending not to grieve. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen Audio [Victoria Chang vs. Imagination]( For their second episode of season 7, Brittany and Ajanae interview Victoria Chang. During this conversation, they discuss following your imagination and creative impulses, trusting your reader to fill in the gaps in a collection, and hidden talents! [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. © 2023 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #