Following the Impulse of the Brush

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   September 15, 2023 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A portrait of Kimiko Hahn in profile.]( Interview [Following the Impulse of the Brush]( A conversation with Kimiko Hahn, winner of the 2023 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. By Arthur Sze [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 collection [Harriet Monroe & the Open Door]( Work by and about the founding editor of Poetry magazine By The Editors & Robert Eric Shoemaker [Surreal image of two outsized football players on a field, limbs askew. Hovering over them is the a woman's upper body, her face seemingly masked. In the backdrop are flags and other spectators. Lithograph, black and white.]( Featured Blogger [The Face of a Poem]( Nearly everything I know about football can be summed up in two profoundly funny and funnily profound poems by Mary Ruefle “Elegy for a Game” and “Super Bowl.” Though neither explicitly mentions it, these poems both remind me that I have a face. By face, I mean... By Chen Chen [Cover of Women on the Moon by Debora Kuan]( Book Review [Women on the Moon by Debora Kuan]( Deborah Kuan’s Women on the Moon opens with a pregnant speaker partially blinded when an eyeglass repairman accidentally “snaps off one wing” of her glasses. REVIEWED BY REBECCA MORGAN FRANK [Cover of A Beauty Has Come by Jasmine Gibson]( Book Review [A Beauty Has Come by Jasmine Gibson]( Jasmine Gibson is a proud “Philly jawn,” a social worker, and a poet fluent in an amalgamation of discourses: psychoanalysis, astrology, pop and jazz’s further reaches, the street-meets-book smarts of those who “rock Clark’s / Read Marx.” REVIEWED BY CHRISTOPHER SPAIDE [Cover of A Beauty Has Come by Jasmine Gibson]( Foundation News [Meet our Grantee-Partner: Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center]( The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center (KTLA) is an arts education and community service organization based in Tampa, Florida. Named after Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, which was founded by Barbara Smith in 1980 with encouragement from Audre Lorde, KTLA provides writing classes, workshops, and literary arts programming for Black and BIPOC women. Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and Cindy Juyoung Ok on the Renowned and Rebellious Palestinian Poet Zakaria Mohammed]( On this week’s episode, Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about the life and work of the renowned Palestinian poet and writer Zakaria Mohammed. They also talk about grief, the politics of translation, and the always tricky task of composing an email. Finally, Khalaf Tuffaha treats us to some of Mohammed’s poems in Arabic and English translation that appear in the September 2023 issue of Poetry. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [The Magic Section]( Irène Mathieu on pediatrics, suburbs without a TV, and our body’s unknown terrain. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Ariana Benson vs The Field]( On today’s episode, Brittany and Ajanae speak with 2023 Ruth Lily fellow and author of Black Pastoral, Ariana Benson. Join them for this episode as they discuss nature, artistic influences, sensuality, and soap operas. [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 #