One’s Own Evidence

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   September 29, 2023 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A portrait of Saskia Hamilton looking into the camera. She stands against a white wall and is wearing a black shirt.]( Essay [One’s Own Evidence]( On the life and work of Saskia Hamilton. By Declan Ryan [An illustration of a man laying at the bottom of a mostly empty swimming pool while two children sit above and watch him.]( Essay [Ordinary Unhappiness]( In The Lights, Ben Lerner uses plain speech to render an unreliable world. By Anahid Nersessian [Black and white line-drawn cartoon of a hunched woman wielding a hammer over the horseshoe of a watching winged horse.]( Archive Editor's Note [“A Public for Poetry”: On Harriet Monroe and Poetry]( In 1912, Poetry’s founding editor Harriet Monroe believed that there was a readership for poetry and decided she would make it her project to support those readers and poets. Monroe, whom newspapers called the “patron saint” and “high priestess” of poetry, remains the longest-tenured editor of Poetry at 24 years. By Robert Eric Shoemaker [Graphic featuring a photo of two kids writing in notebooks at a table outside. Text reads: Brick Street Poetry Inc. Fall 2022 Poetry Programs, Partnerships, and Innovation grantee-partners.]( Foundation News [Meet our Grantee-Partner: Brick Street Poetry]( Brick Street Poetry Inc. (BSPI) publishes the Tipton Poetry Journal and produces world-class poetry events and workshops that are offered to the public at no cost. The organization connects poets worldwide, providing them with publishing credits, prizes, and paid opportunities to read, display their work, present workshops, and lead other programming. [Black and white photograph captures shadow figures against cement pavement.]( Featured Blogger [Towering]( Late July, on a hilltop in Umbria. I’ve carried a desk from one room to another in this 12th century tower to think about humor and poetry. By Andrea Cohen [Cover of Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You by Meena Kandasamy]( Book Review [Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You by Meena Kandasamy]( Over and again, she leaps and lands. In Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You, Meena Kandasamy vaults from blunt complaint to lyric evocation to caustic quip. REVIEWED BY SYLEE GORE [Cover of Interior Landscape by Mirta Rosenberg]( Book Review [Interior Landscape by Mirta Rosenberg, tr. by Yaki Setton & Sergio Waisman]( A sequence of poems in the titular section of Mirta Rosenberg’s Interior Landscape was written when the Argentinian poet, who died in 2019, was rendered immobile by disease in the last years of her life. Still, her poetic “I” roams free, as Yaki Setton and Sergio Waisman point out in their translators’ afterword: “This voice dialogues constantly with its body, a body that is forced to remain seated. REVIEWED BY JANANI AMBIKAPATHY Featured Podcasts POETRY MAGAZINE [Cathy Park Hong and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Shit Moms and More]( This week, Cindy Juyong Ok talks with Cathy Park Hong, who introduces us to a new selection from “Spring and All,” featured in the September 2023 issue of Poetry. She discusses how feeling like a “shit mom” during the early days of the pandemic has influenced her new writing, as did the work of other artists and writers who address “failing” at motherhood, like that of visual artist Tala Madani and her “Shit Moms” series. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen POETRY off the shelf [Notes From the Bathhouse]( Eric Sneathen on queer utopia, bad writing, and San Francisco in the ’70s. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen VS [Samiya Bashir vs. Multiple Mediums]( For this episode, Brittany and Ajanae interview Samiya Bashir. During this conversation, they discuss Samiya’s role as Executive Director of Lambda Literary, Black opera, opening the door for queer writers, and writing the poem that unlocks the project. [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 #