A Voice From the Tomb

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   February 16, 2024 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A black-and-white photograph of Jones Very is cut into misaligned strips and set against a desaturated image of clouds.]( Essay [A Voice From the Tomb]( Jones Very’s divine possession briefly captivated the Transcendentalists, but his idealism proved a trap. By Daegan Miller [An illustration of a sphinx tinged with red, sitting in a gray landscape with a city skyline visible in the background.]( Essay [Writing Inside the Holes]( For more than four decades, the French poet Liliane Giraudon has written experimental, sensual, and politically demanding work. By Léon Pradeau Poem Guide [Metamorphoses: “Erysichthon” by Ovid and “Erysichthon’s Seed” by Shanta Lee]( Race, Class, Gender, and the Imperial Body By Shanta Lee [A heart encompassing mathematic equations on a grid.]( collection [It’s Complicated: Love Poems]( Love, I’m done with you! By The Editors [Group of Indigenous poets standing in a semi-circle before a wooded area.]( MEET OUR GRANTEE-PARTNER [Meet our Grantee-Partner: In-Na-Po]( Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po) supports the writing, performance, and publication of poetry by student and adult writers who are members of tribal communities in the US and its territories. Founded by Anishinaabe poet Dr. Kimberly M. Blaeser at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2020, one month before the COVID-19 pandemic, In-Na-Po is led by staff and volunteers throughout the US. [Cover of The Brush by Eliana Hernández-Pachón]( Book Review [The Brush by Justin Rovillos Monson, tr. by Robin Myers]( Eliana Hernández-Pachón’s The Brush, translated by Robin Myers, tells the story of a massacre in the village of El Salado, in February 2000, when Colombian paramilitary forces tortured and killed over 60 people. REVIEWED BY JANANI AMBIKAPATHY Book Review [Bound by Jubi Arriola-Headley]( “I’m afraid of nothing so much as myself,” says the speaker in “The Mansplaining,” from Jubi Arriola-Headley’s second poetry collection, Bound. The poem explores how the speaker’s rage is informed by their relationship to gender, sexuality, and race. REVIEWED BY Leonora Simonovis [Cover of Therapon by Dan Beachy-Quick and Bruce Bond]( Book Review [Therapon by Bruce Bond and Dan Beachy-Quick]( A poetic disambiguation of “therapon” (“ancient chamber” in Greek, often translated as “attendant”), and oneiric dialogue steeped in music and mystery, Therapon, by Dan Beachy-Quick and Bruce Bond, comprises 60 near-sonnets. The book breathes new life into collaboration with its fluid entwining of two voices whose elliptical, Socratic questioning recall poetry’s roots in oral and philosophical traditions. REVIEWED BY Virginia Konchan Featured Podcasts POETRY off the shelf [Stay in Character]( Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes. [Listen to audio version }}]( Listen   [EXPLORE MORE 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. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #