The Peak: Behind The Poem
Ibagué to Astoria
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura writes about home, family, and moving to a cold new place.
Tinkering
Ann Wilberton writes about joy and the hopeful art of tinkering.
Erasure and Voice in Ultrarunning: On “Mile 11—”
Lucien Darjeun Meadows considers ultrarunner’s relationships to the trails in an essay on his poem, “Mile 11—”
On Incantation, the Villanelle, and Kiki Petrosino’s Witch Wife
Poet Josh Luckenbach talks spells and villanelles.
Waterborne Feelings
Mildred Barya reflects on visiting Gorée Island, bearing witness at the Door of No Return, and writing ancestral trauma.
YOU’RE IN LOVE
CJ Scruton reflects on the origins of their poems “Self-Portraits in Jurassic Park” and “In Transfemme Quarantine” as well as the act of misremembering.
On Persimmons
Ann Fisher-Wirth explores haunting, wholeness, and the process of dying in her essay on “Persimmons.”
Magic Spells and Mirrored Boxes
Luke Munson on his poem, “To visit the country of shadows,” and his sources of linguistic inspiration.
The Body’s Betrayal
Renee Emerson on living with grief and writing about loss in her poem, “Secret”
About Marimacho & How It Came To Be
Ana Fores-Tamayo on her poem “Marimacho” and her work with refugees seeking asylum in the US
Straddling the Border
Isabel Acevedo on the inspiration behind her poem “Night” in our Fall 2020 Issue. The way I see it, my poem “Night” can be classified as both a love poem and a faith poem. If you liked it, and if you agree, I have a collection to recommend to you
On Domestic violence arrest, white male, camper in Cedar Ridge II
You Li on her poem “Domestic violence arrest, white male, camper in Cedar Ridge II”
A Note on Two Untitled Poems
Wendy Call on translating Irma Pineda’s poetry