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New translations of Mahmoud Darwish and Anna Akhmatova; new poems by Eleanor Wilner, Nance Van Winckel, and Joel Brouwer. "The View From Here" feature returns, with essays on the experience of poetry from a moviestar, a hip-hop journalist, a psychologist, a politician, and a novelist; plus Eight Takes by David Orr.
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New poems by Stephen Dunn, Atsuro Riley, Michelle Boisseau, Dabney Stuart, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, C. Dale Young, and Robert VanderMolen. Plus Mary Karr confesses her unlikely Catholicism, David Biespiel on the world of W.S. Merwin, and Dan Chiasson with Eight Takes.
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New poems by Robert Wrigley, Gillian Allnutt, John Surowiecki, Elise Partridge, and J.D. Whitney. Plus Don Paterson with a collection of aphorisms, Daisy Fried on Camille Paglia's new anthology, and Garry Wills looks at the tenuous relationship between Ancient Greek poetry and current translation.
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New Poems from 2005 Lilly Prize winner C.K. Williams, Marilyn Nelson, David Biespiel, Kevin Stein, and Kim Addonizio. Michael Hofmann demystifies a "Poetry Journal," Phyllis Rose with an appreciation for Richard Wilbur, and Eight Takes from Danielle Chapman.
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Special Humor Issue! New poems by Billy Collins, Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, Albert Goldbarth, Mark Jarman, Eleanor Wilner, George Szirtes, and others. Kay Ryan reports from the AWP conference; and "Ten Tokes" from Dean Young.
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New poems by Linda Gregerson, Edward Hirsch, Talvikki Ansel, Lawrence Joseph, Anne-Marie Cusac, John Skoyles, R.S. Gwynn, and others. Peter Campion keeps a notebook on the poet's place in today's culture; Adam Kirsch looks back on the life and letters of Robert Lowell; and Ten Takes from D.H. Tracy.
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New poems by Mary Oliver, Robert Bly, Yusef Komunyakaa, Atsuro Riley, Louise Glück, and others. Mary Kinzie muses on "The Poems I Am Not Writing"; Vivian Gornick wonders why poets do not make good memoirists; Brenda Wineapple on Dana Gioia; and some angry letters from Franz Wright.
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In a special feature in honor of National Poetry Month, Poetry's regular writers comment on the strained and sometimes hilarious relationship between poet and audience. And "The View From Here" continues with essays by a journalist, a novelist, a painter, the Executive Editor of Good Housekeeping, the Superintendent of West Point, and a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush.
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Poetry by J. D. McClatchy, Debora Greger, Rachel Hadas, Carol Frost, John Koethe, Adam Kirsch, Stefi Weisburd, Jehanne Dubrow, Pierre De Ronsard, Albert Goldbarth. Thomas Sayers Ellis, Daisy Fried, Adam Kirsch, and Jeredith Merrin discuss what it means to be "great"; W. S. Di Piero looks at Basil Buntiing; and D. H. Tracy reviews ten new books.
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Poetry by Adam Zagajewski, Bronislaw Maj, Wislawa Szymborska, Czeslaw Milosz, Piotr Sommer, Sharon Olds, D. Nurkse, Daniel Mark Epstein, Alice Friman, Kathryn Starbuck, D. H. Tracy, Dennis Schmitz, Davis McCombs, Brian Swann, Patrick Ryan Frank, Carl Dennis, and Kay Ryan. Clare Cavanagh looks at the end of Milosz's life, Meghan O'Rourke reviews Bill Knott's new book of poems, Brian Phillips: Ten Takes.
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