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Illuminations
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet
by Joy Harjo
Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that
bottle of pop.
Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control.
Open the door, then close it behind you.
Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth
gathering essences of plants to clean.
Give it back with gratitude.
Speaker News
New York Times
Frank Bidart’s one-act “Ellen West”and 13 poems from Marie Howe's Magdalene included in the set for the 2020 Prototype festival.
The New Yorker
Mary Gaitskill discusses her new novella and the power of fiction for examining the #MeToo movement.
The New Yorker
As USPL, Tracy K. Smith took literature to community centers, senior centers, prisons—anywhere people needed it.
The New Yorker
Review of Stephanie Burt's Don't Read Poetry: At once erudite and colloquial, the book evokes the contagious enthusiasm of a cool teacher.
Washington Post
Read this review of Gregory Orr's latest collection The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write.
