The Guardian
Read “Resistance,” a new poem by Simon Armitage.
The Yale Review
Aminatta Forna pens a reflection on memoir writing and transcending the trauma narrative.
NY Review of Books
Read “Day” a new poem by Jorie Graham: “Lie still it says. / Very still. / Listen.”
Scientific American
Meghan O’Rourke writes on how COVID long haulers are calling attention to chronic illnesses.
The Guardian
New poem by Maya C. Popa, “Often, I received more than I’d asked, // which is how this works – you fish in […]
New York Times
Read Mahogany L. Browne’s reflections for Modern Love’s series Black History, Continued, “Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings.“
New York Times
Read the poem “A Sunny Morning in the Square” written by Polina Barskova and translated by Valzhyna Mort.
The Atlantic
Read “Needing the Dragon,” Alicia Ostriker’s new poem: “the one god in whom we say we believe / is also unbelievable.”
The New Yorker
Read Katha Pollitt’s new story, “Brown Furniture,” in the January print edition of The New Yorker here.
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Torrey Peters on the end of her marriage: “I thought I could save my marriage by repressing my transness. I couldn’t.”