New York Times
Read Daniel Borzutzky’s opinion piece on the unrest in Chile and the danger of history repeating itself.
The New Yorker
Vijay Seshadri joins Kevin Young to read and discuss poems by Sylvia Plath.
The Guardian
An interview with Mary Gaitskill on This Is Pleasure, a story about scandal and nuance, an address to the #MeToo movement.
The Guardian
Review of Hisham Matar’s A Month in Siena: “exquisitely measured and precise.”
Publishers Weekly
Tina Chang’s Hybrida and Jericho Brown’s The Tradition included on this list of the Best Books of 2019.
LitHub
A new poem from the brilliant Javier Zamora: “Though/there had been war; I did not know the way to school yet.”
New York Times
Read the new poem “Crossing” by Jericho Brown, a poem dedicated to every next day: “I’m not crossing/To cross back.”
New York Times
Review of Nick Flynn’s latest collection I Will Destroy You: “his new book gestures at redemption and an ambivalent acceptance.”
The Guardian
Interview with Hisham Matar on his art: “Writing is both the easiest and the most difficult thing.”
USA Today
Read Richard Blanco’s latest poem in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month: “O say, when will you have enough faith in us to meet the gleam of our eyes”