LA Book Review
Review of Aminatta Forna’s Happiness: Happiness shows us why we must embrace coexistence and how this works in practice.
The Atlantic
Chen Chen discussed among promising artists in the rising generation of writers who are exploring identity in new ways.
Library of Congress
Tracy K. Smith speaks with the library about her outreach efforts and focus for her second term.
San Francisco Mag
Review of Vanessa Hua’s A River of Stars: the whole human experience, hiding in plain sight.
McSweeney’s
Read this interview with Javier Zamora: Beauty manifests itself in different ways, even in a traumatic experience.
The Guardian
Read this interview with Jericho Brown: Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a fast pace.
New York Times
Review of Terrance Hayes’ American Sonnets: For Hayes the excitement of the sonnet stems from its insistence on change.
The Paris Review
Read this analysis of Natalie Diaz’s poem “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do If You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’”
The New Yorker
Read Joy Harjo’s poem “Running:” Violence is my boyfriend / With a cross to bear / Hoisted on by the church.
Vogue
Claudia Rankine and John Lucas explore the reasons for the popularity of blonde hair in the new exhibition “Stamped.”