New York Times
Read George Saunders’ interview with David Marchese where he discusses kindness, meditation, delusions, and death.
PEN America
Congratulations to John Murillo whose translation Concerning the Angels is longlisted for Poetry in Translation.
PEN America
Congratulations to Arthur Sze whose Into the Hush is longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award.
New York Times
Cornelius Eady shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem written for Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City.
New Faculty
Pádraig Ó Tuama joins Yale Divinity School faculty as Professor in the Practice of Spirituality.
NBCC
Congratulations to Arthur Sze who is included on the NBCC longlist for poetry and Michael Thomas, long-listed for autobiography.
New York Times
Emily Skillings’ Tantrums in Air included on this list of The Best Poetry of 2025.
Publisher’s Weekly
This list features forthcoming work by: Fatimah Asghar, Camille Dungy, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Jorie Graham, Maya C. Popa, Maggie Smith.
The New Yorker
Nuar Alsadir’s essay “Samuel Beckett on the Couch” on Beckett, Wilfred R. Bion, and their transformative work together.
Equator
Read “Pity and Fear” a new essay by Hisham Matar on what images of cruelty reveal about the limits of power.