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The Poet as a Young Critic

In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society


The Apostle of Love

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A. Philip Randolph

Remembering the civil rights leader and my friend of over four decades

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Virginia Woolf in The Yale Review

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Meghan O'Rourke Resurfacing Gems from The Yale Review's Archives

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Sara Teasdale in The Yale Review

Publishing a major minor poet
April 14, 2026

Station Island

December 11, 2025

The Role of the Modern Writer

In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist’s relationship to society
November 21, 2024

The Yale Review’s Political Archive

What six historical pieces reveal about American democracy today
October 10, 2024

The Poet as a Young Critic

In Thom Gunn’s early work for The Yale Review, he valued style above all else
June 27, 2024

Resurfacing Gems from the Archives

Announcing our new weekly feature
March 13, 2024

The Common Reader

Virginia Woolf in The Yale Review
March 4, 2024