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Books

Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing?

Shame seemed like an obstacle to appreciating the poet. Instead, it became the key to understanding her work.
Maggie Millner
September 2, 2025
Poem of the Week

Brocken Specter

Temperance Aghamohammadi
September 10, 2025
From the Archives

On Some Functions of Literature

Umberto Eco,
translated by Martin McLaughlin
October 1, 2004
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Poem of the Week

Glove Money

Sophia Dahlin
September 24, 2025
From the Archives

The Religion-Making Imagination of Joseph Smith

Harold Bloom
April 1, 1992
Poetry

Inflammation

Jorie Graham
March 16, 2026
From the Archives

The Plains of Troy

Carl Phillips
April 1, 2008
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Poem of the Week

Uh-Oh, Uh-Oh

Chase Twichell
November 5, 2025
Shakespeare and Company Interviews

Neige Sinno

The writer on Sad Tiger and the stories we live by
Adam Biles
September 29, 2025
Poem of the Week

“She Held a Dove Whose Tail Survives”: Self-Portrait as the Acropolis

Robin Coste Lewis
October 1, 2025