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Two new genre-bending books by Terrance Hayes find freedom in individuality.

In The Diaspora Sonnets, Oliver de la Paz explores immigration in personal and linguistically patterned lyrics.

Sandra Cisneros, when speaking about her poetry-writing practice during a long pause between published collections, describes the liberation in writing for the self: “Poems were to be written as if...

Read Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Punk Half Panther” out loud at least twice. Keep a list of any language that stands out as you read and listen. Questions to consider, on your...

Read “LeaveTaking” by Rita Dove several times, out loud or silently, or listen to Dove reading the poem. Questions to consider, on your own in writing, or in discussion with others: This...

Read “Apology” by Sharon Olds several times, out loud or silently. Questions to consider, on your own in writing, or in discussion with others: What is the connection between the mice and...

The young Polish-language poet Zuzanna Ginczanka was killed in the Holocaust. Two new translations offer different renditions of her startling work. 

A hymn to female independence in the form of a withering critique of marriage