Poetry News

Mosab Abu Toha released after arrest by Israeli forces as he tried to evacuate from north to south Gaza.

"We are being slaughtered"—Tariq Luthun in conversation with Gene Demby.

"If only those fences and walls were dismantled"—Saree Makdisi on the unrelenting Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

"No more verbally sanitized hellscapes"—Anne Boyer resigns as poetry editor of the New York Times Magazine.

"Bloodshed does nothing"—At the National Book Awards, finalists call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

"We deserve life because we are human"—Hundreds of queer Palestinian collectives and allies share an open letter.

"I cannot ignore the brutal program of annihilation"—Ranjit Hoskote resigns from the Documenta 16 selection committee.

"Do you have access?"—Writers Against the War on Gaza seeks explanations for biased language in the media.

"I grant you refuge in knowing"—Hiba Abu Nada, in one of her last poems.

Fady Joudah on surviving the annihilation.