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    By Jason Boog

    Kenneth Fearing, the Federal Writers Project, and the depths of the Great Depression.

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    By Milan Gagnon

    How celebrated Chicano poet Juan Felipe Herrera found his voice.

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    By Geoffrey O'Brien

    How Jack Spicer broke through the pieties of the avant-garde.

    Portrait of Jack Spicer
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    By Cynthia Haven

    At a fateful moment, Czeslaw Miłosz crossed paths with a controversial Polish priest, later martyred in World War II. The little-known encounter and its aftermath illuminate the Nobel laureate’s life...

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    By Jesse Nathan

    Shel Silverstein's unusual route to becoming a beloved children's author.

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    By Rachel Aviv

    The late short-story wizard Grace Paley began and ended her long writing career as a poet.

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    By Ben Ehrenreich

    In which our reporter falls for Frank Stanford's poetry, heads for the lost roads of Arkansas, and searches for the man behind the myth.

    Image of Frank Stanford with a dragon kite
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    By The Editors
    Image of Hine Daryl wearing a tweed suit and tie.
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    By Rachel Aviv

    Remembering the recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Emily Dickinson First Book Award.

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    By Charles Mudede

    Chris Abani endured years of torture and persecution by the Nigerian government. But don’t hold it against him.

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