Books
On the Figurative Road
Alice Notley's book-length poem charts the journey during which we assess the value of words and their historical contexts.
Poetry
Books
The Fertilizing Power of Funk
Fred Moten’s innovative poems investigate the fugitive philosophy of Black sound.
Books
Wanda Coleman, the Great Poet of Los Angeles
Coleman not only embraces her multitudes, but changes effortlessly from one persona and voice to another — things she needed to do in order to survive as a single Black mother raising two children in Los Angeles.
Poetry
Two Poems by Ardengo Soffici, Translated by Olivia E. Sears
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Ardengo Soffici, translated by Olivia E. Sears, for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Books
Susan Howe's Feminist Poetics
Throughout her work and in her latest volume, Concordance, Howe confronts the plight of the female writer in a masculine literary culture.
Art
John Chamberlain’s Previously Unknown Poems From Black Mountain College
Here’s a sneak peek of the artist’s previously unknown writings from 1955, to be published by Princeton University Press this month.
Books
Stéphane Mallarmé Created an Ideal Book Never Meant to Be Published
The French poet juxtaposed the details of printing and production in a book that he imagined as a theatrical production.
Books
Puzzling Out the Gap Between Communication and Meaning
Sid Gold's poems address our failure to hear what others are saying.
Poetry
One Poem by Stacy Szymaszek
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Stacy Szymaszek for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
New Mexico Names Levi Romero as First Poet Laureate
The state’s first ever poet laureate is a bilingual lowrider, professor of Chicano studies, and trained architect who plans to travel the state in a 1958 Chevrolet Impala during his three-year term.
Books
Eileen Myles Listens for the "Pulse Outside" Their Home
Myles’s poems walk and shift with all their pieces sloshing this way and that, and invite the reader for the ride.
Poetry
Two Poems From Shrapnel Maps by Philip Metres
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Philip Metres for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.