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Kamran Javadizadeh

In Between States

In Solmaz Sharif’s new collection of poetry, closed doors are everywhere.

April 21, 2022 issue

Wendy Doniger

Hearing the ‘Ramayana’ Again

The centrality and vitality of the Ramayana in Indian culture today, its enormous historical importance and continued use in mythological historicizing, can be only roughly approximated in Europe and America by the Bible.

April 7, 2022 issue

Ange Mlinko

His Nemesis Was Stupidity

Baudelaire thought the scope of his influence would be limited by the perfection of his poetry, which sailed over the heads of the masses.

April 7, 2022 issue

Wendy Xu

Work

a poem

April 21, 2022 issue

Ange Mlinko

Potatoes and Pomegranates

a poem

April 21, 2022 issue

Hermione Lee

Regarding the Solace of Others

Michael Ignatieff’s moving book explores how consolation has been configured in different eras and suggests what we might learn from individual examples of “the human experience.”

February 10, 2022 issue

Robert Pogue Harrison

Labors of Love

Inspired new translations of Dante’s Purgatorio are faithful to its message of rehabilitation, reconciliation, and redemption.

December 16, 2021 issue

Anahid Nersessian

Knife Skills

Winter Recipes from the Collective, Louise Glück’s first collection since winning the Nobel, is a work of extreme concision, in which complicated feelings have been pared down to their minimum.

March 24, 2022 issue

The Latest

Richard Sieburth

Early Alzheimer’s

a poem

June 23, 2022 issue

Diane Seuss

Weeds

a poem

June 23, 2022 issue

Catherine Nicholson

Improving Paradise

For Milton, innocence was interesting—a significant innovation on his biblical source material.

June 23, 2022 issue

Robert Pinsky

Cataract

a poem

June 9, 2022 issue

Lindsay Turner

November with Animals

a poem

June 9, 2022 issue

Mark Ford

A Style of Revolt

A poet of great wit and style, Thom Gunn was also a lyrical portraitist, which is especially evident in his recently collected letters.

June 9, 2022 issue

Camille Ralphs

After George Herbert

a poem

May 26, 2022 issue

Dan Chiasson

The Forest of Crickets

a poem

May 26, 2022 issue

Anahid Nersessian

Catastrophic Desires

The intention behind Forough Farrokhzad’s poetry, particularly her erotic poetry, was not just to express herself but to match the complexities of twentieth-century life.

May 12, 2022 issue

Elisa Gabbert

In Nature

a poem

May 12, 2022 issue