We live in a moment of political and cultural turmoil. To an unprecedented degree, individuals from across the vast spectrum of our society are demanding basic human dignity along with the rights of self-expression, economic fairness, and political legitimacy. These struggles manifest themselves differently in each case, with personal urgency and anguish, and they lie at the very heart of literary endeavor today, whether explicitly or not.
My long-held credo is that stories, poems, and personal essays represent the most potent of tools for probing what it means to be human. Rather than fear or deny or shy away from this reality, we at the Kenyon Review embrace it as an opportunity for artistic courage and achievement.
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