May 2, 2016
Why We Chose (to Do) It (Again): Nature’s Nature
Nature’s Nature, a special section featuring thirty-one poems and an essay pondering the natural world, appears in the May/June 2016 issue of the Kenyon Review. “Nature’s Nature” is not, of […]
April 16, 2016
Iambic Pentameter Has Nothing to Do with Your Heart
It is time that all poets, critics, and readers dispense with the following metaphor: the iamb is a heartbeat. Let us refrain from settling arguments (or starting them) by asking […]
May 4, 2015
Why I Chose It: Nature’s Nature
On the May/June 2015 Special Poetry Feature: Nature’s Nature I’m writing here not about my editorial choice of a single poem but rather a gathering of poems, in fact in […]
March 4, 2013
Why We Chose It
“Personal Effects,” by Solmaz Sharif, appears in the Spring 2013 issue of the Kenyon Review. Each time the question invariably makes sense. I’m at a workshop or taking part in […]