Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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November 1, 2017

Rae Armantrout’s Entanglements

By Jerry Harp

When Rae Armantrout came to Lewis & Clark College last week to give a reading, one of the books she read from was her recently published Entanglements (Wesleyan 2017), a […]

June 28, 2013

What Makes Contemporary American Poetry So Good

By Amit Majmudar

One of the most wonderful things about being a writer in contemporary America—besides the unprecendented ease of access to books—is our multiplicity of traditions. In the past, in smaller, more homogenous […]

August 6, 2010

Step-Step-Leap Into Fearlessness

By Tamiko Beyer

Hello readers! I’m back from my month-long hiatus. While not blogging in July, I began my stint as a workshop leader for a couple of summer writing workshops for young […]