Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
The Danger of Poeticizing Horror While Bearing Witness
Jun 21, 2019 Carolyn Forché grapples with what constitutes “poetry of witness” in a memoir about El Salvador on the brink of civil war in the late 1970s.
Native American Named U.S. Poet Laureate for First Time
Jun 19, 2019 Joy Harjo has been ready for her new role for a long time.
What Europe Needs Is a New Revolution
May 10, 2019 Decrying neoliberal capitalism’s “slow cancellation of the future” in his new book, Srećko Horvat advocates “hope without optimism.”
The Hypocrisy of ‘Living Happily’ Through All Our Wars
Mar 27, 2019 While reading "Deaf Republic," we would be wise to join poet Ilya Kaminsky in owning our failures—political, personal or otherwise.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Robert Scheer on the Importance of Not Selling Out (Video)
Mar 25, 2019 The Truthdig Editor in Chief talks with his lifelong friend, the legendary poet who just turned a 100 years old.
Politics
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Is Still Revolutionary at Age 100
Mar 24, 2019 The legendary poet, who is now 100 years old, can be described by nearly enough epithets for every year he's been alive.2019 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: First Place, Celebrity Feature
Putting Trump to Shame Without Ever Saying His Name
Feb 15, 2019 Written after the 45th president was inaugurated, Terrance Hayes’ sonnets have an urgency that will leave readers’ heads spinning.
In Hawaii, an End of Innocence
Jul 18, 2018 In her poem "Sweet Leilani," Sara Simone Wagner speaks for many residents of Hawaii's Big Island who are adjusting to the reality of an ongoing volcanic disaster.
Palestinian Poet Convicted of Incitement
May 3, 2018 Her arrest after she posted her work on social media was condemned by more than 150 high-profile writers.
The Land Between Two Rivers
Mar 2, 2018 Tom Sleigh travels to war zones and refugee camps, yet views intervention on his part as transgression. When does passivity become complicity?
