Poetry

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (596+ words) 76 year old Canadian has always pursued innovative ways of expression Anne Carson stands out among authors adhering to a single genre of writing. For Carson, this year’s recipient of Nobel prize for literature often blended verse, prose, dialogue and translation....

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (259+ words) By Aurora Tahsin Tondra ’30 Browne is the author of five poetry collections and a Professor of English at Trinity University. She has served as both the City of San Antonio Poet Laureate and the Texas State Poet Laureate, and her…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (268+ words) Suviral Shukla | October 8, 2026 | 05:49 PM IST | 2 mins read Anne Carson has, throughout her entire career, combined poetry writing with translation work and teaching at various universities. Also read Nobel Prize 2026: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel win medicine award “Almost all…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (433+ words) We by Layli Long Soldier. Graywolf Press, 2026. 208 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org Distant Water by Beth Piatote. Milkweed Editions, 2026. 96 pages.Buy on Bookshop.org BOTH LAYLI LONG SOLDIER, in her second poetry collection We, and Beth Piatote, in her poetry…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (774+ words) What a wonderful day for Canadian literature. Heartfelt congratulations to Anne Carson on being awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy has honoured her “bold and inventive oeuvre,” recognizing the extraordinary way she brings the classical world into…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (128+ words) Tommy Pico discusses why humor is essential to the way he approaches difficult subjects in his storytelling. In this California Book Club clip, Tommy Pico discusses using different personas as a storytelling tool and as a way to better understand…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (96+ words) Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem is the California Book Club’s October 2026 pick. This article appears in Issue 37 of Alta Journal.SUBSCRIBE Tommy Pico on Using Humor to Tackle Serious Topics Tommy Pico on the Freedom of Writing Through Personas Why I…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (92+ words) Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s memoir is the California Book Club’s December 2026 pick. This article appears in Issue 37 of Alta Journal.SUBSCRIBE Tommy Pico on Using Humor to Tackle Serious Topics Tommy Pico on the Freedom of Writing Through Personas Why I…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (101+ words) Tommy Pico’s book-length poem is the California Book Club’s October 2026 pick. The only answer is to turn it inside out, which is what Nature Poem does so well. This article appears in Issue 37 of Alta Journal.SUBSCRIBE Why I Write:…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1198+ words) The memorial stone, installed in the floor of De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, was unveiled by Curaçao's Minister Plenipotentiary in the Netherlands, Errold Bishop, in the presence of relatives, literary representatives and other invited guests. The ceremony took place one…...