Truly I couldn't even imagine he might die. His work felt that large.

It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

“Life, friends, is boring.” Oh hey, it’s your old terrible book boyfriend John Berryman with “Dream Song 14,” perhaps the modern poetic apotheosis of ‘I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.” And yet.

@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social @nowarwarren.bsky.social @thekismetmag.bsky.social thank u for this amazing book, & for this searing account of an indispensable collection of voices & witnessings which cannot now be erased, revised or wiped from the historical record.

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(Showing you some annoying shit that sucks ass) and would you believe a computer made this all by itself?

R.I.P. R&B icon D'Angelo, neo-soul innovator

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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

We're bringing back excerpt submissions from unpublished novels and novellas, but adding a criterion: 200 words max length.

All other prose, fiction and poetry submissions still have no length limit.

We're now accepting longform poetry in addition to prose for our fall issues! We define longform poetry as a single long poem, variations on the epic poem, or a sequential poem such as a crown of sonnets or numbered series. Find out more and submit by November 15: https://pshares.org/submit/journal/

Belong – Jay Som's first new album in six years – is out now 💙

We have reached our cap for poetry submissions and will close them in ONE WEEK! Poetry submissions will close at 11:59pm on Thursday, October 16th. Get your poems in before then! All other genres will remain open.

blackbird.submittable.com/submit

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

I don't know how else to tell you this: generative AI, the dismantling of Dept of Ed, defunding science, MAHA, banned books. They're of a piece. They're trying to disenfranchise you of your brain. Keep thinking.

Thanks for sharing this!

Poetry at a little free library in Austin TX: In a yard of fallen yellow peaches I am listening, by Andrew Hemmert (Missouri Review, Summer 2025).

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

"First, videos that suck are the future. If I could make a video that sucks this much in one hour, imagine how hard I could make something suck in two hours, or even three."

Bill filed in #Florida Legislature would make every single college & university name one street after Charlie Kirk. And the bill even specifies WHICH street at each one. (But the governor doesn't want streets used for political messages, which is why no rainbows!) www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

One week left!

Our NaPoMo Contest Issue closes October 15. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this incredible collection of poems!

Send us your strongest work today: ironhorse.submittable.com

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Poets, Shenandoah reading periods are coming up fast! The one for Virginia poets will stay open till 10/31, but Samyak’s great call for formal experiment will hit the cap fast (I’d guess 3 days). www.shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

Wait for the contract! Nothing is final until it's in writing, and it would be unfortunate to have needlessly withdrawn one or more paid submissions before knowing for sure.