This year, Iâll finally turn an age I canât say in Hindi. And even if I get around to finally inputting âfifteenâ into Google Translate, I still wonât know how to say it: the syllables will rust and bend around my tongue like cheap metal, and Iâll roll my ârâsâ in a way learned in…
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Completely Subjective: Jeffrey Harrisonâs âAmnesiaâ
Jeffrey Harrisonâs poem âAmnesia,â describes a scene that most people reading the poem can easily immerse themselves in. A moment of remembering something, but it being on the tip of your tongueâ a memory you can almost reach, yet one that becomes murky once specific details are required. Harrison was born in Cincinnati in 1957…
Completely Subjective: Anne Carson’s “A Fragment of Ibykos Translated Six Ways”Â
“[T]his is the magic of fragmentsâthe way that poem breaks off leads into a thought that canât ever be apprehended. There is the space where a thought would be, but which you canât get hold of. I love that space. Itâs the reason I like to deal with fragments. Because no matter what the thought…
âA Message From Tony Hoaglandâ: Eight Questions for Jeffrey Harrison
Jeffrey Harrison was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957. After graduating from Columbia University- during which he worked with various poets including Kenneth Koch and David Shapiro, Harrison went on to teach at many educational institutions like George Washington University and Phillips Academy where he was a Writer-in-Residence. Currently, he resides in Massachusetts with his…
âInterstate Highway Systemâ : Eight Questions for Adam O. Davis
âHow will you live with and within yourself under the umbrella of America?â Â – Adam O. Davis, The Best American Poetry 2021 Â This question was the spark for the award winning poem, the âInterstate Highway System,â a poem that inspires a deep wanderlust in the reader as well as reflection. The author of this poem,…
âwomen’s rights at one hundred (but who’s counting?)â: Eight Questions for Evie Shockley
As a modern day female, I don’t have to ask permission to learn, speak, or play sports. To live in a world where education, independence and self expression as assumed rights are in actuality a privilege that is taken for granted. Yet, the history of women’s rights reminds us that such freedoms were not freely…
âNight Of The Livingâ: Six Questions for Susan Leslie Moore
Susan Leslie Moore is a Portland, Oregon based poet, writer, editor, and director of Programs for Writers at Literary Arts, where she organizes writing programs and events. Mooreâs writings are known for exploring the course of identity and the tension between imagination and reality, as well as her connections to the natural world through observations…
âThe Travelersâ: Nine Questions for Abigail Dembo
One thing that’s been interesting to me for a while is about how we think about and remember the past, such as old memories, family stories, or just short moments that stick in your head for whatever reason. For this reason, Abigail Demboâs poem âThe Travelersâ gained my attention in Best American Poetry 2025. The…
âA Letter from Romeâ: Seven Questions for Morri Creech
I have always been interested in the history of the ancients, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the political disputes that end in death to the godsâ honestly anything about them is exciting to me. It’s another life that is significantly different from modern day life in so many ways. When I was looking…
