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Next Line, Please

Each Tuesday, our readers contribute a new line of verse—or a completed poem—in collaboration with a renowned poet.

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A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning

by David Lehman | Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Poetry Noir

Poetry Noir

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Get Hurt—or Go Back to Work

Get Hurt—or Go Back to Work

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 23, 2019
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Starting With the End

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Two rings

The Marriage Equation

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 09, 2019
A picture of a statue of a man standing on a globe

Patricians and Peasants

by David Lehman | Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Two birds on a wire

Updike on Couples

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Person walking down stairs, black and white photo

Nine-Line Stanzas

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Black and white

Impromptu

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 11, 2019
A Sonnet Is Ample Space

A Sonnet Is Ample Space

by David Lehman | Tuesday, June 04, 2019
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

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One Hundred Best American Novels

by David Handlin

The first of November doesn’t only herald a season of fall leaves, football, and Thanksgiving feasting. It’s also the start of National Novel Writing Month, when writers across the country take to their desks—or coffeeshop tables, couches, and bars—to try to pen a 50,000-word novel by the end of the month. Not feeling the writerly inspiration yet? Take a peek at David Handlin’s roundup of the 100 best American novels. It just might inspire you to write the 101st.