Against the Norm
Etymologies of disability and race in the verse of Suji Kwock Kim
By Langdon Hammer Monday, June 1, 2026
Five Poems 
Model Minority, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Close Captions, The Melancholy of Anatomy, Special Needs
By Suji Kwock Kim Monday, June 1, 2026
Voyagers
The sensation of being situated across time and space in the verse of John Kinsella
By Langdon Hammer Monday, March 2, 2026
To Urbino We Go
Piero’s faces and the verse of Mary Jo Salter
By Langdon Hammer Monday, December 1, 2025
The Ancients Among Us
The present and the past in the verse of John Tripoulas
By Langdon Hammer Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Apollo and Dionysus
Henri Cole combines the formal and the sensual
By Langdon Hammer Monday, September 1, 2008
Confluences of Sound and Sense
Kay Ryan’s idiosyncratic approach to the commonplace
By Langdon Hammer Sunday, June 1, 2008
