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Filling in the Fragments

Filling in the Fragments

Diane Rayor on translating the poetry of Sappho

Stephanie Bastek

Reading the Trail Trees

Reading the Trail Trees

Alexander Nemerov on his efforts to resurrect the spirits of our lost woods

Stephanie Bastek

Chaucer’s Leading Lady

Chaucer’s Leading Lady

Marion Turner on our enduring fascination with the Wife of Bath

Stephanie Bastek

The Comic Queen of Metafiction

The Comic Queen of Metafiction

Gunnhild Øyehaug talks about her twisted new collection of short stories

Stephanie Bastek

Justice, Arrested

Justice, Arrested

Joanna Schwartz on the difficulty of holding the police accountable

Stephanie Bastek

Past is Present

Past is Present

Marie Arana on how violence, exploitation, and religion have ruled Latin America’s history—and might portend its future

Stephanie Bastek

The Promised Land of the Pampas

The Promised Land of the Pampas

Javier Sinay on the forgotten history of the first Jewish immigrants in Argentina

Stephanie Bastek

Medieval Madams

Medieval Madams

Eleanor Janega on the overlooked lives of ordinary women

Stephanie Bastek

The Sensual Sargent

The Sensual Sargent

Paul Fisher on the restless life of an American great

Stephanie Bastek

Lost in Smog

Lost in Smog

Darren Byler on translating the fiction of Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun

Stephanie Bastek

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Read me a Poem

“Three O’Clock 1942” by Grace Cavalieri

“Three O’Clock 1942” by Grace Cavalieri

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“Black Mother Woman” by Audre Lorde

“Black Mother Woman” by Audre Lorde

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“My Grandmother’s Love Letters” by Hart Crane

“My Grandmother’s Love Letters” by Hart Crane

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“The Hospital” by Patrick Kavanagh

“The Hospital” by Patrick Kavanagh

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“Not Only the Eskimos” by Lisel Mueller

“Not Only the Eskimos” by Lisel Mueller

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“The Dacca Gauzes” by Agha Shahid Ali

“The Dacca Gauzes” by Agha Shahid Ali

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“The Hollow Men” by T. S. Eliot

“The Hollow Men” by T. S. Eliot

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“Recuerdo” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Recuerdo” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“Postscript” by Seamus Heaney

“Postscript” by Seamus Heaney

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider

“The Patience of Ordinary Things” by Pat Schneider

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

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