Poetry Foundation Newsletter: October 2, 2024

Poetry Foundation Newsletter [An expressionistic painting of a blue man in a black sweater standing in front of a window with his arms crossed. Outside of the window is green grass, gray clouds, and a pink sky.] Article In Place of Memory, Belief  BY Nick Ripatrazone Through his ancient syntaxes, Carl Phillips suggests directness and clarity are neither possible nor perfect in art. [Read More]( Inside the October 2024 Issue [image] [View Issue]( [arrow] Jalynn Harris Yasmine Ameli Li-Young Lee Faisal Mohyuddin Kao Nhia Kue Latif Askia Ba Shane McCrae Rosabetty Muñoz C. Dale Young Mary B. Moore Molly Peacock Joseph Millar Lindsay Turner Ocean Vuong Athena Nassar Rae Armantrout & many others Article Disobedient Methods: On Li-Young Lee BY Ocean Vuong Looking back at his six volumes, what becomes clear is a deliberate and calculated disobedience. Lee’s obsessions—love, family, faith, the divine, food, the body and its myriad mirages—return without apology. [Read More]( [Black and white portrait of Li-Young Lee wearing a suit. Lee is not facing the camera and looks off and to the side.] Collection Planting Our Poetry Garden BY Evalena Lakin A collection of poems for children about flowers, fruits and vegetables, garden critters, and gardening, presented by reading level. [Explore our Poetry Garden]( [Learning Prompt.jpeg] Book Review After Image by Jenny George Reviewed BY Leonora Simonovis George’s images are vivid and haunting, with an almost surreal quality to them. In these poems, death is both protagonist and guide, lifting the proverbial veil and allowing the speaker to imagine what lies beyond. [Read More]( [Unnamed] Book Review Green Island Liz Countryman Reviewed BY Virginia Konchan Anchored in family, place, and a postmodern sensibility of destabilized meaning, Countryman’s vertiginous poems are held together rhythmically. [Read More]( [9781961209084] Poem of the Day October Guest Editor: Theaster Gates Start each day with a poem delivered to your inbox! Our October guest editor is Theaster Gates, an artist whose practice finds roots in conceptual formalism, sculpture, space theory, land art, and performance. Gates curated poems on the theme of Black Madonnas. His guest editor’s post explores the connections between growing up among powerful Black women, including his mother, and the empowerment he sees stemming from poetry. [Learn more about Gates’s poem selections]( From The Guest Editor [image] Theaster Gates (he/him) is an artist whose practice finds roots in conceptual formalism, sculpture, space theory, land art, and performance. [Read Full Biography]( Featured Podcasts VS Tank and Jamila vs. Poetic Roots In today’s episode, Brittany and Ajanae have the pleasure of talking to poets and artists Tank (from Tank and the Bangas) and Jamila Woods. Tank and Jamila take time before their tour to talk with our VS hosts about their entryways into poetry, how place influences their sound, the questions they hold in their minds while creating, and of course, how poetry intersects with the rest of their creative practice. [arrow] [Listen to Audio]( [More Podcasts]( [arrow] [Poetry Magazine] [Subscribe Today!]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA [The Poetry Foundation](