Sydney Lea's poetry of memory
After many years looking at life in all its idiosyncrasies, Lea offers his 12th collection. It's intimate and authentic.
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Poetry grounded in place
Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.
In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.
Tales of different lands
Literature and film from England, Hungary, Japan, and Korea
The pleasures of good poems
This year, I've read the poetry of Mark Jarman, Tess Taylor, and Nicole Sealey with gratitude.
We received many poems we would have been pleased to print. In the end we chose two.
The radiance of religious poetry
Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
Paradox at the heart of poetry
The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing.
Poems in honor of a Benedictine life
Philip Kolin's longtime spiritual director was a chain-smoking oblate who fed everyone.