Petrarch’s Hangover: An Argument in Five Sonnets
An exploration of disproportion in the Petrarchan sonnet structure, looking at a James Joyce-designed necklace and poetry from the 14th century to the present.
An exploration of disproportion in the Petrarchan sonnet structure, looking at a James Joyce-designed necklace and poetry from the 14th century to the present.
An exploration of “the collusion and collision of peoples and cultures” in the poetry of Victor Hernández Cruz.
A look at a poem by Cynthia Cruz, who uses “the fragment and a truncated rhythm” to depict a speaker at odds with a city’s opulence.
An examination of a poem by C. P. Cavafy in which “the city triggers memory, keeps receipts, and preserves the details of personal tragedy and transgression.”
Rigoberto González explores the poem “Mannahatta,” Whitman’s ode to “a skyline made of iron and cement.”
A look at Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” as a cautionary tale of the end of a great king and his empire.
MacArthur Award-winning poet and critic Edward Hirsch considers how five 19th- and 20-century poets treat luminous moments and visionary experiences. It is “Within a Moment: a Pulsation of…
Carl Phillips
L.A. Times Book Award-winner Carl Phillips discusses how pattern makes for meaning and muscularity in five poems. Author of over a dozen poetry books and two…
Erica Hunt (c) Erika Kapin
Poet, essayist, and teacher Erica Hunt considers five poems and how they frame time: tense, tempo, slippage, archive, and prophecy. Author of several books of poetry, including …
Lambda Award-winning poet Rigoberto González considers five poems that explore the city. As the bittersweet symbol of order and chaos, progress and decay, community and overcrowding, the city…