There is a quiet radiance in Ho Jae Kim’s work. It is not loud or insistent, but gently […]
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There is a quiet strength in Taiyo Na’s voice—an urgency softened by compassion, sharpened by clarity. For decades, […]
Embracing the Tender: Taiyo Na on Paradigm Shifts and Poetic ...
In this intimate conversation for Tupelo Quarterly, I sat down with poet and educator DeeSoul Carson to discuss […]
I Don’t Let My Grief Swallow My Joy: DeeSoul Carson ...
There are some artists whose work doesn’t just speak—it summons. Haolun Xu is one of them. His poems […]
What We Carry, What We Create: Haolun Xu on Grief, ...
In this conversation for Tupelo Quarterly, I had the profound honor of speaking with poet and educator Eduardo […]
“Nothing Was Sitcom Pretty Here”: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva on Cowboy Park, ...
Dorothy Chan’s work is electric. It glitters, it bites, it dares you to look—and then dares you to […]
Reclaiming Glamour, Defying Gaze: A Conversation with Dorothy Chan on ...
I first met Isabella DeSendi the way you meet certain people in this life—through the work. Her poems […]
The Fire Beneath the Tongue: Isabella DeSendi on Craft, Healing, ...
In murmurations, Anthony Thomas Lombardi doesn’t just write poems—he conjures a fugitive gospel of grief, survival, and spirit. […]
“To Be Changed and Still Haunted”: A Conversation with Anthony ...
There are writers whose work you encounter at the exact moment you need it—whose silences echo something you […]
Grief as Ghost, Grief as Guide: Chiwan Choi in Dialogue—curated ...
When I first encountered Bloodmercy, I was struck not only by its daring reimagining of Cain and Abel […]
“Blood as Language, Mercy as Rebellion”: An Interview with I.S. ...
jason b. crawford’s YEET! is a charged constellation of longing, language, and liberation—a text that sprawls, resists, and […]
A Joyful Refusal: jason b. crawford on YEET!, Black Futurity, ...
It’s rare to encounter a collection that doesn’t just demand your attention—but refuses to let you look away. […]