Making the Invisible Visible: A Conversation with Phillis Levin by Frances Richey
Making the Invisible Visible A Conversation with Phillis Levin by Frances Richey Phillis Levin’s new collection, An Anthology of Rain, begins with an invitation and ends with a reckoning. In between are metaphysical, lyrical, mesmerizing poems. Last December we had a far-ranging conversation about her new book, about her influences and the rich experiences that feed
A Hope Abandoned: Navalny’s Death in Twenty Poems
This month’s eloquent short essay, “Hope Abandoned” by the Russian expatriate poet, essayist, and anthologist Julia Nemirovskaya, introduces the homage to Aleksey Navalny in the wrenching elegies by eminent Russophone poets dedicated to his memory. The contributing translators and Julia Nemirovskaya are all members of the Kopilka Project. I am grateful to my friend and former student Irina Mashinski, also
An Interview with Gloria Mindock, Founding Editor and Publisher of Červená Barva Press by Amanda Newell
I'm excited about this interview because I want to know what your secret is and how you manage to do all that you do! You're an incredibly prolific writer, and as the Founding Editor and Publisher of Červená Barva Press, you're deeply engaged with the writing community both in the United States and abroad.On making disorder make sense, on learning the voice of another: Interview with poet and translator David Rigsbee by Mihaela Moscaliuc and Judith Vollmer
On making disorder make sense, on learning the voice of another: Interview with poet and translator David Rigsbee by Mihaela Moscaliuc and Judith Vollmer David Rigsbee’s Watchman in the Knife Factory: New and Selected Poems (Black Lawrence Press, 2024) and his translation of Dante’s Paradiso (Salmon Poetry, 2023) are the most recent additions to an extraordinary body of work.
