I might not have ever managed to get even a mention in the NY Times but I’ve got something over some of their writers...
Grammar-Conscious [Poetry]
The Poetry Of Compelling Perspectives [Featured Poet]
Born in 1969, Ranjit Hoskote is a Mumbai-based poet, art theorist, independent curator. He is the author of five collections of poetry: Zones of Assault, The Cartographer's Apprentice, The Sleepwalker's Archive, Vanishing Acts: New & Selected Poems 1985-2005 and Central Time. He has edited an anthology of fourteen contemporary Indian poets. He writes in English.
From Student to Teacher [Feature Article]
Hailing from North Branch, Minnesota less than an hour from Saint Paul, Mikayla Hensch grew up hearing about Hamline from her father, who attended for his own degree. When she toured for herself, the decision was made.
Poet for Hire [Guest Q&A]
I’ve been writing poetry since I was 17, and I grew up with typewriters; my father was a bit of a hoarder and he had about 12 of them all around the house. Even though I used typewriters for writing poems, it wasn’t until I met Robert that it ever occurred to me to take one into the street. Even after I met him and saw him doing it, at first I refused to believe that I was capable of writing spontaneously.
It’s Being Loved [Poetry]
It’s being loved but forgetting what it feels like It’s realizing why you doodle flowers at the top of your paper you are so used to being stepped on or picked to be thrown away....
Frankenstein [Poetry]
When I volunteer at the clinic It means standing outside as a buffer....
On Writing, Even When You Falter [Q&A]
At times I do lose faith in writing, but it is more driven by negative inputs from people around. These inputs maybe like: What do you earn out of writing? Is it your bread and butter? You are rejected by so many publishers (despite not asking about any payment), so what’s the fun in doing something where you only get rejections? Can you earn a living out of writing? Who will take care of family and daily life needs?
Of Flesh and Spirit – Wang Ping
Wang Ping (born August 14, 1957) is a Chinese-American poet, writer, photographer, performance and installation artist, dancer, singer, and professor of English at Macalester College.
X/III/MMXVII [Poetry]
I was the trauma inside betrayal, the elm tree’s secondment to sea from field. Code-switching, I parted the grass...
The Funicular [Essay]
She appeared like a butterfly, without making a sound. A cool breeze accompanied her, along with the faint scent of frangipani. Then she turned and sat on the bench opposite the door. Only then was the silence interrupted...
