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In memoriam: Paris, November 13th, 2015
When intimate strangers, those who were in but not of our lives, disappear, no understudy gets patched in to the piece. Neither players nor spectators pay much attention, but their absence – an absence…
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Pain doesn’t hurt. Fear does: an interview with poet Gustavo Barrera Calderón [by Kathleen Heil]
Gustavo Barrera Calderón. Dear Readers, As many of us process the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election with anger and sadness, I hope that Gustavo Barrera Calderón's words might be a small source of light…
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El dolor no duele, el miedo sí: una entrevista con el poeta Gustavo Barrera Calderón [por Kathleen Heil]
Gustavo Barrera Calderón (Santiago de Chile, 1975) ha publicado ocho libros de poemas y ha recibido el apoyo de becas de la Fundación Neruda, entre otras. Actualmente traduzco su novela en verso Cuerpo perforado…
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Seeking the Feet, part 3 [by Kathleen Heil]
Martha Graham & Erik Hawkins. Photo: William Eugene Smith Dancing is an affirmation and assertion of our humanity. Here are five poems that translate dance experiences into poetry with verve and ingenuity: Ben Belitt, "Dance Piece":…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Carmen Gimenez Smith
GIRLFRIEND from Odalisque In Pieces by Carmen Giménez-Smith Versified, we took pills and ideals. The backlit of the hills' blue against the sky plus the creamy soignée element flared around us. Under dutiful…
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Seeking the Feet, part 2 [by Kathleen Heil]
Arthur Mitchell. Photo: Columbia University Archives History teaches. America is made great by the spirit and talent of people such as Arthur Mitchell. That spirit perseveres. Marianne Moore's poem "Arthur Mitchell" captures the fine finesse of the dancer's "peacock-tail,"…
