This year, I’ll finally turn an age I can’t say in Hindi. And even if I get around to finally inputting “fifteen” into Google Translate, I still won’t know how to say it: the syllables will rust and bend around my tongue like cheap metal, and I’ll roll my “r’s” in a way learned in…
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Completely Subjective: Jeffery Harrison’s “Amnesia”
Jeffery Harrison’s poem “Amnesia,” describes a scene that most people reading the poem can easily immerse themselves in. A moment of remembering something, but it being on the tip of your tongue— a memory you can almost reach, yet one that becomes murky once specific details are required. Harrison was born in Cincinnati in 1957…
Completely Subjective: Anne Carson’s “A Fragment of Ibykos Translated Six Ways”
“[T]his is the magic of fragments—the way that poem breaks off leads into a thought that can’t ever be apprehended. There is the space where a thought would be, but which you can’t get hold of. I love that space. It’s the reason I like to deal with fragments. Because no matter what the thought…
“Night Of The Living”: Six Questions for Susan Leslie Moore
Susan Leslie Moore is a Portland, Oregon based poet, writer, editor, and director of Programs for Writers at Literary Arts, where she organizes writing programs and events. Moore’s writings are known for exploring the course of identity and the tension between imagination and reality, as well as her connections to the natural world through observations…
“The Travelers”: Nine Questions for Abigail Dembo
One thing that’s been interesting to me for a while is about how we think about and remember the past, such as old memories, family stories, or just short moments that stick in your head for whatever reason. For this reason, Abigail Dembo’s poem “The Travelers” gained my attention in Best American Poetry 2025. The…
“A Letter from Rome”: Seven Questions for Morri Creech
I have always been interested in the history of the ancients, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the political disputes that end in death to the gods– honestly anything about them is exciting to me. It’s another life that is significantly different from modern day life in so many ways. When I was looking…
“The Space Between Us”: Six Questions for Ama Codjoe
As the music played through the loudspeaker I let it guide my body as I moved to the familiar rhythm. Counting the melody in my mind, I begin to dance the instinctual movements, the result of hours of practice. All other thoughts pushed aside, the world melts away; it is just me practicing my art,…
“You Know Now What’s Real”: Eight Questions for Timothy Donnelly
Every time I’m on social media, I see some crazy video that just makes me stop in awe and ask the question, “Is that really real?” Our digitalized world in the 21st century has spiraled out of control. The overabundance of media on platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, etc. has become integrated into our lives…
Completely Subjective: Alex Dimitrov’s “Love”
Optimists are some of the scariest people out there. Not the kind that see the glass half full or see the greener grass on their side of life. I’d go as far as identifying myself with that kind of optimist (occasionally). No, I’m referring to those who see the glass half overflowing, those who seem…