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Essay: "...the first thing I did with my autonomy was to run down my family’s mailbox. The only thing that could transport me as far away from my small town as much as my car was literature." Read here: lithub.com/death-desire-a… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “Salvation Sonnet” by Steven Espada Dawson published by Scribner Read here: poems.com/poem/salvation…

Report: "Kwame Dawes and Lorna Dawes know there is a wealth of poetry from African authors out there. Thousands of poems, they say, sit in universities and libraries across the world, waiting..." Read here: brown.edu/news/2025-05-2… #pdnews

Today's Feature: In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Eleanor Goodman on Translating “Woman Worker” Read here: poems.com/features/what-…

Retrospective: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025): The poet of exile. "What does one do in the wake of the inevitable? Our departures are foretold. Ngugi died on May 28, 2025. A lifetime of words gifted to us, his readers, remain." Read here: frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “[do not compose a poem]” by Stanislav Belsky, translated from the Russian by olga mikolaivna. From Vestiges_07: Catachresis. Read here: poems.com/poem/do-not-co…

Today’s Featured Poem: “[On a green summer night,]” by Sayumi Kamakura, translated from the Japanese by James Shea. From Applause for a Cloud published by Black Ocean Read here: poems.com/poem/on-a-gree…

Essay: "Whitman, who lived during the birth of commercial photography, used portraits to craft a version of the self that wasn’t necessarily grounded in reality." Read here: theconversation.com/like-todays-se… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “Salute to Walt Whitman (excerpt)” by Fernando Pessoa, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa & Patricio Ferrari from The Complete Works of Álvaro de Campos published by New Directions Read here: poems.com/poem/salute-to…

Review: Tianyi considers Yuki Tanaka’s debut collection “Chronicle of Drifting.” "Yuki Tanaka’s debut full-length collection, Chronicle of Drifting (2025), creates a corridor between the living and dead." Read here: lareviewofbooks.org/article/not-th… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “A Child of Immigrants” by Ángel García from The Adroit Journal 52. Read here: poems.com/poem/a-child-o…

Essay: "Bugs are notoriously good analogues for human antics, ethics, and morality." Read here: lithub.com/in-praise-of-p… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “local remedies” by Mop-Hair from Quarterly West Issue 112 Read here: poems.com/poem/local-rem…

Essay: "What kinds of things might find a home in your poem if you expand your imagination to include unlikely source material?" Read here: pw.org/content/foreig… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “Father” by John F. Deane from John F. Deane: Selected and New Poems published by Carcanet. Read here: poems.com/poem/father/

Interview: Aimee Nezhukumatathil "As someone who has taught nature writing for decades, I can tell you when I set my students to a writing task, I ask them (in so many words) to start with and from a place of love" Read here: palettepoetry.com/2025/05/07/int… #pdnews

Today's Feature: In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Nathan Spoon on “The Three Trees at Hudimesnil” Read here: poems.com/features/what-…

Review: "Every inch of human history, particularly the history of poetry and the history of literature at large, are fair game for Broaddus’ poetry. Even if you’re standing in the present, Broaddus knows you’re dancing with the past." Read here: clereviewofbooks.com/these-lit-part… #pdnews

Today’s Featured Poem: “Crude Ash¹” by Nicholas Wong from Lana Turner Journal #17. Read here: poems.com/poem/crude-ash/

Interview: Kristin Dykstra "I grew up around a lot of music, and while harmony gives us pleasure, it speaks most powerfully in partnership with moments of dissonance." Read here: smcvt.edu/about-smc/news… #pdnews