"Translating Zang Di’s work is always a deep pleasure, although the topic of this particular poem is that of a devastating loss. Yet throughout his work, Zang Di reminds us that 'the dark also offers the benevolence of darkness,' perhaps an especially important lesson in these dark times. Poetry from other languages and cultures can explode our myopic ways of thinking and biases, and is more necessary now than ever."
Eleanor Goodman on "An Instant of Immortality Primer" |
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Eight Decades of Mary Oppen
"Now, when we are more atomized than ever—by partisanship and political lies, by contagion and its economic fallout—reading Mary’s autobiography reminds us that life is important, but that living is a means to an end, not an end in itself. The end is, as she tells us from the start, meaning."
via LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS |
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Resources for Supporting and Uplifting the Black Community
Critical Resistance: "As an abolitionist organization, Critical Resistance supports abolitionist reforms to dismantle the systems of policing and works to create viable alternatives in our communities"
Showing Up For Racial Justice DC: "SURJ DC is a chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills, and political analysis to act for change."
TruArtSpeaks: "We believe in Hip Hop as an educational and social justice tool. Finding its roots in the heart of oppressed communities, Hip Hop, a universal culture, is comprised of traditions, art, artifacts, and practices that will define the resistance of global generations for years to come." |
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Poetry Daily stands with the Black community.
We oppose racism, oppression, and police brutality.
We will continue to amplify diverse voices in the poetry world.
Black Lives Matter. |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Laura Jaramillo on Lyn Hejinian’s "Gesualdo"
"It was not the first poem I loved but it was one which reshaped the foundations of what I thought poetry could be—abstract elliptical essay, sensuous discourse on aesthetic form, history, and a strange kind of oblique confession all woven together into a sprawling imagistic song." |
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