On Milk and Motherhood
By Sheila Heti and Dorothea LaskySheila Heti and Dorothea Lasky discuss their new books
Jen Bervin: Silk Poems
Between the CoversBetween the Covers host David Naimon talks with Jen Bervin about her new poetry collection.
Podcast
Poetry
The Devil Says Maybe I Like It
By Wendy BourgeoisOn Yeats, tarot, and meaning machines.
Reading Lines
Poetry
Why Do We Want to Find Each Other Again?
By Patrick HaasNotes on Alice Notley’s Live in Seattle from Fonograf Records.
Recordings
Poetry
A Public Apology
By Wendy BourgeoisPoking a stick at the “Angel in the House.”
Reading Lines
Poetry
Beauty is Not Democracy
By Wendy BourgeoisIf it truly were an age of beauty, we would have better theories.
Reading Lines
Poetry
There is a Light that Never Goes Out
By Wendy BourgeoisSex, death, and lines from Philip Larkin.
Reading Lines
Poetry
Entire Life in a First Line
By Patrick McGintyStudent poetry versus the Internet “explainer.”
The Conventionalist
Books
Behavior is a Pile of Clothes
By Wendy BourgeoisA woman was almost president, and the earnestness of her dress was no small matter. She could not look as if she cared, but it was absolutely forbidden for her to look as if she didn’t.