From the Newsroom

Ted Kooser introduces a poem by Wesley McNair.

Carol Rumens introduces a poem by John Dofflemyer.

Thomas Lynch's first collection of fiction reviewed by James Cihlar.

Iraq and Afghanistan: "the well-written wars."

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds, by Lyndall Gordon, reviewed by Frances Wilson.

Cathy Galvin talks with poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy about poetry and love.

Pat Mora's Dizzy in Your Eyes reviewed by Rigoberto González.

Bards of the Beltway:
Dan Zak looks into Full Moon on K Street.

Tony Hoagland's Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty reviewed by Joel Brouwer.

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's The Sun-Fish reviewed by Sean O'Brien.

John Burnside's memoir, Waking up in Toytown, reviewed by Carlo Gébler.

Francine Prose on Mary Karr's Lit: A Memoir.

Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch, translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld reviewed by Adam Kirsch.

Tony Hoagland's Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty reviewed by Dwight Garner.

U, S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and the Library of Congress launch Poetry for the Mind's Joy web page. MORE