I wrote about a new edition of Emily Dickinson’s letters—and about what letters can and cannot do—for The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

When Emily Dickinson Mailed It In

The supposed recluse constantly sent letters to friends, family, and lovers. What do they show us?

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What can a poem do in the face of calamity? I talked with Huda Fakhreddine about “Pull Yourself Together,” by the Palestinian poet Hiba Abu Nada. Hiba was killed in her home in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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I talked with the incomparable Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) about the origins of European lyric poetry, the nature of erotic desire, and Sappho’s “Ode to Aphrodite.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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I had such a fun time talking to the brilliant @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social about Sappho, poetics, sparrows, crushes, spells, and payback.

KJkjavadizadeh.bsky.socialMar 25, 2024 3:09pm

I talked with the incomparable Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) about the origins of European lyric poetry, the nature of erotic desire, and Sappho’s “Ode to Aphrodite.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

‎Close Readings: Emily Wilson on Sappho (

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I talked with the incomparable Emily Wilson (@emilyrcwilson.bsky.socialpodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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What is poetry for? What does it do? I talked with Robert Volpicelli about W. H. Auden’s “In Memory of W. B. Yeats,” a great poem, written in a moment of historical crisis, about poetry’s limits. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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