Rotunda Viewing
For the late President Jimmy Carter, a man of a common faith.
Journalism in Verse
The Arctic is On Fire [AUDIO]
By Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. When the fire starts in us, will we
The Addictive Futility of Hope [AUDIO]
By Brent Terry. A poet conjures an imaginary art installation as testimony
Out of Oakland Ashes [AUDIO]
By Emily Ruth Hazel. Ruminations on artists who dare to claim housing, even if they have to build it themselves.
Afterimages [AUDIO]
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. A poem on how the focus of the abortion fight has changed.
Still I Will Not Wear His Name [AUDIO]
By Emily Ruth Hazel. Less than half of all the arms raised were for him.
Ain’t Country Like You [AUDIO]
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. You act like there’s only one way to be country.
The Sight of Dusk [AUDIO]
By Lauren Camp. "We sit on the porch as tuneless cars repeat / their litany in distant atmosphere."
Hung Lyres for Mohamedou Ould Slahi [AUDIO]
By Philip Metres. A poem for the Guantanamo detainee who wrote a book about his torture, Mohamedou Ould Slahi.
Water Is Life [AUDIO]
By Craig Santoz Perez. A poem written in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all peoples protecting the waters of this
Woman Mourning Son [AUDIO]
By Philip Metres. A woman in Iraq mourns her son, caught in the crosshairs of an F-16.
