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Poetry

Painting of Mary Jo Salter, a woman with short hair and glasses
Q+A
What makes a poem good
Published Winter 2024
Chatting with Mary Jo Salter, the guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2024 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
cover of 'The Widow's Crayon Box's features colorful scribbles
Poetry
Varied hues of grief
Published Winter 2024
Molly Peacock's latest poetry collection is a sensual and sad ode to her late husband / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Chris Childers
Arts+culture
Chris Childers' epic accomplishment
Published June 12, 2024
Ten years in the making, poet and Writing Seminars alum Chris Childers' 956-page translation of Greek and Latin lyric verse is a 'personal odyssey' gathering over 80 poets from across eight centuries
Andrew Motion and Adam Riess
First-Year Seminar
Contemplating our place in the universe
Published Oct 13, 2021
Luminary faculty members Adam Riess, Andrew Motion engage in wide-ranging discussion ahead of upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
Book cover of 'Something Something Morning'
Rhythmical creations
Published Winter 2020
Alum Chris Mason's newest poetry collection 'Something Something Morning' exists in a "realm of profound sincerity," writes reviewer Bret McCabe / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book cover for 'Forms of Contention'
Poetry
Lines of history
Published Fall 2020
Alum Hollis Robbins' 'Forms of Contention' investigates the history of African American poetry in printed newspaper and magazines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Photograph of Chris Nealon standing next to neon lawn chairs
Poetry
Gallows humor
Published Summer 2020
In "The Shore," English professor Chris Nealon explores the highs and lows of everyday life / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Firefighter surveys damage from fire in Queensland, Australia
Intersession 2020
Poetry in the age of climate change
Published Jan 13, 2020
Johns Hopkins PhD candidate Alex Streim says poetry could give science fiction a run for its money when it comes to exploring human anxieties about our warming planet
A child looks out the door window from the room he is staying in at the Brownsville, Texas port of entry
Detention camps, in their own words
Published Sept 17, 2019
Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship hosts teach-in discussion of historic and modern day concentration camps
Detail from Stet book cover
Poetry
Worth puzzling over
Published Fall 2018
Writing Seminars professor's newest poetry collection is at once esoteric, mischievous, playful, and obscure / Johns Hopkins Magazine