'I still see it as a gift from the god. I remain grateful.'

John Hennessy discusses Pan, the Greek god who inspired one of his first pieces and spurred his shift to poetry for our #10Questions : massreview.org/node/11933

In solidarity with our local friends!

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Remembering lauded poetry critic Helen Vendler today who early in her career contributed multiple reviews for MR in its first decade. She will be missed:

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'Sometimes, as I desperately try to remember more of my childhood, consciously or subconsciously I return to those places of my past and hope to recall them in the fictive realm.'

Nayereh Doosti on remembrances that resist nostalgia for our #10Questions : massreview.org/node/11907

'What sense can be made of the vast planetary transformation we euphemistically call “climate change” will only be apparent in the aftermath.'

Recognizing #EarthDay2024 with the intro to our 2021 Climate issue by Roy Scranton: massreview.org/node/10152

'Gaza offers us a choice: will we move our world towards liberation and justice for all, or will we allow it to slip ever further into genocidal violence?'

Read our full #CallforPapers for 'The View from Gaza' :massreview.org/node/11925

I feel seen. This was such a heartwarming review.

'Through López’s expressive and captivating writing, these characters and their hardships feel tangible.'

A review by Briana Bohla of Annell López's new novel, I'LL GIVE YOU A REASON, out now from Feminist Press: massreview.org/node/11927

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'I began writing short lyrical poems in my early teens. I had no idea where they came from or what inspired them. All I remember is that they both mystified and frightened me. But I kept writing them.'

Chard deNiord on his juvenilia for our #10Questions : massreview.org/node/11921

Congrats to this year's Whiting Foundation Whiting Award winners, including MR contributor Charif Shanahan! What a fantastic cohort🎉🎉🎉

'Those Blue Ridge mountains are where I’m from and who I am and how I talk and what I mean and how I feel and think. I want my kids to scatter my ashes over some high ridge when I die.'

#poet Adrian Blevins on Appalachia's sway for our #10Questions : massreview.org/node/11911

'We believe PEN America bears a particular responsibility to call for an immediate, permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation. We know that South Africa’s freedom was won, in part, because of international pressure exerted on the apartheid government.'

Felt some of that #earthquake here in the MR office in #WesternMass 😮😮😮

Check out ICA/Boston's centennial celebration of jazz drumer and activist Max Roach, who was also a professor UMass Amherst. A full list of the events can be found here: icaboston.org/events/max-roa…

Excited to share Cassava Republic's call for submissions to their Global Black Women's Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize! Deadline of June 30th. More info can be found here: cassavarepublic.biz/black-womens-n…

'I’m sort of crepuscular. The first few hours of the day, I find my mind is flexible enough to read or write poetry. By noon, or even sooner, it’s too rigid.'

#translator Daniel Byronson on his tried-and-true for our #10Questions : massreview.org/node/11887