July 14, 2020
by Mary Kathryn Nagel On July 9, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma, the US Supreme Court issued a watershed decision for Native American legal rights. The 5-4 decision… READ MORE
July 10, 2020
ALMOST EVERY DAY, Ruth Davis and I walk home from school together. We walk very slowly because we like to talk to each other and we don’t get much chance… READ MORE
July 6, 2020
By Sterling Brown This is not Jordan RiverThere lies not CanaanThere is stillOne more wide river to cross. This is the MississippiAnd the stars tell us onlyThat this is not… READ MORE
July 3, 2020
by Lee Bey An excerpt from Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side John Moutoussamy was the first black architect to make partner at a majority white Chicago… READ MORE
June 27, 2020
by Reginald Harris Her closet is a universe made for trying on the brightly colored dresses, a standing field of flowers wider than the cramped stamp of dirt behind the… READ MORE
June 26, 2020
By Abdul Ali She starts running. I call cheater as she gains on me, wobbling uncontrollably. That bloody fruit in my chest sags low. I want to tell her…. READ MORE
June 19, 2020
On Juneteenth 2019, Northwestern University Press was proud to publish neckbone: visual verses by avery r. young. On the first anniversary of the collection’s release, we’re pleased to re-blog a… READ MORE
June 13, 2020
NIKKY FINNEY is the author of five books of poetry, including Head Off & Split (NU Press, 2011), winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. She is the John H. Bennett, Jr., Chair… READ MORE
June 12, 2020
by Kyle Dargan We can no longer afford that particular romance. —James Baldwin Brother Rickey halts me before I cross East Capitol. He trumpets that we are at war. I… READ MORE
It Took Poetry to Get Here, It Will Take Poetry to Stay: A Guest Blog by Sarah Dowling