April 1, 2021
Happy National Poetry Month! To commemorate this important month, Illinois Poet Laureate and Northwestern University Press author Angela Jackson has written a statement to celebrate the rich tradition of poetry… 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
June 28, 2020
By J.V. Foix Translated from the Catalan by Lawrence Venuti From Daybook 1918: Early Fragments Fou diumenge passat, a les tres de la tarda, sobre el pont del passeig,… 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 23, 2020
Lydia Chukovskaya was an author and passionate defender of Russian letters and human rights. Her books include the frequently studied Sofia Petrovna and To the Memory of Childhood. In 1987, in the twilight… 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