April 22, 2021
In honor of National Poetry Month, Northwestern University Press would like to share a poem written by our director and published poet, Parneshia Jones! Parneshia’s collection, Vessel: Poems (Milkweed Editions), is… READ MORE
March 3, 2021
Kentucky native poet Ellen Hagan will discuss her poetry, her new book, and what makes poetry/prose so important. Ellen will also do a private reading from her poetry collection and… READ MORE
June 5, 2020
Kara Jackson open and picked apart the heart of America that beats too fast, because if you don’t run quick enough, you don’t know who will shoot you. In Chicago,… READ MORE
June 2, 2020
Patricia Smith For avery r. young Baby girls boom. Baby girls blow and burn, skin balloons, booms. Baby girls burn, boom. The Lord dangles, festive and helpless. Hymnals blacken while… READ MORE
October 21, 2019
Far more than a protest anthology, Martin Espada’s What Saves Us brings together portraits of Trump’s enablers with the myriad voices of the lost, abandoned, and marginalized. These stories of immigrants, minimum… READ MORE
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