The speaker of the poem takes the form an iced-glazed tree that’s simultaneously growing in a body of water and thawing out in the sun. So the tree is a life-in-death / death-in-life figure, which is ...

More than 50 years ago, Arthur Sze was crafting lines of poetry while sitting in a calculus class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two years later, he transferred to UC Berkeley to study ...

“Poetry is ultimate expression. When we’re deeply hurt, we write in our little journals, right? A lot of magic comes out of those words. Much of that magic is poetry,” said Marilyn Chin, one of ...

Matwaala, a South Asian Diaspora Poets’ Collective, launched its inaugural South Asian Poetry Film Fest, MATWAALA MEHFILM 2025, on October 4th at the South Asia Institute in Chicago (SAI). The ...

It was music when the lion walked into my home. Traditionally considered an image of masculine power, the lion roams through the poems in Tina Chang’s latest collection — then takes an unexpected turn ...

Ever since she invited me to a Diwali celebration at her home, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know poet and scholar Monica Mody. It was my first time celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights ...