Between Memory and History
April 26, 2024
Ward Toward is the 118th volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which Cindy Juyoung Ok moves assuredly between spaces—from the psych ward to a prison cell, from… READ MORE
Category: Poetry
Burning With Passion: Selected Poems from Catullus
April 19, 2024
Stephen Mitchell, who is known for bringing ancient texts to vibrant new life, has now translated Catullus’s poems for a new generation of readers in Catullus: Selected Poems. Join us as… READ MORE
Selected Poems From The Earth in the Attic
April 12, 2024
In The Earth in the Attic, Fady Joudah, a Palestinian-American physician, explores big themes—identity, war, religion, what we hold in common—while never losing sight of the quotidian, the specific. Join us as… READ MORE
Finding Hope Among the Fragments
March 21, 2024
Ward Toward is the 118th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which Cindy Juyoung Ok moves assuredly between spaces—from the psych ward to a prison cell, from… READ MORE
It Cannot Be Exhausted: Yale Younger Poets Remember Louise Glück
October 23, 2023
Jennifer Banks and Jessie Kindig— We were heartbroken to learn of Louise Glück’s passing on Friday, October 13, 2023. From 2003 until 2010, Glück served as judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets,… READ MORE
Ep. 119—The World’s First Media Celebrity
August 29, 2023
Acclaimed translator Sarah Ruden talks with us about her new biography, Vergil: The Poet’s Life. In this volume of the Ancient Lives Series, Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and… READ MORE
To Forget What We Are Carrying
August 25, 2023
Carl Phillips— When I was ten, I wanted to learn to play the clarinet and eventually join the school band. But (or And, or So—) my father found an affordable,… READ MORE
I Had a Dream About You
June 29, 2023
Selected by Nobel Prize laureate and competition judge Louise Glück as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, Richard Siken’s Crush is a powerful collection of poems driven… READ MORE
My Trade is Mystery: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Carl Phillips
May 12, 2023
In My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an “apprenticeship to what… READ MORE
Poetry Month 2023: What We Live For, What We Die For
April 26, 2023
Serhiy Zhadan— What We Live For, What We Die For is an introduction to an original poetic voice from eastern Ukraine with deep roots in the unique cultural landscape of… READ MORE
The Musics of Michel Leiris