Gwendolyn Brooks had already become the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry when fellow poet Marianne Moore sent this letter...
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Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Christopher Soto
What would you like to see change in the literary world, or how would you “Better” American poetry? Can American poetry be “bettered?” Get rid...

Report from the Field: The Publishing Process Is Archaic
I’m closing Five Quarterly. We’re a small, online lit mag that has existed by word-of-mouth and by support of our amazing writers and editors. We’ve...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Cynthia Cruz
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? I have been reading books on various artist collectives, including collectively run art spaces as...

Report from the Field: The Other Section
I attempt to practice a feminism rooted essentially in intersectionality. As a woman who has had the privilege of studying feminist theory that illuminates the...

Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It
I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase in reference to myself: I don’t know how she does it. Perhaps it was when...