…a physical and social world not of its own making, but changing the world by its presence.| Reginald Shepherd| Pitt Poetry Series| Poetry / American / General Poetry / General…

…photographs, drone video footage, intercepted communication, and official documents, making sense of the transformations that war effects in individuals, families, and communities. Now ecstatic, now cathartic, these poems shine a…

…by making a fire map of the body. These roiling poems smack into walls of meditation, only to slide down the smooth concrete into the flatline of joy. These are…

…of a loved one as a potential site of mourning, impermanence, gratitude, memory-making, and mythopoeticism. | Samyak Shertok| Pitt Poetry Series| Poetry / American / Asian American Poetry / General…

…Of the sixteen essays, all but two include the Soviet Union, all refer to Eastern Europe, six include China, and five include Cuba.| Carmelo Mesa-Lago Carl Beck| Pitt Latin American…