Karan Kapoor is the Editor-in-Chief of ONLY POEMS and Strange Pilgrims. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets, AGNI, Shenandoah, Colorado Review, and elsewhere, fiction in JOYLAND and the other side of hope, and translations in The Offing and The Los Angeles Review. He also serves on the editorial board of Alice James Books.

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Karan Kapoor

The Knife, the Flame, the Father

Karan Kapoor ⟡ If Nothing by Matthew Nienow

Social Media and Reshaping the Creative Attention

Karan Kapoor ⟡ Conversation with Heidi Becker

All of Leonard Cohen’s Books Ranked

Karan Kapoor ⟡ Attempting the impossible

First-Year MFA Recap with Karan & Justine

Karan Kapoor ⟡ Justine Payton

Embracing Vulnerability & Craft

Karan Kapoor ⟡ Conversation with Marley Aikhionbare

Behind the Scenes of Alice James Books with Carey Salerno

Karan Kapoor ⟡ Publishing & writing poetry
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