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Poet of the Week
Poets are, and always have been, plunderers of other poets: the true patron of poetry is Hermes, the god of thieves.
Jonathan Chan is a writer, editor, and translator of poems and essays. His first collection of poems, going home (Landmark, 2022), was a finalist for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2024. His second collection is bright sorrow (Landmark, 2025). He serves as Managing Editor of the poetry archive poetry.sg.
Laura Kasischke’s most recent collection of poetry, I WAS BONNIE & CLYDE, will be published in May of 2026 by Copper Canyon Press. She lives in Chelsea, Michigan.
Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state now living in Mexico City. She’s the author of Good Girl and Other Yearnings (Write Bloody Publishing). Her next collection, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Loves Away in Fear of Losing It (Arcana Press, September 2026) is available now for preorder. Her work has appeared in Pank, Hobart, and more. Find her on Instagram: @isabellecorreawrites and on Substack: A Poem Is A Place.
Nick Lantz is the author of five books of poetry, most recently The End of Everything and Everything That Comes After That (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024). He lives in Huntsville, Texas, with his wife and cats.
July Westhale was born in the American Southwest. Their books include moon moon, Trailer Trash, and Via Negativa. Along with Mathew Weitman and Felipe Acevedo Riquelme, they are a co-editor and translator for the Unsung Masters series collection Rolando Cárdenas: The Life and Work of a Chilean Master.
Kazim Ali coined the term "genre-queer" to refer to literature that blurs the line between poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He wrote a master's thesis on Euripides in translation. He once danced on stage with Yoko Ono. His forthcoming book of poetry is The Man in 119.
Andrew Hemmert is the author of No Longer at This Address (University of Pittsburgh Press), Blessing the Exoskeleton (University of Pittsburgh Press), and Sawgrass Sky (Texas Review Press). His poems have appeared in various magazines including Copper Nickel, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, New Ohio Review, and The Southern Review. He lives in Thornton, Colorado.
Matthew Olzmann is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Constellation Route. His next book An Oral History of the Flat Earth is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2027. He teaches at Dartmouth College.