Ode to Atmosphere
dear dairy cow
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH PAUAHTUN
A commotion at the lake
in the center of our cul-de-sac
Three Poems
In the house no one dreams of contradicting the father
art from the artist
Whose self is bigger than their body
Interview// “To Bear Witness to One’s Own Life”: A Conversation Between Hyejung Kook & Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Mia Ayumi Malhotra’s latest book Mothersalt (Alice James Books, 2025) explores the tenderness and strangeness of childbirth, pregnancy, and early motherhood as well as what it means to be “that …
Interview// “On Forsaking / Invoking / Grieving”: A Conversation with Kelly Hoffer
“Naming grief might risk forsaking it, but naming can also be an invocation. I write about my mother and so here she is, brightening the pain I thought I put to bed.”—Kelly Rose Hoffer
Patterns and Tremble: On Richard Meier’s A Duration and A Companion
“The predicament becomes living in “this present tense that refuses no one” while acknowledging that writing from life, however fast, is writing the past.”
2026 James Welch Prize
We are delighted to feature our 2026 James Welch Prize winners and finalists in our online folio.
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