C. Dale Young's Blog, page 18

“Skin Trade” by Reginald Shepherd

And then I said, That’s what it meansto testify: to sit in the locked dark mutteringwhen you...

“In the House of the Voice of Maria Callas” by Steve Orlen

In the house of the voice of Maria Callas   We hear the baby’s cries, and the after-supper   Rattle...

“Prayer” by Francisco X. Alarcon (translated from the Spanish by Francisco Aragón)

I want a godas my accomplicewho spends nightsin housesof ill reputeand gets up lateon Saturdaysa...

“Truth” by Gwendolyn Brooks

And if sun comesHow shall we greet him?Shall we not dread him,Shall we not fear himAfter so lengthy...

“Holy Sonnet XIV” by John Donne

Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to...

Announcing the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes

The winners of the Pulitzer Prize are:FICTION:  Colson Whitehead for The Underground RailroadPOETRY:...

“Iskandariya” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

It was not a scorpion I asked for, I asked for a fish, butmaybe God misheard my request, maybe God...

“Black Stone Over a White Stone” by César Vallejo (translated by Andrés Rojas)

PIEDRA NEGRA SOBRE UNA PIEDRA BLANCAMe moriré en París con aguacero,
un día del cual tengo ya el...

“Digging” by Seamus Heaney

Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests; snug as a gun.Under my window, a clean rasping...

Congratulations to the 2017 Guggenheim Fellows in Poetry and Fiction!

POETRYMichelle Boisseau Victoria Chang Jennifer Grotz Matthea Harvey Ishion Hutchinson Davis McCombs...