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Writing Jazz Wrong

Poet and jazz musician Al Basile discusses the creative process

10 hrs ago

"Hansel": A Poem by Lea Graham

"In old Icelandic: / the joining of hands."

Jul 5

The Fortnightly Interview: Do It For The Mystery

Kathleen Rooney is interviewed by Joshua Corey and Robert Archambeau.

Jul 2

The Fortnightly Review in Review: June 2025

Magic and terror

Jul 2

"Short Song" and One Other Poem by Nathaniel Mackey

"So spoke the / A string, rubbed and let / go"

Jun 28

Poetry

"Hansel": A Poem by Lea Graham

"In old Icelandic: / the joining of hands."

Jul 5

"Short Song" and One Other Poem by Nathaniel Mackey

"So spoke the / A string, rubbed and let / go"

Jun 28

"Public Works" and Another Poem by David Kaufmann

"This poem is a poem that takes you by / The arm"

Jun 14

"20 Epigrams and a Song of Despair": Poems by Anthony Madrid

"She looked at the woodsman’s ax / and its edge…"

Jun 7

Fiction

Fiction by Steve Tomasula: "Alien in the Firing Room"

"One of the shadows of the moon seemed to be descending."

Jun 18

Fiction by Ed Park: The Good Neighbor

"The good neighbor is feeling a tad claustrophobic."

May 14

Fiction by Christine Hume: "Blazon"

"We finally found a still spot inside us, and we stayed there until it was over."

Apr 12

Fiction by Lance Olsen: "hanging scene #1—“it’s on her”—goodbye"

"you’ve got to love it all away—your life—your grief—"

Mar 15

Translations

Translation: "Blueprint for a Poem Based on Celebrity Models" and Four Other Poems by Ion Monoran

Translated from the Romanian by Marius Surleac and Marc Vincenz

Jun 21

Translation: Bring a Stone to Your Chest, New Poems by Franca Mancinelli

Translated from the Italian by John Taylor

May 7

Translation: "First Humans" and Three Other Poems by Maciej Robert

Translated from the Polish by Piotr Florczyk

Apr 16

Translation: Six Poems by Klaus Merz

Translated from the German by Marc Vincenz

Mar 26

Dispatches

Dispatch from Rome: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like…

Confessions of a Reluctant Catholic (Bookended by Two Popes)

Jun 26

Dispatch from the Moon: Soft Landing

"Moon at my shoulder / a constant inconstancy / immaculate evening sky"

May 28

4:50

Jason Stoneking: Bespoke Books, Portrait Sittings, and Paris Heretics

"It was around eight years ago now that I finally decided to stop typing things."

Apr 26

Cassandra Atherton: Alice in Wonderland in Japan

“The first dollars used in postwar Japan are on women’s bodies.”

Mar 22

Interviews

The Fortnightly Interview: Do It For The Mystery

Kathleen Rooney is interviewed by Joshua Corey and Robert Archambeau.

Jul 2

The Fortnightly Interview: The Potential Power of the Smallest Poem

Kelvin Corcoran in conversation with poet Peter Riley

Jun 4

The Fortnightly Interview: The Past Can Come at You Like a Dagger

Susan Blumberg-Kason in conversation with Robin Hemley, author of How to Change History: A Salvage Project

May 3

The Fortnightly Interview: Making Friends with Failure

Jeremy T. Wilson chats with Vincent Francone, author of A Book No One Wants

Apr 5

The Fortnightly Interview: Answering History with Robert Pinsky

Joshua Corey chats with former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

Mar 1

Criticism

The Lure of Machine Logic: On Will Alexander

KPrevallet reviews Will Alexander's The Coming Mental Range

Jun 11

Recollection, but Not in Tranquility: On Desmond Egan

Donald Gardner reviews Desmond Egan's Laptop

Apr 19

The University of Closed Minds: On Julian Stannard

Anthony Howell reviews Julian Stannard's The University of Bliss

Mar 29

The Bus to Hell: On Yuval Sharon

Peter O'Brien reviews Yuval Sharon's A New Philosophy of Opera

Mar 8

Marginalia

Writing Jazz Wrong

Poet and jazz musician Al Basile discusses the creative process

10 hrs ago

The Fortnightly Review in Review: June 2025

Magic and terror

Jul 2

The Fortnightly Review in Review: May 2025

Closing out our third issue with a little help from Margaret of Anjou

Jun 2

The Fortnightly Review in Review: April 2025

The Editor-in-Chief looks back at the cruelest month with the help of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

May 1

The Fortnightly Review in Review: March 2025

Notes from the editor on our first issue

Mar 31

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Dispatch from Rome: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like…

Confessions of a Reluctant Catholic (Bookended by Two Popes)

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Translation: "Blueprint for a Poem Based on Celebrity Models" and Four Other Poems by Ion Monoran

Translated from the Romanian by Marius Surleac and Marc Vincenz

Jun 21

Fiction by Steve Tomasula: "Alien in the Firing Room"

"One of the shadows of the moon seemed to be descending."

Jun 18

"Public Works" and Another Poem by David Kaufmann

"This poem is a poem that takes you by / The arm"

Jun 14

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Jun 11

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The Fortnightly Review in Review: May 2025

Closing out our third issue with a little help from Margaret of Anjou

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