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Translation: Excerpts from "Forest of Clues" by Véronique Cyr
Poems translated from the French by Andrea Moorhead
Writing Jazz Wrong
Poet and jazz musician Al Basile discusses the creative process
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"Hansel": A Poem by Lea Graham
"In old Icelandic: / the joining of hands."
The Fortnightly Interview: Do It For The Mystery
Kathleen Rooney is interviewed by Joshua Corey and Robert Archambeau.
The Fortnightly Review in Review: June 2025
Magic and terror

June 2025

"Short Song" and One Other Poem by Nathaniel Mackey
"So spoke the / A string, rubbed and let / go"
Dispatch from Rome: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like…
Confessions of a Reluctant Catholic (Bookended by Two Popes)
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
Fiction by Steve Tomasula: "Alien in the Firing Room"
"One of the shadows of the moon seemed to be descending."
"Public Works" and Another Poem by David Kaufmann
"This poem is a poem that takes you by / The arm"
The Lure of Machine Logic: On Will Alexander
KPrevallet reviews Will Alexander's The Coming Mental Range
"20 Epigrams and a Song of Despair": Poems by Anthony Madrid
"She looked at the woodsman’s ax / and its edge…"
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