In honor of the contributions renowned poet Gregory Djanikian (b. 1949) has made to the field and study of literature, The Adroit Journal is proud to announce the second-ever class of Gregory…
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While driving through West Virginia, the speaker in Erika Meitner’s poem, “Austerity,” listens to Blue…
How to Shout at the Storm: A Conversation with Yalie Kamara
Yalie Kamara is a Sierra Leonean-American writer and an Oakland native. She’s the author of A Brief Biography of My Name (Akashic Books/APBF, 2018), which was included in New–Generation African Poets: A…
RAISE YOUR GLASS: Adroit Meets the 2019 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!
We’re over the moon for the Adroit students who are recipients of 41 Scholastic Art…
On the Environmental Gaze & Writing Big: A Review of Ada Limón’s ‘The Carrying’
In her fifth poetry collection, The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018), Ada Limón reveals the natural world as only she can, parsing from seemingly commonplace images profound inquiries into sacrifice, motherhood, memory, and…
Self-Creation: A Review of S. Brook Corfman’s ‘Luxury, Blue Lace’
S. Brook Corfman’s prize-winning first full-length collection Luxury, Blue Lace (Autumn House Press, 2019) enacts…