Sally Wen Mao is the author of Oculus (Graywolf Press, 2019) and Mad Honey Symposium (Alice James Books). Her work has won a 2017 Pushcart Prize. The recipient of fellowships and scholarships from…
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…
Conversations with Contributors: Kyle Dargan
Kyle Dargan is the author of five collections of poetry. His most recent being Anagnorisis (TriQuarterly/Northwestern UP, 2018). His four previous collections, Honest Engine (2015), Logorrhea Dementia (2010), Bouquet of Hungers (2007) and The Listening (2003)—were all published by the University of…
Announcing The Adroit Journal’s 2019 Djanikian Scholars!
In honor of the contributions renowned poet Gregory Djanikian (b. 1949) has made to the…
An Elegant Mixtape: A Review of ‘Holy Moly Carry Me’ by Erika Meitner
While driving through West Virginia, the speaker in Erika Meitner’s poem, “Austerity,” listens to Blue Öyster Cult, beckoning her reader to “Go off the fiscal cliff with me, baby. I’m ready.” And…