“Mise en Abyme,” a Poem by Lisa Russ Spaar
From the Collection Soul Cake
By Lisa Russ Spaar | May 6, 2026
“The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a Poem by Amanda Nadelberg
From the Collection Shake Until Cloudy
“Mise en Abyme,” a Poem by Lisa Russ Spaar
“Mise en Abyme,” a Poem by Lisa Russ Spaar
From the Collection Soul Cake
By Lisa Russ Spaar | May 6, 2026
“The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a Poem by Amanda Nadelberg
From the Collection Shake Until Cloudy
An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
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Essaying a broken heart, the New Yorker puts her voice front and centre for her most accessible work yet, though still with…
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“What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” –TS…
