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Winners of the Inaugural First Things Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural First Things Poetry Prize is Josiah A. R. Cox for his poem “Two Owls.” Amit Majmudar, one of...
Introducing the First Things Poetry Prize
Perhaps you have heard: First Things has started a poetry prize. You can read about the submission requirements here. We will select two winning poems for publication and award...
Fight with Style
Bear the standard for religious orthodoxy with First Things. Make your contribution to our 2023 spring campaign today at firstthings.com/donate. In a 1991 First Things article on pop culture, Richard John Neuhaus...
The Integrity of Poetry
Last year marked the thirtieth anniversary of Dana Gioia’s Can Poetry Matter?, a follow-up to his famous 1991 article in The Atlantic. The article and book caused quite a...
Old Possum Ain’t Dead
Eliot After ‘The Waste Land’by robert crawfordfarrar, straus and giroux, 624 pages, $40 When T. S. Eliot gave a lecture on “The Frontiers of Criticism” on April 30, 1956,...
Everyman’s Poet
Pity the Beautiful by Dana Gioia Graywolf, 80 pages, $15 Dana Gioia is one of those poets known more for his criticism and service than his own poetry. His...
