As some readers will remember, our October 2008 issue contained a posthumous poem by Thomas Disch (along with a poem in memory of Disch by David Mason). If you want to learn more about the work of this brilliant novelist, essayist, and poet, read this piece by science fiction writer John Crowley, published in the January/February issue of Boston Review .
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…