“Poetry is a country”

Ada Limón on Andy Goldsworthy

The 24th Poet Laureate of the United States responds to Goldsworthy's Roof

Hanif Abdurraqib on Mwangi Hutter

The poet, essayist, cultural critic, and contributing writer for the New Yorker responds to Mwangi Hutter's Ours To Hold And Caress And Cherish

Heid E. Erdrich on Amedeo Modigliani

The educator, curator, interdisciplinary artist, and guest curator at the Mead Art Museum of Amherst College responds to Modigliani's Roma Woman with Baby

Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti

The professor of creative writing, Princeton University, responds to Giacometti's Walking Man II

Jason Reynolds on Gordon Parks

The 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, New York Times bestselling author, and faculty member for the Writing for Young People MFA Program at Lesley University responds to Parks's Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)

Jorie Graham on Edouard Vuillard

The Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University responds to Vuillard's Repast in a Garden.

Naomi Shihab Nye on Max Beckmann

The essayist, educator, and professor of creative writing at Texas State University responds to Beckmann's Falling Man

Teri Ellen Cross Davis on Alexander Calder

The poetry coordinator of the Folger Shakespeare Library responds to Calder's Little Spider

Victoria Chang on Anne Truitt

The Bourne Chair of Poetry at Georgia Tech, director of Poetry@Tech, and poetry editor of the New York Times Magazine (2022-2023) responds to Truitt's Mid Day