Atlantic Unbound Archive

Sarah Cohen

Recent articles by Sarah Cohen

January 5, 2009

Lyric and Narrative

Poet Linda Bierds talks about her career, her new collection of poetry, and her perpetual quest to capture "the grand ineffable"

July 16, 2008

The Poet's Poet

Mary Jo Salter talks about her new collection, Phone Call to the Future; editing The Norton Anthology of Poetry; and her early days as an assistant poetry editor at The Atlantic.

July 25, 2006

Poet in Residence

David Barber, The Atlantic's poetry editor, talks about the writing and teaching of poetry, and about his new collection of poems, Wonder Cabinet

July 13, 2004

Justice + Beauty = Sublime

The acclaimed poet Alice Fulton talks about Cascade Experiment, her new collection of poems, and why art must aim to be "fair"—in both senses of the word.

April 23, 2004

A Modest (Marriage) Proposal

Jonathan Rauch talks about his quest to establish a middle ground in the gay-marriage debate.