Poetry has a new editor — and now a new issue. It’s time to give a fresh look at this important Chicago magazine.
CHICAGO — The new editor of Poetry magazine, one of the city’s most important and influential publications, is Adrian Matejka, a great poet and a good guy. My colleague Darcel Rockett conducted a fine interview with Matejka shortly after he took the job earlier this year. He is the magazine’s first Black editor, hired in the footsteps of Michelle Boone, who in 2021 became the first woman and ...
CHICAGO — The new editor of Poetry magazine, one of the city’s most important and influential publications, is Adrian Matejka, a great poet and a good guy.
My colleague Darcel Rockett conducted a fine shortly after he took the job earlier this year. He is the magazine’s first Black editor, hired in the footsteps of , who in 2021 became the first woman and person of color to be president of the nonprofit , which publishes the magazine. He told Rockett, “Michelle is here; our staff is incredibly diverse and we’re all holding hands
