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More PoemsMiracle Ice Cream
Miracle's truck comes down the little avenue, Scott Joplin ragtime strewn behind it like pearls, and, yes, you can feel happy with one piece of your heart. Take what's still given: in a room's rich shadow a woman's breasts swinging lightly as she bends. Early now the pearl of dusk dissolves. Late, you sit weighing the evening news, fast-food miracles, ghostly revolutions, the rest of your heart.
1995
My Philosophy of Life
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough
for another thought in my head, I had this great idea—
call it a philosophy of life, if you will. Briefly,
it involved living the way philosophers live,
according to a set of principles. OK, but which ones?
1995
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Photo credit: Jim Barnard Quan Barry
Read more about >Amy Quan Barry was born in Saigon and grew up in Boston. A poet and novelist, she holds an MFA from the University of Michigan.
Photo credit: Caroline Forbes Jamie McKendrick
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Photo credit: riel Sturchio Luis Muñoz
Read more about >Luis Muñoz is the author of seven books of poetry, including One Moment (Washington Square Press, 2026).
Texts
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Translating from Mother Tongue and Between Different Cultures | Essays | Aug 2026 |
| Poetry’s Comforts and Mysteries | Essays | Jul 2026 |
| Meditations on Metzmama | Essays | Jun 2026 |
| The Eaton Fire: One Poet Shares His Journey | Essays | Jun 2026 |
| Jubilee in the Jukebox | Essays | Jun 2026 |
Books
| Title | Author | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of the Dog | Deborah Paredez | Poetry Book | |
| Borderland Apocrypha | Anthony Cody | Poetry Book | |
| Indigo | Ellen Bass | Poetry Book | |
| DMZ Colony | Don Mee Choi | ||
| The Malevolent Volume | Justin Phillip Reed | Poetry Book |