An exciton consists
of the escaped negative
(electron)
and the positive hole
it left behind.
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An exciton consists / of the escaped negative / (electron) / and the positive hole / it left behind.
An exciton consists
of the escaped negative
(electron)
and the positive hole
it left behind.
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‘I alone know a running stream
that is recovery partly and dim sweat
of a day-fever’
A poem by Rowan Evans.
‘Humour is a thread we hang onto. It punctures through the fog of guilt.’
Momtaza Mehri in conversation with Warsan Shire.
‘Something shifted in me that night. A small voice in my head said, maybe you can make a way for yourself as a poet here, too.’
Mary Jean Chan in conversation with Andrew McMillan.
‘There was to be an exhibition. There were lots of pictures like his, apparently – of waiters, pastry cooks, valets, bellboys.’
An essay by Jason Allen-Paisant from Granta 159: What Do You See?
‘I have started to see that nothing is itself’
A poem by Jason Allen-Paisant from Granta 154: I’ve Been Away for a While.
Rae Armantrout’s most recent books are Finalists, Conjure and Wobble. In 2010 her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the current judge of the Yale Younger Poets Prize.
Photograph © Andrea-Augé
‘When you wake up, / you will remember nothing of this.’
‘Curses’, ‘Familiar Ground’ and ‘Lions’ by Rae Armantrout.
‘Music needs silence / more than silence needs music.’ New poetry by Rae Armantrout.
‘Jacob spells ‘idiosyncratically’ and nods at the ‘That is correct,’ as if to say, ‘Damn right that is correct, lady.’’
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