Caleb Femi’s ‘The Wickedest’ journeys through one night at London’s longest-running house party
In this exclusive excerpt from the writer and filmmaker’s forthcoming poetry collection, the underground shoob scene reveals itself minute by minute
Amber Later’s ‘Special Moss’ mines the slippages of poetry and prose
The New York-based writer’s debut collection spans four centuries while traversing mysterious landscapes
The lyric monuments of Barbara Chase-Riboud
Currently the subject of a Paris retrospective spanning eight institutions, the artist and author divulges her poetic process for these works-on-paper published for the first...
Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium
The pair sit down with Document to discuss the memory work in Okoyomon’s new poetry collection, ‘But Did You Die?’
Eli Payne Mandel’s infinite levity in ‘The Grid’
In his first book, the psychoanalyst-in-training reimagines history’s many apocalypses through lost languages, letters from exile, and dead painters
The pen, the sword, and liberation
An introduction to Palestinian resistance poetry—a medium for the reclamation of a people’s history
‘Everything is a Self-Portrait’ centers the unending self
Upon the book’s release, photographer Francis Kanai and poet Malaya Malandro join Document to discuss finding familiarity in the unfamiliar
Miami is a poem we write together
Vignettes from O, Miami Festival: bee-keeping, traffic, and readings cementing a quick-changing city’s literary scene
Maggie Millner breathes new life into old traditions with ‘Couplets’
In her searing literary debut, the poet renders a portrait of contemporary desire that resists categorization
serpentwithfeet and Danez Smith on the power of bleeding, living art
The musician and poet reflect on improvisation, performance, and finding God in their work
Arlo Parks will make you remember the potent sting of adolescence
In her debut record, the singer-songwriter approaches everyday struggles with grace—and pens poetic coming-of-age anthems that rise above their subject matter
Tao Lin’s required reading for going off-grid
Long before the global pandemic necessitated lifestyle changes for millions of Americans, Tao Lin was already seeking solace in the natural world. “The mind is...
Lessons in love from Rachel Rabbit White, the ‘Hooker Laureate of the dirtbag left’
The modern Sappho tells Document about the books that shaped her thinking on desire and romance
Jess Cole’s poetry wrests emotional intensity from everyday things
The writer and model shares three new poems from her upcoming collection "Post Love in the Time of Consumption."
Hanif Abdurraqib is on the frontlines of poetry’s democratization
The writer talks to Document about cassette nostalgia, the year 1980, and the heritage of Black American storytelling
‘The power of voice’: Amanda Gorman selects 7 poems of perseverance
In times of struggle, the Youth Poet Laureate and activist turns to Langston Hughes and Audre Lorde
Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language
The lost ’60s magazine that gave artists Sol Lewitt and Adrian Piper true conceptual freedom
Celebrating Walt Whitman’s vulnerable, inclusive patriotism on his 200th birthday
“The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or...
Fatimah Asghar talks poetry, prose and the diverse nature of being a Muslim American
Document speaks with the artist about the power of social media, expanding the narrative, and why collaboration is always her guiding principle with an exclusive...
Alok Vaid-Menon wants you to embrace vulnerability this Valentine’s day
The poet and performer, who will stage three different happenings for Valentine's Day, discusses the evolution of their personal style and challenging the established meaning...
Eileen Myles and Dennis Cooper on staying sane, sending snail mail and the old New York City
The disruptive literary figures on the inspirations and cities behind their best work
“Say Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything”
Say Bye to Reason and Hi to Everything, Published by Capricious Press, is a hybrid of poetry, criticism, and fiction. Guest-edited by New York based...
A look inside Maripol’s subliminal process
The Downtown artist, known for her styling and polaroid photography, shares an intimate diary from her forthcoming book, ‘MARIPOLA X’ for Document's Fall/Winter 2013 issue.
