Jonathan Farmer
Jonathan Farmer

Jonathan Farmer is the editor-in-chief and poetry editor of At Length.

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Feb. 4 2015 9:36 AMThe Now Is FallingKathleen Ossip’s poetry delights in the imperfect present.Jonathan Farmer
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Oct. 9 2014 11:44 AMBlackness VisibleClaudia Rankine’s poems explore how to write about yourself when your language pretends you don’t exist.Jonathan Farmer
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June 2 2014 11:34 AMSteak-Umm out of Sacred CowsPatricia Lockwood’s poetry, and the discomfort it’s meant to cause squares like me.Jonathan Farmer
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Feb. 6 2014 7:43 AMErica Dawson’s Poems Read Like Wile E. Coyote Right After Running off the CliffJonathan Farmer
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Oct. 11 2013 12:07 PMOr and OrCarl Phillips’ poetry is haunted by all that cannot co-exist.Jonathan Farmer
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June 7 2013 9:20 AMThe Love of Two People Staring in the Same DirectionA new book of poems from American master Frank Bidart.Jonathan Farmer
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Jan. 4 2013 11:34 PMLove Letters to Kenny G, Dave Chappelle, and RuPaulMarcus Wicker’s poetry buzzes with the energy, and loneliness, of pop culture.Jonathan Farmer
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Sept. 7 2012 11:06 PMUse Your IllusionsThe poet John Koethe has the soul of a philosopher.Jonathan Farmer
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March 31 2012 12:01 AMBeauty and ViolencePaisley Rekdal’s poetry explores the effect humans have on the natural world—and vice versa.Jonathan Farmer
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Nov. 5 2014 1:19 PMPretending to Be MeA new biography of Philip Larkin can’t face his flaws.Jonathan Farmer
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Aug. 6 2014 8:56 AMThe Book of InjusticeTarfia Faizullah’s poems wrestle with the mass rapes of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War.Jonathan Farmer
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April 8 2014 10:33 AMDevotionPoems of faith and prayer from a priest, and from an atheist.Jonathan Farmer
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Dec. 4 2013 7:01 AMThe Best Poetry Books of 2013Ignore the haters. It was a great year for poetry.Jonathan Farmer
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Aug. 9 2013 9:20 AMThe Beautiful Uncut Hair of GravesBrian Teare’s poetry is about grass, but it’s also about life and death.Jonathan Farmer
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March 1 2013 9:00 AMUpdates on MaryMary Szybist’s poems long for God, and treat her own longing with scorn.Jonathan Farmer
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Oct. 5 2012 11:11 PMThe Wheat and the ChaffLucille Clifton is the rare poet good enough to survive the Collected Poems treatment.Jonathan Farmer
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June 1 2012 11:36 PMThe Snow Is Still in BetaEngine Empire, a remarkable book of poetry about the speed at which we’re rushing toward the future.Jonathan Farmer
  News & Politics
Roads & Kingdoms
Feb. 27 2015 9:01 AM Soccer and Tear Gas An amateur team in Turkish Kurdistan competes against a backdrop of police violence and a moribund peace process. Stefan Martens
How America’s Transportation System Discriminates Against the Most Vulnerable
Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate staff writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Why Bill O’Reilly Won’t Share Glenn Beck’s Fate
Scott Walker Thinks Fighting Unions Is Just Like Fighting ISIS
Chris Christie Will Be Whatever It Takes to Stay in the Race
The Snowdenites Are Winning the Argument Over Government Surveillance
Pay This Company $320 and Whole Foods Won't Prosecute You for Shoplifting
  Business
Business Insider
Feb. 27 2015 12:26 AM The Two Women Behind The Dress Definitively Reveal Its Color Hunter Walker
The Enormous Black-White Wealth Gap Is Getting Even Wider
Barnes & Noble’s College Bookstores Are Becoming Their Own Business
Convince Millennials to Pay for Tinder? Please.
The Further This Line Falls, the More Money Companies Are Going to Have to Pay Their Workers
For Women in Tech, Silicon Valley Is Way Worse Than D.C., New Orleans, and Kansas City
Greece's Tax-Evasion Problem Goes Far Beyond the Super Rich
The Internet Has Already Revolutionized Prostitution. But Could Better Apps Make It Truly Safe?
  Life
Lexicon Valley
Feb. 27 2015 10:00 AM The Totally Adorable History of Cute Katy Waldman
How Does a Betta Fish Know When Food Is in Its Aquarium?
What We Talk About When We Talk About Aaron Schock 
This Striking Mexican Beach Is Hidden in a Hole
This Wondrous Dutch Light Installation Mimics the Northern Lights
Foreign-Service Rules For Handling a Visit From William Faulkner 
Was Elvis Presley a Better Musician Than the Beatles?
Help! My 12-Year-Old Hates, Hates Going to Church. Should I Give Up?
  Double X
The XX Factor
Feb. 27 2015 10:35 AM Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.   Amanda Marcotte
This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.
Why Do Women Vote Republican?  
Women May Not Seek Help for Heart Attacks Because They Fear Being Seen as Hypochondriacs
Kim Gordon on Kurt Cobain, Breast Milk, and Discovering Thurston Moore’s Affair
Idaho Lawmaker Who Doesn’t Understand Female Anatomy Knows What’s Good for Women
The Gender Wage Gap Is Especially Terrible in Hollywood
The Three Most Popular Images in Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In Stock Photo Collection 
  Slate Plus
Politics
Feb. 27 2015 9:30 AM What Happened at Slate This Week? Josh Keating read about making music in the Anthropocene and journeyed into the heart of coding darkness. Joshua Keating
Slate’s Copy Desk Awards Its Redline of the Month
Why Adults Shouldn’t Read YA (Audio)
Hang Up and Listen Bonus Segment: Another Chapter in Deflategate?
Walking Dead Podcast Early Release: Episode 11, "The Distance" 
  Arts
Behold
Feb. 27 2015 10:21 AM Can These Comedians Win You Over With a Single Joke? Jordan G. Teicher
The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in March
Sex Box Wants to Have its Smut and Censor it, Too
No, Madonna’s Fall Did Not Make Her Seem More “Human”
Modern Family’s iPhone Episode Was a Feat of Storytelling
What Only a Canadian Can Truly Understand About Drake
Chickpea Waffles Sound Weird. They Taste Amazing.
  Technology
Future Tense
Feb. 27 2015 9:12 AM Big Doctor Is Watching How your fitness tracker could increase your health insurance costs someday. Hamza Shaban
Watch Inhofe Throw a Snowball on the Senate Floor to Disprove Global Warming
How a Lack of Imagination in Technological Design Harms the Disabled
The Incredibly Creative Sore Losers on Net Neutrality
Venmo Is Trendy, Easy to Use, and Growing Fast. But Are Its Mobile Payments Safe?
Less Than 40 Percent of People Worldwide Have Ever Connected to the Internet
The Crypto Cold War Between the Feds and the Tech Industry Just Got Hot
  Health & Science
Science
Feb. 27 2015 10:38 AM Lessons From the Dress Vision is fundamentally ambiguous—but usually not this ambiguous. Pascal Wallisch
The Argon Glow of an Exploded Star
Precision Medicine Needs Precision Questions—Especially About Sex
Kepler-432b: A Doomed Planet Orbiting a Doomed Star
Did I Say There Was ONE Shiny Spot on the Asteroid Ceres?
Time-Lapse: Red Rocks and Psychedelic Skies
A Supermassive Black Hole’s Fiery and Furious Wind
  Sports
Sports Nut
Feb. 26 2015 7:41 PM Game, Set, and (Fixed) Match Pro tennis has a match-fixing problem in its lower ranks. Ben Rothenberg
What’s the Hardest Shot in Bowling? It’s Not the 7-10 Split.
Has ASU Discovered the Holy Grail of Free-Throw Distraction?
How John Wall Became the Most Entertaining Player in the NBA
Dean Smith’s Political Approach to Being a Coach Is Missed Now More Than Ever
Why Handball’s World Championship in Qatar Should Worry World Cup Fans
Seattle Didn’t Throw Away the Super Bowl. The Patriots Won It.