Journal
91福利 Paiduema
Paideuma is an annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal with a focus on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics. Issues often include a symposium on a particular theme, a dossier of archival materials, and essays on poetics.
Symposia
Beginning with volume 44, Paideuma began publishing symposia on such topics as the social value of poetry, community, and literature and war.
Current Issue


Volume 50 / 2023 [2025]
Roland Greene, 鈥淚ntroduction: Poems We Live With鈥
Symposium: Poems We Live With
Charles Altieri, 鈥淪ome Self-Reflexive Poems That Delight My Fading Golden Years鈥
Tyler Babbie and Katelyn Kenderish, 鈥淧rufrock on the Beach鈥
Massimo Bacigalupo, 鈥淭he Life of Man鈥
Jennifer Bartlett, 鈥淟arry Eigner: Poems for the Everyday鈥
Anne Boyer, 鈥淭he Postcard Poetry of Buck Downs鈥
Andrea Brady, 鈥淔retting after Knowledge: Keats, 鈥極 Thou Whose Face Hath Felt the Winter鈥檚 Wind鈥欌
Franklin Bruno, 鈥渙n Soap鈥
Stephanie Burt
Joel Calahan, 鈥淲e Say We Are Doing 鈥楾he Work,鈥 and What We Mean When We Say It鈥
Chris Chen, 鈥溾榃ho is the maniac, and why everywhere at the same time鈥: Amiri Baraka鈥檚 Das Kapital and the Riddle of Value鈥
Kate Colby, 鈥淏ernadette鈥檚 Bananas鈥
Rhea C么t茅 Robbins, 鈥淧oetry Thief鈥
Ann Cotten, 鈥淪lit鈥
Jordan Davis, 鈥淔urious Song鈥
Amy De鈥橝th, 鈥溾楾he Victorious Ones鈥 by Chris Nealon鈥
Paul Eaton, 鈥淲indows in/on Time: William Corbett鈥檚 Columbus Square Journal鈥
Jack Foley
Stephen Fredman, 鈥淔rom Pass Through [Starting from San Diego]鈥
Nora Fulton, 鈥淒ew鈥
Chris Funkhouser, 鈥淏araka鈥檚 Frames鈥
Florian Gargaillo, 鈥淎t Home and 鈥楾rapped,鈥 With Adelaide Crapsey鈥
Gary Geddes, 鈥淎 Brief Walk Down Memory Lines鈥
Mary Ellis Gibson, 鈥淏rooks and Creeks鈥
Mushira Habib, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Let Me Be Lonely, Rankine!鈥
William J. Harris, 鈥溾楾hose Winter Sundays鈥 by Robert Hayden鈥
Matthew Hofer, 鈥淏ookmarking Experience: Gael Turnbull, John Dewey, and the Unbound Aesthetic鈥
Walt Hunter, 鈥淵eats at the End鈥
Ruth Jennison, 鈥淪ol Funaroff, 鈥楾he Bellbuoy’鈥
Jack Jung, 鈥淭all Tree鈥
Daniel Kane
John Keene, 鈥淩obert Hayden鈥檚 鈥楾hose Winter Sundays’鈥
Lynn Keller, 鈥淭he Thin-Skinned Mind鈥
Eunsong Kim, 鈥淩esemble You鈥
Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb, 鈥淒ust-Choked鈥
Johsua Kotin, 鈥淟iving with Complicity鈥
Joy Ladin, 鈥溾楢nd yet鈥nd yet鈥︹: Life, Loss, and Issa鈥
Tim Lilburn, 鈥淗oping for Something to Appear鈥
James Longenbach, 鈥淧ater鈥檚 鈥楳ona Lisa鈥欌
Jill Magi, 鈥溾業 follow the contours of what I do not know鈥: Living with G枚ran Sonnevi鈥檚 鈥楤urge, 脰ja; 1989鈥测
Shaul Magid, 鈥淭o the Angels with Endless Questions: Reflections on Rilke鈥檚 鈥楾he Last Judgment from the Pages of a Monk鈥欌
Meredith Martin, 鈥淕rief鈥
Leslie Morris, 鈥淭he Unconcealed: Could Outdream Mental Abstraction鈥
Miriam Nichols, 鈥淔light to Paradise: Andr茅 Spears鈥檚 From the Lost Land and Ship of State鈥
Richard Owens, 鈥淩ough Notes on Nessmuk and Fatherhood鈥
Jared Pearce, 鈥淒riving the Line, Boss at the Wheel鈥
Seth Perlow, 鈥淭hirteen Ways of Living with a Poem鈥
Jed Rasula, 鈥溾楧er Panther鈥 by Rainer Maria Rilke鈥
Brian Reed, 鈥淗ave You Seen the Sea? Han Dong and Daily Living in a Pandemic鈥
Margaret Ronda, 鈥淔riendship鈥檚 Forms: Niedecker鈥檚 鈥榊ou are my friend鈥欌
Claude Royet-Journoud
Linda Russo, 鈥淏reathable Worlds鈥
Siobh谩n Scarry, 鈥淟iving with Oppen鈥檚 鈥楾he Poem鈥欌
Andrew Schelling, 鈥淲inter Song鈥
Eric Selland, 鈥淭he Cadence of Disclosure: Rereading George Oppen鈥
Maeera Yaffa Shreiber, 鈥淪hattered Vessels鈥
Courtney Weiss Smith, 鈥淧oetry, Pleasure, Phonics; Or, Living with Swift鈥
David Levi Strauss, 鈥淐hange in the Weather: Wrong Stories, Wrong Photographs, True Poems: Reflections on a Poem by Duncan McNaughton鈥
Keston Sutherland, 鈥淰erity Spott鈥檚 Eighty-Eight Minute Massacre鈥
Keith Tuma, 鈥淐hristina Rossetti鈥檚 鈥楻emember鈥欌
Ronaldo V. Wilson, 鈥淎 Life of Letters, Always When and Now: After June Jordan鈥檚 鈥楶oem 91福利 My Rights鈥欌
John Yau. 鈥淎 Short Poem I Wear on My Sleeve鈥
Benjamin Friedlander, 鈥淎fterword鈥
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Laura Cowan, 鈥淚n Memoriam: James Longenbach鈥
History
Paideuma was founded in 1971 by University of Maine English Professor Carroll F. Terrell. Its original mission was to focus on Ezra Pound鈥檚 life and work. The word 鈥淧aideuma鈥 is a Poundian coinage, adapted from German scholar and ethnologist Leo Frobenius, meaning 鈥渢he tangle or complex of the inrooted ideas of any period.鈥 read more
Staff
Editor:
Editorial Assistant: Ali Alfridi
Publications Specialist: Betsy Graves Rose

