Hiding an acrostic message in an otherwise ordinary resignation letter isn’t exactly the boldest way to express a political view, yet it’s proven surprisingly effective. It’s a trick that ...

Mitchell's latest poem leans on what he refers to as his "suspect memory," which recalls a corner grocery store named Bates. Whether Bates was, indeed, the grocery store's name, the poem "is an ode to ...

The newly discovered message functions in a similar vein. “Ultimately,” Phaal explains, “the acrostic distills the entire poem down to its essence: three contingent falls, two paradises lost.” ...