NIINA POLLARI
Other Writing
Selected Essays & Reviews
- 2026 A Millennial Poetics of Work in Late Capitalist America Fence
- 2026 A Woman Inflates to the Sound of Applause: On Mackenzie Kozak’s No Swaddle Cleveland Review of Books
- 2023 In Defense of the Small Life: on Kate Zambreno's The Light Room Romper
- 2023 Something Reconstructed: on Pirkko Saisio's The Red Book of Farewells LA Review of Books
- 2023 On Rachel Mannheimer's The Earth Room Fence
- 2021 Hardness as Genesis: On Outgoing Vessel by Ursula Andkjær Olsen Fence
- 2021 Authentically Anything: On Lana Del Rey Triangle House
- 2020 Reclaiming the Complicated: On Grief Sequence by Prageeta Sharma Fence
- 2018 A Stunning Slice of Fermented Life: On Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval Pitchfork
- 2018 Dead Guy Shirts and Motel Kids Catapult
- 2018 These are the Best Lou Reed Books Pitchfork
- 2017 Connections, Collage, Citation: On Lana del Rey and Maggie Nelson LA Review of Books
- 2017 Annihilating Generosity: on "Selfless" by Zoe Dzunko The Fanzine
- 2016 Minor Gains: on Weightlifting Catapult
- 2016 The Marvelous Bonfire: on Translation Catapult
- 2015 The Phone is a Public Space LA Review of Books
Interviews
- 2023 Conversation with Matt L. Roar Heavy Feather Review
- 2022 I Don't Want to Move On: A Conversation with Johannes Göransson The Millions
- 2022 Conversation with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski The Offing
- 2022 Conversation with Sasha Fletcher Triangle House
- 2022 Poetics of Uncertainty: Conversation with Kate Durbin American Poetry Review
- 2019 Conversation with Lucy Ives Granta
Podcasts & Audio
- 2024 The Slowdown, Episode 1148
Leslie Sainz discusses my poem "Urine Season" on the poetry podcast The Slowdown
- 2023 Multi-Verse, Episode 10: “Truth's Heart of Stone”
Guest on Evangeline Riddiford Graham's podcast discussing the poem “How To Read This Poem.”
- 2022 Poetry Off the Shelf
Discussing Path of Totality with Helena de Groot on the Poetry Foundation podcast.