The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
4 new volumes of poetry that help restore nuance to our chaotic world
These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.
The Atlantic Publishes ‘The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),’ Recognizing the Most Consequential Poetry Collections of the Past 25 Years
T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...
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Book review: April is Poetry Month, a good time to consider 3 new books by Alaskans
Poetry is alive and well in Alaska, and April as Poetry Month is a great time to meet or reacquaint ourselves with three very ...
Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...
A Springfield school librarian reads kids a poem a week. It inspired a book.
Angela Knight, library media specialist at Harrison Elementary, wrote the forward for the new book. She was also awarded SPS ...
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Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth mulling over
(Tin House via AP) This cover image released by Tin House Books shows “We Contain Landscapes” by Patrycja Humienik. (Tin ...
Book Review: Debut poetry collection 'Scream/Queen' views trans identity through horror
“Scream/Queen” is broken into parts with titles that play on sub-genres. “Para/Normal,” “Found/ Footage,” and “Body/Horror” ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Berkshire poet David Giannini's 'Stones Are the First to Rise' offers poetic meditations on the multiverse and reality
It’s part of the grand illusion of things … Poetry, like intuition itself, is a way of apprehending the whole without enumerating its parts.” In the book’s first poem, “Dark Gray,” the poet observes ...