Ranked #1
Dorothea Lasky, “Rome” (Liveright, 2014)
Dorothea Lasky, “Rome” (Liveright, 2014)
Dorothea Lasky‘s Rome (Liveright, 2014) is a collection that will catch you off guard. Lasky lures the reader in with fa... Read more
30 Jul 2014
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53mins
Ranked #2
James Franco, “Directing Herbert White” (Graywolf Press, 2014)
James Franco, “Directing Herbert White” (Graywolf Press, 2014)
Every poet has their obsessions and for James Franco they are childhood, gender, sex, innocence, and the work place he k... Read more
21 Dec 2015
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1hr 26mins
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Ranked #3
Paul Rouzer, “On Cold Mountain: A Buddhist Reading of the Hanshan Poems” (U. of Washington Press, 2015)
Paul Rouzer, “On Cold Mountain: A Buddhist Reading of the Hanshan Poems” (U. of Washington Press, 2015)
Paul Rouzer‘s new book offers a Buddhist reading of a famous collection of poems and the author associated with them, bo... Read more
14 Mar 2016
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #4
Makalani Bandele, “Hellfightin'” (Willow Books, 2012)
Makalani Bandele, “Hellfightin'” (Willow Books, 2012)
There is no better description of poet Makalani Bandele‘s debut book Hellfightin’ (Willow Books, 2012) than the one fou... Read more
19 Mar 2012
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55mins
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Emily Skaja, "Brute" (Graywolf Press, 2019)
Emily Skaja, "Brute" (Graywolf Press, 2019)
Winner of the Walt Whitman Award, Emily Skaja’s Brute (Graywolf Press, 2019) is a stunning collection of poetry that nav... Read more
15 Nov 2019
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50mins
Ranked #6
Brad Gooch, “Rumi’s Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love” (Harper, 2017)
Brad Gooch, “Rumi’s Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love” (Harper, 2017)
Ever since their composition in the 13th century the poems of the Persian writer Rumi have enthralled millions of read... Read more
8 Jun 2017
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48mins
Ranked #7
Nancy Hargrove, “T.S. Eliot’s Parisian Year” (University of Florida Press, 2010)
Nancy Hargrove, “T.S. Eliot’s Parisian Year” (University of Florida Press, 2010)
When it comes to writers and artists, biography plays a provocative role–yielding insight into both artistic influences ... Read more
15 Jun 2012
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1hr 1min
Ranked #8
Christopher Grobe, “The Art of Confession: The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV” (NYU Press, 2017)
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Christopher Grobe’s The Art of Confession: The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV (New York University... Read more
16 Feb 2018
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #9
Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)
Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes" (African Books Collective, 2010)
Joyce Ashuntantang talks about her experiences as a traveler and a poet, from her childhood Cameroon to her years studyi... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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44mins
Ranked #10
Simon Critchley, “ABC of Impossibility” (Univocal Publishing, 2015)
Simon Critchley, “ABC of Impossibility” (Univocal Publishing, 2015)
From its opening fragment on “Fragments” to its “Possibly dolorous tropical lyrical coda,” Simon Critchley‘s new book is... Read more
7 Mar 2016
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #11
Megan Burns, "Basic Programming" (Lavender Ink, 2018)
Megan Burns, "Basic Programming" (Lavender Ink, 2018)
Basic Programming ( Lavender Ink, 2018), the latest collection by Megan Burns, is an exercise in balance. Between grief ... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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33mins
Ranked #12
Sally Wen Mao, "Oculus" (Graywolf Press, 2019)
Sally Wen Mao, "Oculus" (Graywolf Press, 2019)
In Oculus (Graywolf Press, 2019), Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just as a matter of distance and displacement, but as... Read more
22 May 2019
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51mins
Ranked #13
Leia Penina Wilson, “i built a boat with all the towels in your closet” (Red Hen Press, 2014)
Leia Penina Wilson, “i built a boat with all the towels in your closet” (Red Hen Press, 2014)
There’s a phrase that sometimes comes up among those of us who love poetry. Its called the “heresy of paraphrase.” It’s ... Read more
21 Mar 2017
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50mins
Ranked #14
Hope Wabuke, “Movement No. 1: Trains” (Dancing Girl Press, 2015)
Hope Wabuke, “Movement No. 1: Trains” (Dancing Girl Press, 2015)
The poem fragments in Hope Wabuke‘s Movement No. 1: Trains (Dancing Girl Press, 2015) function more as meditations than ... Read more
21 Oct 2015
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13mins
Ranked #15
Nick Admussen, “Recite and Refuse: Contemporary Chinese Prose Poetry” (U Hawaii Press, 2016)
Nick Admussen, “Recite and Refuse: Contemporary Chinese Prose Poetry” (U Hawaii Press, 2016)
Published by the University of Hawaii Press in 2016, Nick Admussen’s exciting new book Recite and Refuse: Contemporary C... Read more
11 Apr 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #16
Frances Donovan, "Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore" (Reaching Press, 2018)
Frances Donovan, "Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore" (Reaching Press, 2018)
Grey Held writes of Frances Donovan's book, Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore (Reaching Press 2018 ), "there is hunting for... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #17
Amy Wright, “Cracker Sonnets” (BrickRoad Poetry Press, 2016)
Amy Wright, “Cracker Sonnets” (BrickRoad Poetry Press, 2016)
My grandmother, who’s now ninety-eight, lived most of her life in a little town in Southwestern Ohio called Waynesville.... Read more
18 Aug 2016
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49mins
Ranked #18
Joshua Edwards, “Imperial Nostalgias” (Ugly Duckling Press, 2013)
Joshua Edwards, “Imperial Nostalgias” (Ugly Duckling Press, 2013)
Joshua Edwards‘ new book and its title, Imperial Nostalgias (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013), hint at a yearning for a lost ... Read more
27 May 2013
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #19
Lynn Strongin, “The Burn Poems” (Headmistress Press, 2015)
Lynn Strongin, “The Burn Poems” (Headmistress Press, 2015)
When Denise Levertov called Lynn Strongin a “true poet,” she recognized an awareness that transcended the young poet’s a... Read more
27 Oct 2015
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21mins
Ranked #20
Lyric Hunter “Swallower” (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2014)
Lyric Hunter “Swallower” (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2014)
Chapbookapalooza, 2014 Lyric Hunter SwallowerUgly Duckling Presse, 2014Mastering a bi-lingual prosody, these poems confr... Read more
5 Sep 2014
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13mins
