The posthumously published final volume of poems by Saskia Hamilton conveys a richness of stories in beautifully captured vignettes.
There’s a line of Robert Frost’s—that a poem “begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” Hirshfield’s The Asking moves through both together, compelling the reader to wisdom and delight at interlocking, interconnected turns.
Personal Best is an engaging, thoughtful gift for any fan of poetry: an anthology of favorite poems selected by poets from their own bodies of work and accompanied by their explications of the choices that make the poems sing.
Major Jackson’s poems are vibrant and engaging, examining life in America, racial injustice, and the ways that humans and nature intertwine and connect.
Poems of faith and doubt, wounds and wonder: The moments collected in Kazim Ali’s Sukun are surprising and approachable.
It is important to stay happy, to maintain daily reminders of goodness and wonder, and in this collection, Eileen Myles helps us do just that.
Wonder and joy are prevalent throughout Clint Smith’s Above Ground, with odes to his children’s quirks and the idiosyncrasies of child rearing, including first smiles and hiccups.
By employing two forms, the couplet and the prose poem, Maggie Millner suggests that within uncertainty, there is room for personal complexity.
In both English and Spanish, José Olivarez’s poems explore the sides of love that pop songs never could—the gritty, painful parts that everyone sweeps under the rug.
Charif Shanahan’s words are moving and muscular, with each line pulsating with wisely crafted feeling and thought.
Jane Wong’s poetry collection reckons with the contrast between the relative abundance in her life and the false promises of the American dream for herself and her parents.
Franny Choi’s collection will awaken and inspire readers. “I want a storm I can dance in. / I want an excuse to change my life,” she writes, and her attitude is contagious.
Ignited by flashes of humor, the poems in this buoyant collection find Sandra Cisneros accentuating the positive, living without regret and setting an example for us all.
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