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Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

Every year since 2014, I’ve set aside a couple of months to sit down with what amounts to a long shelf of poetry published in the past 12 months. My goal is to review 31 single-author volumes, one for ...

Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, ...

Hiram Sims' lifelong love of poetry is now benefiting his neighborhood in South Los Angeles. Sims has long been inspired by everything from the words of Edgar Allan Poe to the rhymes of The Notorious ...

After receiving plaudits for his recent novels, Lerner returns to verse with an expansive new collection, “The Lights.” By Srikanth Reddy When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

NEW YORK, NY, April 4, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- In March, The Rauch Review, the literary and cultural publication founded by Joseph Rauch, expanded its scope to include poetry book reviews and original ...

Poetry takes the pulse of the times. These times are dark: wars raging; a pandemic that, though it has ebbed, still has everyone confused and afraid; monstrous, hate-filled social media posts ...

Poetry is alive and well in Alaska, and April as Poetry Month is a great time to meet or reacquaint ourselves with three very accomplished Alaska poets, each of whom has a new book entering the world.

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, ...