Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba
The poems of Umberto Saba let tradition speak to and through modernity.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest
Barbara Guest's Collected Poems showcase her knack for catching sight of time in its act of escaping one's grasp.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Henri Cole: The Art of Violent Concision Henri Cole: The Art of Violent Concision
Henri Cole's Blackbird and Wolf contains some of the most truthful poems in modern American poetry. He is this year's winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.
Feb 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Koethe
Happy Thoughts!: The Poetry of Kevin Davies Happy Thoughts!: The Poetry of Kevin Davies
Poet Kevin Davies asks: are you better off than you were 13,000 years ago?
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
Between the Dead and the Living: Jack Spicer’s Second Life Between the Dead and the Living: Jack Spicer’s Second Life
A new collection of poems by Jack Spicer returns one of the great American visionaries to print.
Dec 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Her Nature Was Future: Emily Dickinson’s White Heat Her Nature Was Future: Emily Dickinson’s White Heat
The intimate friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson takes wing in two new books.
Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters Between Reticence and Revelation: Bishop’s and Lowell’s Letters
Reading the letters of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover
In language stark and plain as hymns, Susan Stewart explores our insatiable desire to find meaning in remembrance.
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Wanted: Political Poetry Wanted: Political Poetry
Are you worried about the election? Do you write haiku? People for the American Way and The Nation invite your entries the McPalin Haiku Hysteria competition.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Erica Landau
All Aboard All Aboard
Tumbled down an incline at Bash Bish Broke many things; it was still spring
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernadette Mayer