Poetry

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

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