Laura Marello. Guernica World Editions, 2022. 136 Pages. $17.95.
Daphne Kalotay. Northwestern University Press, 2023. 221 pages. $20.00.
Tiya Miles. Random House, 2021. 385 pages. $28.00.
Robert Bensen. Bright Hill Press, 2022. 292 pages. $18.95.
Dan O’Brien. Acre Books, 2021. 94 pages. $15.43.
Christina Thompson. HarperCollins, 2019. 365 pages. $29.99.
Imani Perry. Beacon Press, 2018. 237 pages. $26.95.
Sinan Antoon. Translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright. Yale University Press, 2019. 312 pages. $24.00.
Carl Phillips, editor. Yale University Press, 2019. 400 pages. $65.00.
Nina MacLaughlin. FSG Originals, 2019. 352 pages. $16.00.
Kate Daniels. Louisiana State Press, 2019. 105 pages. $19.91.
By Indira Ganesan The foreword to The Year of Blue Water by Yanyi is written by Carl Phillips, the poet and judge of this year’s Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. It is a celebratory and sensitive assessment of this quietly assertive, nuanced book. I suggest you skip it to savor after reading Yanyi’s book. […]
