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The Poetry of Apples, Maple Syrup, Blackberries, and Sandwiches: ‘The Hungry...
The need for food and drink is universal. The preparation and partaking of meals mark events ordinary and extraordinary. Because of this, food has naturally found itself a subject of poetry for as long...
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From ‘Strange Attraction’: ‘Tracking the Family Beast’ by Po Bronson
Like the water-bound beasts lawyers are so often compared to, Klacker, Lipmann et al. had swallowed Deb whole. Klacker had 230 lawyers on three floors of the BofA building, and Deb—onetime queen of the...
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From ‘Strange Attraction’: ‘Black Dress’ by Elizabeth Tallent
Caro—late, late—suffers the acid brightening of the senses that is panic, her eyes on the mirror where her pregnancy pantyhose are an opaque shade of clay, her arms in black sleeves, her belly welling...
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Appreciating the Engaging Decade-Long Conversation Started by n+1
The collected pieces in Happiness: Ten Years of n+1 (369 pages; Faber and Faber) range from scintillating reflection, sharp economic or social analysis, realistic and depressing conclusions regarding...
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Relevant and Relatable: ‘American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time’ by Tracy...
American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time (120 pages; Graywolf) delivers on its promise of introducing readers to some of our most important contemporary American poets, both well-known and emerging....
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Emerging from the Fog: ‘America, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and...
The first image we encounter in America, We Call Your Name: Poetry of Resistance and Resilience (203 pages; Sixteen Rivers Press) is that of Lady Liberty in the midst of a grey fog; it’s unclear as to...
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