The New Yorker
Review of Stephanie Burt’s Don’t Read Poetry: At once erudite and colloquial, the book evokes the contagious enthusiasm of a cool teacher.
Washington Post
Read this review of Gregory Orr’s latest collection The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write.
Overtime
Adam Gopnik, Bill Maher, and his other guests answer viewer questions after the show.
The New Yorker
Read Terrance Hayes’ newest in his on-going series of poems ‘American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin.’
Poetry Foundation
Review of Emily Skillings‘ Fort Not: “to what extent Skillings remixes the aspects of an aesthetic category – that of the ‘interesting.’”
US Poet Laureate
BFA poet and memoirist Joy Harjo appointed first Native American United States Poet Laureate!
BBC
Robin Robertson wins Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for his acclaimed book The Long Take.
LA Rev Books
Brenda Hillman’s “Concerning the Meaning of Molecules In Poetry”: “that little meaning absolutely elusive, & erotic.”
Carnegie Medal
Elizabeth Acevedo is the first ever writer of color to win the Carnegie medal, the UK’s most prestigious children’s books award.
The Atlantic
Chen Chen, Claudia Rankine, and Solmaz Sharif, included in this list of a weekly guide to the best in books.