The New Yorker
Roxana Robinson’s novel Dawson’s Fall reviewed: re-creates events leading up to the murder of the author’s great-grandfather.
Don’t Read Poetry!
Happy Publication Day to Stephanie Burt and her latest Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems.
The Guardian
Former U.K. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says newly appointed Simon Armitage, “knows where the heffalump traps are.”
Washington Post
Review of Richard Blanco’s How to Love a Country: [Blanco] wrestles with the contradictions of American history.
BBC
Newly appointed United Kingdom Poet Laureate Simon Armitage elected Oxford College honorary fellow.
Ms. Magazine
Tina Chang and Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest titles included in May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us.
Hybrida
Happy pub day to Tina Chang’s latest poetry collection Hybrida, an examination of mixed-race identity rendered through the lens of motherhood.
U.K. Poet Laureate
Congratulations to Blue Flower Simon Armitage who was named 21st Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom!
Buzzfeed
Two heart-achingly brilliant poems from Camille Dungy: “But look at me. Still/on my hands and knees—still pushing.”
New York Times
The New York Times claims Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire On High as “literary soul food” in this stellar review.