New York Times
Review of Nick Flynn’s latest collection I Will Destroy You: “his new book gestures at redemption and an ambivalent acceptance.”
The Guardian
Interview with Hisham Matar on his art: “Writing is both the easiest and the most difficult thing.”
USA Today
Read Richard Blanco’s latest poem in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month: “O say, when will you have enough faith in us to meet the gleam of our eyes”
PBS News Hour
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo discusses why her accomplishment represents a “doorway of hope” for other indigenous people.
National Book Award
Congratulations to Carolyn Forche whose memoir, What You Have Heard Is True, is long listed for the 2019 National Book Awards!
National Book Award
Congratulations to Jericho Brown whose collection of poetry, The Tradition, is long listed for the 2019 National Book Awards!
LA Rev Books
Alicia Ostriker and Erika Meitner on the intersections of poetry, feminism, and Jewish identity: “yes, women poets write about the body.”
The Guardian
Dunya Mikhail’s In Her Feminine Sign included on this list of The Best Recent Poetry.
Post-Gazette
Review of Rick Moody’s The Long Accomplishment: “frustrating and fulfilling, linear and digressive, mundane and profound.”
Independent
Claudia Rankine and Simon Armitage included on list of booksellers’ top poetry books from last 25 years.