From From by Monica Youn
“Where were you born? No, I mean, where are your roots? Where do you really come from?"
Skeletons by Deborah Landau
Deborah Landau's collection of poetry, Skeletons, ponders the looming reality of suffering and death amidst the pleasures of life. Landau grapples with the fragility of existence, capturing the essence of mortality in her...
The Last Spring of the World by Maureen Boyle
In The Last Spring of the World, Maureen Boyle's second publication with Arlen House, an Irish feminist publisher, blends personal stories with extended poems, offering profound insights into distinctly Irish perspectives on life...
Zoom Rooms by Mary Jo Salter
Mary Jo Salter's latest poetry collection, "Zoom Rooms," delves into the unique experiences of social distancing and virtual meetings that have become synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic. The poems in "Zoom Rooms" reflect...
Cardinal by Tyree Daye
The second poetry collection by Tyree Daye, titled Cardinal, commences with two epigraphs. The first is drawn from The Green Book, an annual guide that aided Black travelers in the segregated US, expressing...
Of Death. Minimal Odes by Hilda Hilst, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin
In her analysis of "last-word poems" in Dying Modern: A Meditation on Elegy, Diana Fuss delves into the profound impact of final utterances on poetry, where the culmination of words signifies the cessation...
Telescope by Michael Heller
Michael Heller, a poet with a fifty-year career, showcases a diverse range of free verse in his selection of poetry. His work encompasses various forms such as short enjambed lines, long Whitmanesque lines,...
Copy by Dolores Dorantes, translated by Robin Myers
In her latest work "Copy," Mexican poet Dolores Dorantes explores the themes of displacement, violence, and identity through fragmented prose poems. Raised in Ciudad Juárez and now living in the United States after...
So to Speak by Terrance Hayes
In his latest collection, "So To Speak," Terrance Hayes continues to showcase his innovative talent following the success of his previous work, "American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin." Hayes not only...
Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral
Eduardo C. Corral’s second poetry collection, Guillotine, delves into the complexities of the body as a site of pleasure, pain, violence, and intellectual exploration. Through various poems, Corral captures the experiences of individuals...
