Contemporary

Image of Time Is a Mother
Author(s):
Ocean Vuong
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Time Is a Mother

April 4, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

“Time Is a Mother is a true magic trick. The message made into shapes sharp with meaning, . . .”

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Image of No Small Comfort
Author(s):
Brian Simoneau
Genre(s):
Poetry, Contemporary, Single Author

No Small Comfort

January 19, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Annette Lapointe

“an eminently readable, even compelling collection.”

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Image of Come-Hither Honeycomb
Author(s):
Erin Belieu
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Come-Hither Honeycomb

July 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Susan Bucci Mockler

Frequently, the opening poem of a collection provides the reader with knowledge of how to read the collection.

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Image of Love and Other Poems
Author(s):
Alex Dimitrov
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Love and Other Poems

March 23, 2021
Reviewed by: 
B.A. Van Sise

There is a large discussion in the world of poetry about how to proceed with the expanding legion of what are derisively called “Instagram poets,” as comers from all corners argue about whether or

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Image of Popular Longing
Author(s):
Natalie Shapero
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Popular Longing

February 15, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

The modern, post COVID feel of the word longing is different, isn’t it? A longing is now more than a want. Maybe even more than a need. Poet Natalie Shapero gets that.

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Image of Floaters: Poems
Author(s):
Martín Espada
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Floaters: Poems

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

“seeing, feeling, remembering, transforming, articulating what was, what is, what could have been. If only.”

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Image of Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic
Editor(s):
Alice Quinn
Genre(s):
Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary

Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic

December 3, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Andrew Jarvis

“Quinn provides a welcome collection of creative healing.”

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Image of From the New World: Poems 1976-2014
Author(s):
Jorie Graham
Genre(s):
Contemporary

From the New World: Poems 1976-2014

February 16, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“From the New World is an indispensable addition to any literary library, a tour de force selection of Jorie Graham’s critically important poems to date.”

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Image of Blue Horses: Poems
Author(s):
Mary Oliver
Genre(s):
Contemporary

Blue Horses: Poems

October 13, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“This collection is rich in a multitude of examples of inter-connectedness with the world, identification with paintings, a variety of journeys culminating in revelation and aesthetic trans

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Image of Beast in the Apartment
Author(s):
Tony Barnstone
Genre(s):
Single Author, Contemporary

Beast in the Apartment

January 9, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Robbi Nester

“This collection offers the riches of a mature poet’s reflections on life and death, which cannot help but enrich our own lives as well.”

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Author(s):
Luisa A. Igloria
Genre(s):
Single Author, Contemporary, Anthologies, Poetry, World/International, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, World/International, World/International, Single Author, Poetry, Contemporary, Anthologies

The Saints of Streets

August 26, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Robbi Nester

Have you ever wondered why books of poetry, unless they span the whole of a writer’s life and work, are so slim?

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Image of Left-handed: Poems
Author(s):
Jonathan Galassi
Genre(s):
Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Contemporary, Anthologies, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author

Left-Handed: Poems

March 16, 2012
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

“Left-Handed: Poems is strongly recommended to all poetry lovers and to all readers who find they must radically change their lives in order to live more authentically.”

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Image of Place: New Poems
Author(s):
Jorie Graham
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Anthologies

Place: New Poems

March 9, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Laura Schultz

“Many of the poems in Place are deeply contemplative and philosophical.

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