“For the Nobel Prize to come to Aleixandre now is fitting, not only because of the energy and intensity of his own poetry, but because it comes at this moment in Spanish history.”—The New York Times A
“Poetry,” writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, “is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It’s the way I embody my love for the world.” The Human Line, B
Poet, novelist, and philosopher Lars Gustafsson is one of Europe's leading literary figures, and in his latest collection he again registers the metaphysical alongside the mundane with a signature cl
“Brenda Shaughnessy’s poems bristle with imperatives: ‘confuse me, spoon-feed me, stop the madness, decide.’ There are more direct orders in her first few pages than in six weeks of boot camp...Only S
“Emily Warn is one tough poet. . . . She not only takes on God but also juggles the hot coals of memory and wrestles her way to an honest spiritual life.”—The Seattle Times"Warn has created a serious
When W.S. Merwin was a young poet, Ezra Pound advised him to “read the seeds of poetry, not the twigs.” As the ballads of Spain are among those essential seeds, Merwin set out to select and translate
“This poet brings a sparkling consciousness to the page and an exciting new voice to American poetry.”—Library Journal“Most appealing is Olstein's sensitive, quietly pained and earnest tone, w hich, m
Stephen Dobyns' fourteenth collection of poems embodies an unremitting faith in the power of words. Many of his narratives are drawn from the quotidian in public and private life and often employ exte
Carol Muske-Dukes calls "McHugh, with her comic-book moxie and her linguistic virtuosity, a kind of Superwoman of poetry. The poems focus on what is within 'eyeshot,' or visible, but their true subje
"Gerber has a gentle touch and an unaffected, articulate voice that can be smart, funny, wise—sometimes all at the same time."—Library Journal"[Gerber] is one of the most adept and accessible of the p
"John [Freeman] delights in and is thoroughly devoted to writing and to books. He is my kind of person."—Louise ErdrichIn his travels, whenever John Freeman arrives at a new place, the first thing he
"Chicana poet, activist, and witchy folk hero of the disenfranchised. . . . [McKibbens] creates these spaces of witness with her feral and boundary-pushing poems that speak unflinchingly of topics oft
"[In Shock by Shock] Young retains his considerable charms: a generous, tragicomic spirit, a guileless love of rhyme, and an acrobatic sense of logic and image." —Publishers Weekly"In Young’s work, th
“Were Merwin not one of America’s most admired poets, he would still be as famous as translators get.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“In the foreword to his new translation [of Purgatorio], Merwi
"Nezhukumatathil’s poems contain elegant twists of a very sharp knife. She writes about the natural world and how we live in it, filling each poem, each page with a true sense of wonder." —Roxane Gay“
