Chosen and with an Introduction by Jorie Graham, Evidences is the winner of the sixth annual American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize. In poems that are by turns lyrical, disjunctive, autobio
“Olstein places the mystical next to the mundane. . . . She explodes theories of cause and effect and expands our notions of logic, symbolism, and the territory between dreams and waking experience.”
“[Bottoms] makes astounding leaps of both faith and doubt, and does so with insight, honesty, and flashes of anger—all characteristic elements of his work.” —The Southern Review“One finds here what on
“Kooser . . . must be the most accessible and enjoyable major poet in America. His lines are so clear and simple.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Nothing escapes him; everything is illuminated.”
"James Galvin has a voice and a world, perhaps the two most difficult things to achieve in poetry."The Nation"Bleak and unsentimental but blessedly free of self-indulgence, these poems
This fourth collection from the author of the prose masterpiece The Meadow is inspired by the often harsh subrural landscape of southwestern Wyoming where Galvin has spent most of the past decade buil
Amy Uyematsu is an award-winning poet who by day switches from right to left brain to teach algebra and geometry in public high school. The result of her poetry-math life is a fascinating, far-flung b
Norman Dubie has one of the most radical imaginations in American letters.Winner of the PEN Literary Award for Poetry, The Mercy Seat includes selections from each of Dubie’s 17 previous volumes. Whet
"Marianne Boruch's work has the wonderful, commanding power of true attention: She sees and considers with intensity."The Washington Post"Boruch refuses to see more than there is in thi
"By writing honestly about the difficulties of self-representation, Rader represents himself as a writer who cares deeply about his audience and his craft." ?ZYZZYVA"Rader's poetry asks how to be an a
"Budbill both informs and moves. He is, in short, a delight and a comfort." ?Wendell Berry"David Budbill is a no-nonsense, free-range sage." ?Dana Jennings, The New York Times"Looking at the reality c
?I will call the voice of this poet a ?common’ voice? a voice a poet could take into an entire lifetime of memorable writing.” ?Philip Levine, PloughsharesThis second collection from APR-Honickman win
?Perillo’s poetic persona is funny, tough, bold, smart, and righteous. A spellbinding storyteller and a poet who makes the demands of the form seem as natural as a handshake.”?Booklist?The poems [are]
“It’s [McGriff’s] language that keeps you reading along, transfixed.”—New York Times Book Review“A lyricist at heart, McGriff is a masterful maker of metaphor.” —Third Coast“McGriff’s vivid grit remai
A doctor contemplates Lenin's embalmed body; two angels flank an open chest during a heart transplant; a father's anger turns into a summer thunderstorm... Each of Levin's poems is an astonishing inve
This Fiftieth Anniversary edition celebrates one of the most ground-breaking books in American poetry. When first published in 1967, W.S. Merwin’s The Lice was ground-breaking. Its visionary urgency d
A collection of poetry featuring locations ranging from Rwanda to St. Petersburg to Mexico and a vision that stretches across the boundaries of the human experience
"Compelling, appealing, cinematic . . . Rekdal refreshes the meaning and the image of being displaced in this world." ?The Boston Globe"Rekdal's work deeply satisfies, for it witnesses and wonders ove
"Skoog [is] fashioning a poetry that fluctuates and ripples as incessantly as open water." ?Boston Review"Ed Skoog is a master of mischief and misdirection." ?Prairie Schooner"Ed Skoog's poetry is so
"Images that are satisfyingly clear . . . and excitingly inexplicable." Robert Pinsky,Washington Post"Intimate and hypnotic . . . whether turning her gaze inward or outward, these poems
