One Bent Twig
In her newest collection, Tricia Knoll offers a worthy addition to the poetry of trees.
Reviewed by George Longenecker
Poetry Reviews
The Dog Years of Reeducation
History and memory swirl and converge as Jianqing Zheng’s poems trace the profound personal and political transitions of the Cultural Revolution.
Reviewed by Michael Antonucci
Emerald Wounds
French poet Joyce Mansour’s Emerald Wounds, translated by Emilie Moorhouse, presents a world ripe with magic, the kind that exalts and transforms by the power of words.
Reviewed by Allan Graubard
Motherfield
In Motherfield, translated by Valzhyna Mort and Hanif Abdurraqib, Belarusian poet Julia Cimafiejeva develops a concept of bleak, devastated embodiment.
Reviewed by Jessica Johnson
Nachoem M. Wijnberg
This poet's approach doesn’t require new forms to astonish; his singular voice makes existing forms seem new.
Reviewed by Thomas Moody
Valley of the Many-Colored Grasses
Newly restored to print, Ronald Johnson’s third book of poetry shows the poet consolidating the strengths of his earlier work while foreshadowing his epic poem ARK.
Reviewed by Ross Hair
Quarantine Highway
Millicent Borges Accardi’s new book, written in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, shows how poetry matters during a time of crisis.
Reviewed by Hilary Sideris
Old Love Skin
Old Love Skin, an anthology edited by the Zimbabwean poet Nyashadzashe Chikumbu, sets up a discussion between modern problems and the puzzles of old Africa.
Reviewed by Mbizo Chirasha
Two Poets of the American Now
Franny Choi (The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On) and Courtney Faye Taylor (Concentrate) are two compelling poets who succeed in capturing the pulse of our fraught political moment.
Reviewed by Walter Holland
Water Has Many Colors
From epics to succinct one-liners, Kiriti Sengupta suits his poetic form to the subject, just as the titular folk idiom reminds us that water takes shape from the container in which it is held. Reviewed by Malashri Lal