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February 24, 2025

A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker, edited by Kevin Young

February 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker, edited by Kevin Young

A big new poetry anthology commemorates the magazine’s 100th year

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February 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Kevin Young, A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker, The New Yorker, poetry
February 04, 2025

Sleepers Awake by Oli Hazzard

February 04, 2025/ Eric Bies
Sleepers Awake by Oli Hazzard

A new collection of experimental poetry from Oli Hazzard

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February 04, 2025/ Eric Bies/
Sleepers Awake, Oli Hazzard, poetry, contemporary poetry
January 28, 2025

Foxglovewise by Ange Mlinko

January 28, 2025/ Eric Bies
Foxglovewise by Ange Mlinko

The latest poetry volume from Ange Mlinko

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January 28, 2025/ Eric Bies/
Foxglovewise, Ange Mlinko, poetry
January 19, 2025

What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt

January 19, 2025/ Hannah Joyner
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt

The private writing of a public intellectual.

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January 19, 2025/ Hannah Joyner/
What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt, Hannah Arendt, poetry
December 08, 2024

The Divine Comedy, translated by Michael Palma

December 08, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Divine Comedy, translated by Michael Palma

A new translation of Dante’s Commedia

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December 08, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Divine Comedy, Dante, Michael Palma, poetry, literature in translation
November 26, 2024

Book of Exercises II by George Seferis

November 26, 2024/ Eric Bies
Book of Exercises II by George Seferis

A new translation of the Greek poet’s posthumous work

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November 26, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Book of Exercises II, George Seferis, poetry, literature in translation, Jennifer Kellogg
November 25, 2024

Vita Nuova by Dante, translated by Joseph Luzzi

November 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Vita Nuova by Dante, translated by Joseph Luzzi

A new translation of Dante’s little handbook of rapture

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November 25, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
La Vita Nuova, Dante, poetry, Renaissance poetry, Joseph Luzzi, literature in translation
November 18, 2024

Fires Seen from Space by Betsy Fagin

November 18, 2024/ Eric Bies
Fires Seen from Space by Betsy Fagin

A review of the author’s latest volume of poetry

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November 18, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Betsy Fagin, poetry, modern poetry, Fires Seen from Space, contemporary poetry
November 11, 2024

Day Lasts Forever by Mario dell'Arco

November 11, 2024/ Eric Bies
Day Lasts Forever by Mario dell'Arco

The first English-language translation of this Roman poet’s work

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November 11, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Day Lasts Forever, Mario dell'Arco, Marc Alan Di Martino, poetry, poetry review
November 08, 2024

Far District by Ishion Hutchinson

November 08, 2024/ Eric Bies
Far District by Ishion Hutchinson

A printing of poet Ishion Hutchinson’s debut collection

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November 08, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Ishion Hutchinson, Far District, poetry, contemporary poetry
September 27, 2024

A History of Western Music by August Kleinzahler

September 27, 2024/ Eric Bies
A History of Western Music by August Kleinzahler

A review of the great poet's latest offering

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September 27, 2024/ Eric Bies/
August Kleinzhaler, A History of Western Music, poetry, contemporary poetry
July 01, 2024

Later Montale by Eugenio Montale

July 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Later Montale by Eugenio Montale

A reprint of translations of Eugenio Montale’s late verse

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July 01, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Later Montale, Eugenio Montale, George Bradley, poetry, poetry in translation, literature in translation, Italian poetry
June 29, 2024

The Island by Nicholas Jenkins

June 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Island by Nicholas Jenkins

A fascinating new study of young Auden & co. in the interwar years

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June 29, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Nicholas Jenkins, The Island, WH Auden, poetry, English history, history, literary history
April 22, 2024

The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden

April 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden

An annotated reprint of Auden’s great 1955 volume of verse

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April 22, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Alan Jacobs, WH Auden, poetry, poems, The Shield of Achiles, Edward Mendelson
April 15, 2024

Silver by Rowan Ricardo Philipps

April 15, 2024/ Eric Bies
Silver by Rowan Ricardo Philipps

A review of Rowan Ricardo Phillips’ slim new volume of poetry

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April 15, 2024/ Eric Bies/
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Silver, poetry, poems, contemporary poetry
April 10, 2024

The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz

April 10, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz

A lavishly generous new anthology of Delmore Schwartz’s poetry and prose

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April 10, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Delmore Schwartz, Ben Mazer, poetry
October 06, 2023

The Emily Wilson Iliad

October 06, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
The Emily Wilson Iliad

A new version of Homer’s Iliad from a celebrated Odyssey translator.

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October 06, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Myths & Legends
The Iliad, Homer, Emily Wilson, poetry, classics, translation, Steve Donoghue, myths and legends, 2023
October 01, 2023

The Lights by Ben Lerner

October 01, 2023/ Bren Booth-Jones
The Lights by Ben Lerner

A review of Ben Lerner’s new poetry collection.

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October 01, 2023/ Bren Booth-Jones/
Poetry
The Lights, Ben Lerner, poetry, contemporary poetry, Bren Booth-Jones, 2023
September 30, 2023

Places We Left Behind by Jennifer Lang

September 30, 2023/ Rey Katz
Places We Left Behind by Jennifer Lang

Poetic snapshots of a twenty-year incompatible yet loving marriage.

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September 30, 2023/ Rey Katz/
Literary Fiction
Places We Left Behind, Jennifer Lang, poetry, creative nonfiction, Rey Katz, 2023
September 10, 2023

Your Kingdom by Eleni Sikelianos

September 10, 2023/ Tom LeClair
Your Kingdom by Eleni Sikelianos

A review of a new volume of poetry by Eleni Sikelianos.

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September 10, 2023/ Tom LeClair/
Poetry
Eleni Sikelianos, Your Kingdom, poetry, Tom LeClair, 2023
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