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Ecstatic, elegiac, and erotic, the poems in Quintessential Earthly Activities form a constellation of mortal loves and contradictions. In ancient philosophy and medieval alchemy, quintessence referred to the fifth and…

Winner of the 25th A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, Alejandro Lucero's debut collection, At the Bottom of the Sea with One Light, is rooted in the landscape of his hometown…

Written over the course of the author’s life with his late partner, Often You Light a Fuse to Prove You Won’t Explode is as much a love letter to her…

For more than half a century, Albert Goldbarth has been one of America’s most celebrated and distinctive poets. A two-time recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he returns…

In her lyrical fifth collection, I Am Trying to Love the Whole World, Jenny Browne fearlessly holds grief without sentimentality and beauty without denial. For nearly a year, Browne began each poem…

Michelle Phương Hồ’s Bone Symphony mines the wreckage of colonialism and imperialist warfare in Vietnam and attempts to reassemble the bones. Told in three movements spanning lyric, documentary, and hybrid forms,…

Written by internationally beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye, Sidekick stands as a testament to poetry’s enduring power to bear witness. With each poem, Nye affirms a truth that feels more…

In these richly textured poems—crafted with taut clarity and consummate skill—Waters confronts the immutable presence of death by reveling in sensual pleasure and spiritual daring. Each poem unfolds as a compelling…

Blood on the Leaves by Hope Wabuke is a searing and lyrical poetry collection that explores the intimate, haunted relationship between Blackness and the natural world. At once a site of refuge…