I attended AWP‘s annual conference this past week and came back with lots of books! Here’s what I got, with some explanatory notes as necessary. Akbar, Kaveh. Pilgrim Bell: Poems. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2021. I attended a panel that Akbar was part of and had him sign this book afterwards. He was incredibly sweet andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Lerner, Ben. The Hatred of Poetry. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role of literature in apocalyptic times such as these. Reading poetry on a daily basis is helping me to survive emotionally. Therefore, I’ve been looking for texts related to this subject, and decided itContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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