Ingots, Ghosts, and Octopi... exciting titles new + old on Poetry Sunday!

March 24, 2019

Ingots, Ghosts, and Octopi... exciting titles new + old on Poetry Sunday!

Every Sunday, we highlight some poetry books that have found their way onto our shelves and into our hearts.

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What's in a Name

Ana Luisa Amaral

With the elliptical looping of a butterfly alighting on one’s sleeve, the poems of Ana Luisa Amaral arrive as small hypnotic miracles. Spare and...

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A new English translation of one of Portugal's most beloved poets.

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Violet Energy Ingots

Hoa Nguyen

"What our lives permit us to perceive as givens, Nguyen reveals as mere conditions, inextricably tied to and guided by greater forces?from the economy...

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Benjamin is reading Hoa Nguyen's 2016 collection published by Wave Books. It is full of poems that singe and sing.

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Nouveau Griot

Tanya Evanson

Nouveau Griot is the result of 20 years on stage and in studio. It is the text from four spoken word audio recordings made...

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I had the pleasure of seeing Tanya Evanson perform and read at the Montreal Review of Books launch last night. Her lines are still echoing in my mind, and I can't wait to read more. - Rachel

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The Octopus Museum

Brenda Shaughnessy

This collection of bold and scathingly beautiful feminist poems imagines what comes after our current age of environmental destruction, racism, sexism, and divisive politics.Informed...

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Ghost Of

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Ghost Of is a mourning song, not an exorcism or un-haunting of that which haunts, but attuned attention, unidirectional reaching across time, space, and...

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Eli is reading Ghost Of by Diana Khoi Nguyen, which was chosen by Terrance Hayes (!) as the winner of the Omnidawn Open Book Contest. This haunting and innovative collection was also a finalist for the National Book Award.

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+ Issue 19 of Poetry is Dead Magazine: Drama! This issue features store favourites Gillian Sze and Vivek Shraya, among others.

Benjamin Bush Anderson

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