Ingots, Ghosts, and Octopi... exciting titles new + old on Poetry Sunday!
March 24, 2019
Every Sunday, we highlight some poetry books that have found their way onto our shelves and into our hearts.
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...
More InfoA new English translation of one of Portugal's most beloved poets.
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...
More InfoBenjamin is reading Hoa Nguyen's 2016 collection published by Wave Books. It is full of poems that singe and sing.
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...
More InfoI 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
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...
More InfoGhost 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...
More InfoEli 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.
+ Issue 19 of Poetry is Dead Magazine: Drama! This issue features store favourites Gillian Sze and Vivek Shraya, among others.