(New York: Persea Books, 2020) By middle-age, youth is a private letter tucked inside an envelope. No matter what emotions it stirs by looking back over it, the very fact of its presence makes one thing clear: We each … Continued
(Bethesda, MD: Alan Squire Publishing, 2020) Poet Elizabeth Hazen writes that she “came of age…in the pre-Internet, grunge-tinted 1990s” and that influence is deeply felt in Girls Like Us, her excellent second collection. With neatness and restraint, these poems convey … Continued
(Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2020) Flourish, Dora Malech’s fourth collection of poetry, is divided into four sections, each introduced by a line of poetry by four different poets (Rita Dove, Saeed Jones, Carolyn Kizer, and Kay Ryan) that … Continued