Craig Morgan Teicher

While the Possible is Possible: A 2021 Poetry Preview, Part 3

Craig Morgan Teicher, Ana Božičević, Ken Chen

In the final installment of our 2021 poetry preview, we bring you books that demonstrate the incredible capaciousness of poetry — and that we hope will be sustaining company for the year ahead.

Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.

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A Different Day: A 2021 Poetry Preview, Part 2

Craig Morgan Teicher, Phillip B. Williams, Ken Chen, Evie Shockley

Poetry helps us express feelings that don't fit neatly into sentences; confusion and fear but also hope and joy. Here's the second installment of our look ahead at the most exciting poetry of 2021.

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Glimmers Of Hope: A 2021 Poetry Preview, Part 1

Craig Morgan Teicher, Phillip B. Williams, Ana Božičević, Evie Shockley, Ken Chen

This year, critic Craig Morgan Teicher says American poetry has become too big for just one person to cover, so he's invited five colleagues to bring their own perspectives to our 2021 poetry preview.

In 'An American Sunrise,' Joy Harjo Speaks With A Timeless Compassion

Craig Morgan Teicher

The poet laureate's collection tells a tale of a fierce and ongoing fight for sovereignty, integrity, and basic humanity. It's a plea that Americans take responsibility for what's done in our names.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Wit Is Afire In 'Little Boy'

Craig Morgan Teicher

As he approaches his 100th birthday, the legendary Beat poet and publisher has a new book. Billed as his "literary last will and testament," Little Boy is part memoir, part rambling free-association.

In 'Kill Class,' A Poet Aims To Map The Distance Between Perspectives

Craig Morgan Teicher

At her best, Nomi Stone is able to make an anthropological excavation into something beautiful and haunting, laced with double meanings. But at times she stands in her own way, obscuring our view.

The Personal Is Always Political: A 2018 Poetry Preview

Craig Morgan Teicher

Many of the books of poems coming out this year are sad, but also powerful; full of poets processing their lives, looking into pains both personal and political through the cracked glass of poetry.