noteworthy

If, in your weeks of isolation, you’ve managed to burn through the poetry books on your shelves, here are more, from various reliable sources:

• Bustle: National Poetry Month required reading
• CBC: 29 works of Canadian poetry
• The Guardian: the best recent poetry
• League of Canadian Poets: The Many Gendered Other Reading List
• The New York Times: new this week

Happy reading!

what’s new?

Best-of season is hardly over before the poetry pundits begin to weigh in on the must-read volumes for the new year. Here are a few recommendations:

• Book Riot: 6 Poetry Books for a More Comforting Start to 2020, by Dee Das
• The Guardian – The best recent poetry – review roundup, by Ben Wilkinson
• Independent – 10 best poetry books for World Poetry Day 2020, by Emma Lee-Potter
• The Millions – Must-Read Poetry: January 2020, by Nick Ripatrazone. Here is Nick Ripatrazone’s selection for February 2020. And here is his March 2020 list.
• The New York Times – New & Noteworthy Poetry Books, by Geneva Abdul
• NPR – Keeping The Dark At Bay: A 2020 Poetry Preview, by Craig Morgan Teicher

Happy reading!

Best-of, number 5

This may be the last best-of post for 2019, or maybe not:

• LitHub
• LitHub (best of the decade!)
• The New York Times
• WBUR (best of Boston)

Happy reading!

Best-of, no. 4

The book recommendations just keep on keepin’ on. Here’s the fourth round:

• CBC
• Electric Literature
• Good Reads
• Irish Times
• NPR here and here
• 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists

Best of 2019, no. 3

Here’s the third round of bests for 2019:

• Autostraddle
• The Guardian (different list)
• GQ
• The Listener (New Zealand)

Best of 2019, no. 2

More best-of listings for 2019 books:

• Entropy
• The Guardian
• Library Journal
• The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019
• Publishers Weekly
• The Times Literary Supplement

it has begun

Best-of Season is here again. Here’s what we have so far for listings of favorite poetry for 2019:

• Financial Times
• Morning Star
• New York Public Library (note the categories: Kids, Los Mejores Libros para Pequeños, Teens, Adults, Poetry)
• Washington Post