yet more books…

Soon it will be “Best-of” season, but we are still finding lists of recommended poetry books for 2020:

• Book Riot – 10 Recent Books by Asian American Poets
• CBC – 37 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in fall 2020
• The Guardian – The best recent poetry – review roundup

Happy reading!

more recommendations

As if your to-read shelf was running low, here are a few more recommendations:

• The Guardian – The best recent poetry collections
• National Poetry Day – 40 Recommended Poetry Books
• PEN America – Healing through Stories: A Latinx Heritage Month Reading List from Tia Chucha Press and Bookstore
• Spectator Life – Seven poetry collections every child should read
• The West Review – Ten Underrated Poetry Collections to Read This Summer and Twenty Queer Books to Read During Quarantine

Happy reading!

books, books, books

More recommendations for autumn reading:

CBC – 37 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in fall 2020

Esquire – The Best Books of Fall 2020 For Those Long, Chilly Nights (includes poetry)

Good Housekeeping (yup, really) – 10 of the best poetry books

Independent – 10 best kids’ poetry books: Anthologies that inspire and educate

The New York Times – New & Noteworthy Poetry, From the Ancient Greeks to Billy Collins

San Francisco Chronicle – 3 poetry anthologies deliver the wisdom and beauty we desperately need

Happy reading!

reading autumn

It’s the first day of fall and many of us are likely to keep spending more time at home over the coming months, so here are some additional suggestions for stocking the book larder:

• 49th Shelf – Most Anticipated: Our 2020 Fall Poetry Preview
• Book Marks – 11 of the Most Anticipated Poetry Collections of Fall/Winter
• Book Riot – 5 Books To Get Your Buddhism Through Poetry
• Book Riot – 5 Poetry Collections As History Lessons
• Library Journal – Provocations: 10 More Poetry Collections for Fall
• The Millions – Must-Read Poetry: September 2020
• Poetry Book Society – Autumn 2020

If you’d care to recommend a recently published book of poetry, leave a comment!

more books

Here are a few more recommendations for your burgeoning list:

• The Guardian – The best recent poetry – review roundup
• Library Journal – Longing and Speech: Nine Major Poetry Collections from Writers Veteran and New (note: site opens with an intrusive pop-up, but it’s easily closed)
• The Millions – Must-Read Poetry: August 2020
• The New York Times – New & Noteworthy Poetry, From a Hungry God to a Fake Shepherd

Want more recommendations? See earlier posts here.

more books!

A few more books for your list, current, recent, and otherwise:

• Cave Canem – National Poetry Month: Staff Book Picks
• Electric Lit – 8 Poetry Collections on Blackness
• Five Books – recommendations for the best poetry books to read for both study and pleasure
• The Jewish News of Northern California – New Jewish poetry books to accompany you through isolation
• Kundiman – 20 Books to Read for Pride

Happy reading!

more books!

More recommendations for your poetry shelf:

• Book Riot – Poetry Books for Beginners, Haters, or the Utterly Confused
• Book Riot again – 8 Poetry Collections and Verse Novels to Get You Into Poetry
• Financial Times – Summer books of 2020: Poetry
• The Guardian – Four new collections up for the Forward poetry prizes
• Medium – 12 Formally Innovative Books by Contemporary Poets of Color
• The Millions – Must-Read Poetry: July 2020
• The Oprah Magazine – All the LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape in 2020 (includes 6 poetry titles)

Happy reading!

more to read!

June is National Indigenous History Month and CBC invites you to celebrate by reading from their list of books by First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors. Among the 35 titles, many are, or include, poetry.

more to read

Here are more recommendations for your poetry shelf:

• The Guardian – The best recent poetry – review roundup
• Kenyon Review – Poets on Poets: Celebrating New Collections (4 parts)
• The Millions – Must-Read Poetry: June 2020
• The New York Times – New & Noteworthy Poetry, From ‘White Blood’ to the Book of Job
• Publishers Weekly – An Antiracist Poetry Reading List

Good reading to you.

more to read…

More recommendations for worthwhile poetry:

• Epic Reads – 28 Poetry Books Guaranteed to Take Your Breath Away
• The Guardian – The best recent poetry collections (May)
• Library Journal – Finding Self/Finding Home | Top Spring Poetry
• Poetry Books Society – Spring Selections 2020
• Poetry Foundation – Reading List: May 2020
• Small Press Distribution – SPD Poetry Bestsellers
• Time – 45 New Books You Need to Read This Summer (one poetry book, several poet authors)

If you have a recent-book recommendation that isn’t showing up on these (or other recent) lists, please share in Comments!