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Poetry

1. Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry

   Charles Henry Rowell

   More than seventy poets are represented in this innovative new anthology of African American poetry since the 1960s.More

2. Mayakovsky's Revolver: Poems

   Matthew Dickman

   From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark.More

3. Memorial: A Version of the Iliad

   Alice Oswald, Eavan Boland

   "The most remarkable and affecting book of poetry I encountered this year."-James Wood, The New Yorker More

4. In Beauty Bright: Poems

   Gerald Stern

   "Gerald Stern is the most expansively celebratory poet in years. He is akin to a natural force."-Georgia Review More

5. Illuminations

   Arthur Rimbaud, John Ashbery

   "This may be the most beautiful book in the world, lighted from within and somehow embodying all forms of literature."-Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles TimesMore

6. The Book of Men: Poems

   Dorianne Laux

   "Dorianne Laux dares to parse her life through the prism of men who've passed through it."-New York TimesMore

7. The Intricated Soul: New and Selected Poems

   Sherod Santos

   "Santos captures moments of lyric intensity and beauty 
that feel as fresh today as when they were written."
-New CriterionMore

8. Traveling Light: Poems

   Linda Pastan

   "Dark rhyming lyrics about love and impending loss. 
The poems may shake you, so be forewarned."
-Alan Cheuse, NPRMore

9. An Individual History: Poems

   Michael Collier

   A cycle of pathbreaking poems about the history of a family set against the backdrop of the last century.More

10. Pablo Neruda: Absence and Presence

    Pablo Neruda, Alastair Reid, Luis Poirot

    Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda wrote often about the natural world and the beloved objects he surrounded himself with.More

11. Orphan Hours: Poems

    Stanley Plumly

    A luminous new volume from a National Book Award finalist and recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.More

12. Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise

    Julie Sheehan

    "Nearly knocked me off my metaphoric stool."
-Diann Blakely, Antioch ReviewMore

13. Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007–2010

    Adrienne Rich

    "Rich's poetry itself is a mirror, reflecting the truths about humanity this discerning poet has come to understand."-BooklistMore

14. Walking Papers: Poems

    Thomas Lynch

    "Light in tone, [these poems] are at their core deadly serious. . . . They celebrate life, love, death, and literature."-Library JournalMore

15. Engine Empire: Poems

    Cathy Park Hong

    "A brainy, glinting triptych . . . . Novelistic, meditative, offbeat, and soulful, Cathy Park Hong's poetry is many fathoms deep." -David MitchellMore