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Jason Bayani, “Locus” (Omnidawn Publishing, 2019)
Jason Bayani
Locus

Omnidawn Publishing, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network October 15, 2019 Andrea Blythe

“Poetry gave me back a way to find my culture, my history,” says Jason Bayani, discussing his new book Locus (Omnidawn Publishing 2019), which blends memoir and poetry into a stunning exploration of fragmented identities and the Pilipinx-American experience. Drawing inspiration from hip-hop and delving into the knotted complexity of... Read More
Deborah L. Davitt, “The Gates of Never” (Finishing Line Press, 2018)
Deborah L. Davitt
The Gates of Never

Finishing Line Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network September 20, 2019 Andrea Blythe

Drawing on the author’s deep knowledge of classical literature, Deborah L. Davitt’s book of poetry The Gates of Never (Finishing Line Press, 2018) explores the intersections of myth, science, and humanity through her beautifully accessible poems, reflecting a variety of forms and linguistic styles. These poems morph between being moving,... Read More
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, “For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother F*cker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough”
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother F*cker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough

Dane Edidi, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoetryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 19, 2019 Adrian King

Inspired by Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi has written her own beautiful choreo drama titled For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother F*cker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi describes For Black... Read More
jayy dodd, “The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus” (Nightboat Books, 2019)
jayy dodd
The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus

Nightboat Books, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoetryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network July 16, 2019 Adrian King

If the prompt is “respond to a myth of Narcissus using thoughtful, meditative poems,” then jayy dodd gave us a beautiful answer. In The Black Condition Ft. Narcissus (Nightboat Books, 2019),  jayy dodd offers her own brilliant reflections on so many things: the contemporary moment, dystopia, her transition, and more.... Read More
Dean Anthony Brink, “Japanese Poetry and its Publics: From Colonial Taiwan to Fukushima” (Routledge, 2018)
Dean Anthony Brink
Japanese Poetry and its Publics
From Colonial Taiwan to Fukushima
Routledge, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Poetry July 9, 2019 Roman Paşca

Is classical Japanese poetry something to be enjoyed in private, an object of study for scholars, or an item of public life teeming with hints about how to understand and deal with our past and our future? In Japanese Poetry and its Publics: From Colonial Taiwan to Fukushima (Routledge, 2018),... Read More
John Sibley Williams, “As One Fire Consumes Another” (Orison Books, 2019)
John Sibley Williams
As One Fire Consumes Another

Orison Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network June 21, 2019 Andrea Blythe

John Sibley Williams’ As One Fire Consumes Another (Orison Books, 2019) presents a familiar world full of burnings carried out on both the grand and intimate scale. The newspaper-like columns of prose poetry provide a social critique of the violent side of American culture centered within the boundaries of self... Read More
Sally Wen Mao, “Oculus” (Graywolf Press, 2019)
Sally Wen Mao
Oculus

Graywolf Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in PoetryNew Books Network May 22, 2019 Andrea Blythe

In Oculus (Graywolf Press, 2019), Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just as a matter of distance and displacement, but as a migration through time and a reckoning with technology. The title poem follows a girl in Shanghai who uploaded her suicide onto Instagram. Other poems cross into animated worlds,... Read More