Editions of Blake's poetry—which as an artist and printer he frequently engraved and published himself—most often fail to reproduce his integral illustrations, or do so in poor Continue reading »
Sophisticated illustrations of the roaming ``tyger'' amid the ``forests of the night'' accompany Blake's famous poem. Shadowy black-and-gray spreads feature window-like insets of the dazzling color Continue reading »
The masterful second collection from Dzukogi (Your Crib, My Qibla) draws on the mythic and poetic traditions of northern Nigeria for a lyrical reimagining of the legend of Continue reading »
The dazzling latest from Forde (Mother Body) draws on the King James Bible to lyrically recount the story of the poet’s grandmother, Alice, a Black woman who journeys from the Continue reading »
This brilliant collection of previously unpublished poems from Berryman’s Dream Songs cycle is proof, as Shane McCrae writes in the introduction, that he “understood his epic to Continue reading »
Baker’s graceful latest (after Whale Fall) announces that “the world is in pieces,” but nevertheless eschews despair. In these poems, “the heart lies open to the world,” where Continue reading »