National Poetry Month 2024 | A Reading List

by Barbara Hoffert
Apr 02, 2024 | Filed in Reviews+

Collections to celebrate National Poetry Month. Slip into blossom season and savor sound, lyric, and line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collections to celebrate National Poetry Month. Slip into blossom season and savor sound, lyric, and line.

Alyan, Hala. The Moon That Turns You Back. Ecco. Mar. 2024. 112p. ISBN 9780063317475. pap. $17.99.

Chang, Victoria. With My Back to the World. Farrar. Apr. 2024. 112p. ISBN 9780374611132. $26.

Choi, Don Mee. Mirror Nation. Wave. Apr. 2024. 152p. ISBN 9781950268931. pap. $25.

Joudah, Fady. [...]: Poems. Milkweed. Mar. 2024. 100p. ISBN 9781639551286. pap. $16.

Le, Nam. 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem. Knopf. Mar. 2024. 80p. ISBN 9780593537206. $28.

Metres, Philip. Fugitive/Refuge. Copper Canyon. Apr. 2024. 144p. ISBN 9781556596698. pap. $22.

Mottley, Leila. woke up no light: poems. Knopf. Apr. 2024. 128p. ISBN 9780593319710. $28.

Notley, Alice. Being Reflected Upon. Penguin Bks. (Penguin Poets.) Apr. 2024. 144p. ISBN 9780143137979. pap. $20.

Ondaatje, Michael. A Year of Last Things: Poems. Knopf. Mar. 2024. 128p. ISBN 9780593801567. $28.

Phillips, Rowan Ricardo. Silver: Poems. Farrar. Mar. 2024. 80p. ISBN 9780374611316. $26.

Pinsky, Robert. Proverbs of Limbo: Poems. Farrar. Jun. 2024. 80p. ISBN 9780374611958. $26.

Rollins, Alison C. Black Bell. Copper Canyon. Apr. 2024. 136p. ISBN 9781556597008. $22.

Seuss, Diane. Modern Poetry: Poems. Graywolf. Mar. 2024. 112p. ISBN 9781644452752. $26.

Valentine, Jean. Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine. Alice James Bks. Apr. 2024. 512p. ISBN 9781949944600. $39.95.

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World. Milkweed/Library of Congress. Apr. 2024. 176p. ed. by Ada Limón. ISBN 9781571315687. $25.

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