Kelly Cherry

‘Hystopia,’ by David Means

‘The Liar’s Wife,’ by Mary Gordon

‘All The Light We Cannot See,’ by Anthony Doerr

Louise Gl ck has won the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Critics Circle Award the National Book Award the Library of Congress Rebekah Johnson Bobbit National Prize the Bollingen Award the William Carlos Williams Award and the Melville Kain Award She has served twice as the poet laureate of t

Alan Shapiro’s new book of poetry is accessible, engaging and playful.

Elizabeth Bishop 1911-79 was a poet laureate then called ldquo consultant in poetry rdquo of the United States a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and for 17 years a resident of Brazil which allowed her to keep her distance from the ldquo lit biz rdquo while staying in

Bo Caldwell’s new novel is ultimately about goodness.

Angela O’Donnell’s poetry balances hard truths with a sweetness of spirit that is rare in our time.

Stories from the Gulf Coast

We often use the word wise to mean ldquo insightful rdquo or ldquo graceful rdquo or ldquo shrewd rdquo or even ldquo humble rdquo Philip Levine rsquo s newest just-published poetry collection his 20th not even counting chapbooks is wise in a more fundamental truer way it is knowing