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Best poetry books of 2023

Fresh takes on ancient Greece, Shakespeare and true crime are among this year’s standout collections

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

Kate Kellaway’s best poetry books of 2023

Here’s to a thrilling new voice, a spellbinding Scottish soap opera, an evergreen force of nature and a modern John Clare

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

Shortlisted TS Eliot prize poets speak to a disrupted world

The 10 listed collections range from ‘zany intimacy’ by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-Paisant

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Here are the longlist nominees for the 2022 National Book Awards

It’s a good year to be a newcomer, at least if you dream of a National Book Award. Eight of the 10 nominees on the annual prizes’ fiction longlist, announced Friday by the National Book Foundation, are debut fiction authors. Their narratives include the making of an artist from a…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 16, 2022

George Floyd biography among National Book Award nominees

A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

My boyfriend ended things out of the blue. Here’s what I learned about heartbreak and how to live

Annie Lord was 25 when her five-year relationship ended. After a lot of tears – and cold pasta – she scraped herself off the floor and took stock

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2022

Shall I compare thee to a frozen food aisle? How to write a love poem in 2022

In a world where emotions are cheap and the truth even cheaper, how can we write authentic odes to our beloved? Sharon Olds, Maged Zaher and Lil Nas X show one poet the way

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022