poetics

“Poetry is impossible, but it is not difficult.” —Olena Kalytiak Davis, author of Late Summer Ode

“I’m not a writer, I’m a receiver for something I don’t always understand.” —James Cagney, author of Martian: The Saint of Loneliness

The author of Selected Books of the Beloved illuminates the power of narrative to move a poem forward.

The author of Selected Books of the Beloved explores enumeration as a source of poetic possibility.

The author of Selected Books of the Beloved reflects on the sonic pleasures of verse and offers an exercise in attending to poetry’s music.

“This book really fought me, or I fought it, for the first couple of years.” —Safia Elhillo, author of Girls That Never Die

“I think it was essential that I turn further inward, that I trust the ‘quieter’ poems.” —Zeina Hashem Beck, author of O

“Write because you want to, not to define yourself for the benefit of other people.” —Maya Marshall, author of All the Blood Involved in Love