As I indicated in the November 4 episode of Poems on Air, there are a slew of new or forthcoming poetry collections that I’m excited to add to my reading table. In addition to the poems selected from books I will read this month on the podcast and f you’re looking for something for yourself or to gift to an enthusiastic poetry reader, I offer the following (not all-inclusive!) suggestions:
- Kaveh Akbar, Pilgrim Bell
- Will Alexander, Refractive Africa
- Kazim Ali, ed., New Moons
- Raymond Antrobus, All the Names Given
- Derrick Austin, Tenderness
- Nicky Beer, Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes
- Dexter L. Booth, Abracadabra, Sunshine
- Marianne Boruch, Bestiary Dark
- Mahogany L. Brown, I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love
- Elena Karina Bryne, If This Makes You Nervous
- Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Look At This Blue
- Tishani Doshi, A God at the Door
- Rita Dove, Playlist for the Apocalypse
- Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective: Poems
- W.J. Herbert, Dear Specimen
- Michael Kleber-Diggs, Worldly Things
- Rachel Long, My Darling from the Lions
- Shahé Mankerian, History of Forgetfulness
- Aurielle Marie, Gumbo Ya-Ya
- Adrian Matejka, Somebody Else Sold the World
- Rajiv Mohabir, Cutlish
- Amanda Moore, Requeening
- Rebecca Pelky, Through A Red Place
- Natasha Rao, Latitude
- Steven Reigns, A Quilt for David
- Patrick Rosal, The Last Thing: New & Selected
- Sonia Sanchez, Collected Poems
- Chet’la Sebree, Field Study
- Kevin Simmonds, The Monster I Am Today
- Tracy K. Smith, Such Color: New & Selected Poems
- Keli Stewart, Small Altars
- Cindy Veach, Her Kind
- Devon Walker-Figureroa, Philomath
- Pam Ward, between good men & no man at all
- John Yau, Genghis Chan on Drums
Lynne Thompson is the Los Angeles Poet Laureate.