Nick Lantz speaks from the failed and fallen heart of middle-class Americans, the everyday folks whose lives and bank accounts were gutted when the housing bubble burst. What does that heartbreak look ...

Plays on words and tiny twists mean much in a poem. In “Lean Against This Late Hour,” his mesmerizing seventh collection of poems, Garous Abdolmalekian makes us wonder: What if we could put a period ...

Many of the poems written by Midlander Larry Levy seek clarity and truth, offering epiphanies on life. Levy’s fourth book of poetry, “Blessed Arrangement,” published Nov. 1, is about paying attention ...

There is a modesty and reticence in these poems, so tender or rare for his gender. It is levity once called light. It is joy in minor splendor. Forest to fortress, intelligence is its ruler. Deathwish ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The way to read Frederick Seidel’s “Selected Poems” is to remove the dust jacket, light a match and ...