Brief reviews of new poetry collections for those who need--or don&#39;t yet know they need--poetry. Hosted by <a href="https://benjaminlandry.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Landry</a>.

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I review Theo LeGro&#39;s Don&#39;t Let It Kill You, from Persea Books (June 2, 2026)

Episode 44: Theo LeGro's DON'T LET IT KILL YOU

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I review Serena Chopra&#39;s A Catalog of Future Mercies, from Graywolf Press (June 23, 2026).

Episode 43: Serena Chopra's A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES

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I review Anna Nygren&#39;s blush/river/fox, from Milkweed Editions (February 10, 2026).

Episode 42: Anna Nygren's BLUSH/RIVER/FOX

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I review Asa Drake&#39;s Maybe the Body, from Tin House: A Zando Imprint (February 24, 2026).

Episode 41: Asa Drake's MAYBE THE BODY

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I review Andrés Cerpa&#39;s The Palace, from Alice James Books (January 20, 2026).

Episode 40: Andrés Cerpa's THE PALACE

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I review Ally Ang&#39;s Let the Moon Wobble, from Alice James Books (November 11, 2025).

Episode 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE

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I review Erin L. McCoy&#39;s Wrecks, from Noemi Press (October 15, 2025).

Episode 38: Erin L. McCoy's WRECKS

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I review Marcella Durand&#39;s A Winter Triangle, from Fordham University Press (September 2, 2025).

Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE

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I review Martheaus Perkins&#39;s The Grace of Black Mothers, from Trio House Press (July 1, 2025).

Episode 36: Martheaus Perkins's THE GRACE OF BLACK MOTHERS

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I review Jennifer Hasegawa&#39;s Naomie Anomie, from Omnidawn Publishing (April 14, 2025).

Episode 35: Jennifer Hasegawa's NAOMIE ANOMIE

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I review Andrea Ballou&#39;s Other Times, Midnight, from Persea Books (April 1, 2025).

Episode 34: Andrea Ballou's OTHER TIMES, MIDNIGHT

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I review Rachel Trousdale&#39;s Five-Paragraph Essay on the Mind-Body Problem, from Wesleyan University Press (March 25, 2025).

Episode 33: Rachel Trousdale's FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM

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I review Annie Wenstrup&#39;s The Museum of Unnatural Histories, from Wesleyan University Press (March 19, 2025).

Episode 32: Annie Wenstrup's THE MUSEUM OF UNNATURAL HISTORIES

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I review Latif Askia Ba&#39;s The Choreic Period, from Milkweed Editions (January 21, 2025).

Episode 31: Latif Askia Ba's THE CHOREIC PERIOD

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I review Brittany Rogers&#39;s Good Dress, from Tin House Books (October 15, 2024).

Episode 30: Brittany Rogers's GOOD DRESS

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I review torrin a. greathouse&#39;s Deed, from Wesleyan University Press (August 20, 2024).

Episode 29: torrin a. greathouse's DEED

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Jessica Cuello and I discuss a touchstone, Deborah Tall&#39;s A Family of Strangers, from Sarabande Books (2006).

VerseCurious in Conversation: Deborah Tall's A FAMILY OF STRANGERS, with Jessica Cuello

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I review Elizabeth Clark Wessel&#39;s None of It Belongs to Me, from Game Over Books (June 15, 2024).

Episode 27: Elizabeth Clark Wessel's NONE OF IT BELONGS TO ME

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I review Stephanie Choi&#39;s The Lengest Neoi, from the University of Iowa Press (May 6, 2024).

Episode 26: Stephanie Choi's THE LENGEST NEOI

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I review Jennifer Richter&#39;s Dear Future, from The Word Works (May 1, 2024).

Episode 25: Jennifer Richter's DEAR FUTURE

Poetry Reviews

Brief reviews of new poetry collections for those who need--or don't yet know they need--poetry.