New Spring Poetry Books

The Academy of American Poets has assembled a list of the new poetry books this spring, with info and a sample poem for most if not all of them. Damned awesome of them, especially as National Poetry Month is right around the corner.

Below is a list of new poetry titles that will be published in spring 2008 by the sponsors of National Poetry Month. Browse the list by poet, title, or press. Click on a title to get more information and a sample poem. Support your local bookseller by searching for poetry-friendly bookstores by State at the National Poetry Map, or buy the book online at Amazon.com.

Here are a few favorite poets of mine with new books:

Face
Hanging Loose Press
by Sherman Alexie

Versed
Wesleyan University Press
by Rae Armantrout

See Jack
University of Pittsburgh Press
by Russell Edson

The Dance Most of All
Alfred K. Knopf
by Jack Gilbert

The Winter Sun
Graywolf Press
by Fanny Howe

Or to Begin Again
Penguin
by Ann Lauterbach

Sestets
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
by Charles Wright

There are dozens more at the site.

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