More poetry
How About Now: Poems by Kate Baer, downloaded from NetGalley, publication Nov. 4, 2025; Harper Perennial.
Description: A young woman's journey to middle age and self-discovery - the third full length poetry collection by Kate Baer.
Theme: confronting the march of time in a shifting age.
I'm looking forward to these poems and the theme. Baer is a New York Times best selling author, of What Kind of Woman.
Window and Mirror by Ted Virts, April 8, 2025; Atmosphere Press, downloaded from NetGalley
Description: What are we doing here? The present political situation, the southern U.S. border, the death of the poet's father, the news, and a description of Christmas as an artichoke.
I am curious about this collection of poems, the themes of the present crises as it affects the poet.
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated into the Jamaican by Lorna Goodison who has used Jamaican phrases and expressions to turn Dante's poem into one that would appeal to a modern Caribbean audience.
As I grew up in Jamaica, I am more than eager to read this poet's version of Dante's The Inferno and to see the Italian poem become a Caribbean version.
Publication on June 10, 2025 by the Literary Press Club of Canada, and downloaded from NetGalley.
What poetry books have you discovered recently?
I did not know about your Jamaican connection. I can see why you would enjoy this version of Dante's work.
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