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Anahid Nersessian wrote a lovely review of Boris Dralyuk's My Hollywood and Other Poems in the New York Review of Books. "“Dralyuk embraces rhyme with a rare and admirable enthusiasm for sound and syllable, for musical variety and plays on words . . . [An] air of upbeat sorrow permeates My... [Details]

The Wall Street Journal reviewed Deborah Warren's Strange to Say, saying, "[Warren's] curiosity and embrace of the unpredictable, as well as her delight in both the archaic and the homespun, animate Strange to Say, a tour of English that savors the language's mutability." Read the full review (WSJ subscribers only). [Details]

McSweeney's, Booklist, The Poetry Foundation, and more have recently run glowing reviews of MY HOLLYWOOD AND OTHER POEMS by Boris Dralyuk. "These [poems] are the souvenirs of an almost-vanished glamour, an ethnic, gritty, free-wheeling city, little fantasias encased in rhyme and meter."—Jesse Nathan, McSweeney's"Sophisticated, musical, and often humorous."—Booklist“Throughout My Hollywood, Dralyuk crafts polished... [Details]

The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Foreword Reviews and more have run rave reviews of JUST GO DOWN TO THE ROAD by James Campbell."An engrossing account of a young man discovering what he wants to do with his life."―Michael Dirda, Washington Post"This deftly written memoir . . . is the story of a... [Details]

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta, author of She Never Told Me About the Ocean, was featured in the Nov/Dec 2021 issue of Harvard Magazine: How Myth and Memoir Intertwine. [Details]

Booklist reviewed Deborah Warren's poetry collection Connoisseurs of Worms: "Immensely engaging . . . Steeped in references to Greek and Roman history and literature, this book sings with an erudite yet accessible energy one might expect from a former Latin teacher. After finishing this collection, readers will definitely want to... [Details]

The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Booklist, and more have run glowing reviews of STUDYING WITH MISS BISHOP by Dana Gioia.Michael Dirda, in the Washington Post, recommended MISS BISHOP in a column on "books about books.""Highly enjoyable . . . Studying with Miss Bishop offers the opportunity... [Details]

Publishers Weekly reviewed A. M. Juster's Wonder & Wrath, saying "Juster’s poems are textured with rhyme and images that find correlatives between manmade threats and the natural world." Read the full review.   [Details]

The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice, translated from the Greek by A. E. Stallings, has made the shortlist for the 2020 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose. The award is administered by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) and includes a rigorous examination of both the source text... [Details]

Booklist reviewed A. M. Juster's new book of poetry, Wonder & Wrath, calling it a "strong collection" and "not to be missed": Juster is a formalist poet with nine previous collections, including The Secret Language of Women (2002), which received the Richard Wilbur Award. Juster regards the common and the... [Details]