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Be Easy: New and Selected Poems

Adrian Matejka (Liveright)

From Midwestern amusement parks to Jack Johnson’s boxing ring, Matejka vibrantly delivers American life in all its music and contradictions. Gathering 21 new poems alongside selections from two decades of work, this insightful volume showcases his mastery of imagery and sound. It’s an exceptional introduction for new readers and a treasure for longtime fans.

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Intifadas

Edward Salem (Sarabande)

Salem’s daring second book unforgettably captures Palestinian diasporic grief, survivor’s guilt, and fury. By turns bitterly funny and wrenching, these poems demonstrate their meticulous craft through inventive forms and surprising, powerful language.

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Still House in the Desert: An Eco-Contemplation

Brenda Hillman (Wesleyan Univ.)

Hillman brings astonishing formal invention and emotional range to this meditation on ecological devastation and memory, balancing evocative objects from her personal history with planetary loss. Funny, tender, and ruminative, these poems and photographs show Hillman at the height of her power.

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Swirl & Vortex

Larry Levis, edited by David St. John (Graywolf)

This monumental collection of past and previously unseen work invites readers to appreciate the full sweep of Levis’s melancholy and spellbinding imagination. Rich in narrative, his poems deliver resonant glimpses into ordinary lives and failures while quietly confirming the consolations of language.

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Layli Long Soldier (Graywolf)

Long Soldier’s dazzling assemblage of poems, essays, and visual art reveals how colonial history persists in classrooms, institutions, and family life. Her formally inventive work dismantles oppressive language while honoring Native resistance and collective action. The result is an unforgettable book of witness and possibility.

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