NPR Poetry Preivew 2017

NPR once again let me take a look at what I think of the most exciting books coming out in the next 12 months. 

Poetry To Pay Attention To: A Preview Of 2017's Best Verse

America's greatest triumph is its diversity: the multiplicity of peoples, identities, and voices all gathered and vitally alive in one country. Nothing attests to this diversity more profoundly than American poetry, which elevates those voices to song. At its best, our poetry refutes hate, represents and finds harmony in difference, counters generality with nuance, and speaks out against injustice.

These poets of 2017 represent the best of America, its fierce outrage, its passionate acceptance of divergent ideas and beliefs.

Craig Teicher