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Best poetry books of 2023

Fresh takes on ancient Greece, Shakespeare and true crime are among this year’s standout collections

The Guardian - UK

Kate Kellaway’s best poetry books of 2023

Here’s to a thrilling new voice, a spellbinding Scottish soap opera, an evergreen force of nature and a modern John Clare

The Guardian - UK

Shortlisted TS Eliot prize poets speak to a disrupted world

The 10 listed collections range from ‘zany intimacy’ by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-Paisant

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

Balladz by Sharon Olds; Material Properties by Jacob Polley; Was It for This by Hannah Sullivan; Brother Poem by Will Harris; Couplets by Maggie Millner

The Guardian - UK

Balladz by Sharon Olds review – insights and elegies

From pandemic poems to homages to Emily Dickinson, the American poet’s new work is intimate and heart-stirring

The Guardian - UK

‘That orange, it made me so happy’: 50 poems to boost your mood

Humour, beauty, solace ... the right poem can bring a ray of sunshine. Andrew Motion, Kayo Chingonyi, Tishani Doshi and other poets recommend the verses that lift their spirits

The Guardian - UK

National Book Awards 2022: Gayl Jones, Sharon Olds, Imani Perry among finalists

The winners of the prestigious US awards, in five categories, will be announced in a ceremony in November

The Guardian - US

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Here are the longlist nominees for the 2022 National Book Awards

It’s a good year to be a newcomer, at least if you dream of a National Book Award. Eight of the 10 nominees on the annual prizes’ fiction longlist, announced Friday by the National Book Foundation, are debut fiction authors. Their narratives include the making of an artist from a…

Los Angeles Times

George Floyd biography among National Book Award nominees

A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards

The Independent UK

My boyfriend ended things out of the blue. Here’s what I learned about heartbreak and how to live

Annie Lord was 25 when her five-year relationship ended. After a lot of tears – and cold pasta – she scraped herself off the floor and took stock

The Guardian - UK

Shall I compare thee to a frozen food aisle? How to write a love poem in 2022

In a world where emotions are cheap and the truth even cheaper, how can we write authentic odes to our beloved? Sharon Olds, Maged Zaher and Lil Nas X show one poet the way

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