The
five finalists for the National
Book Critics Circle Award for poetry are, on the face of it, an eclectic
group of poetry collections.
Published
posthumously, Abide
by Jake Adam York is a continuation of the poet’s project to memorialize the 126
people who died in the civil rights struggle between 1954 and 1968. Christian
Wiman’s Once in the West
has no title poem, instead, the book’s title is a recurring theme throughout the poems.
The
next two finalists in our discussion series continue the eclectic
characterization: Willie Perdomo’s The
Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon and Prelude
to Bruise by Saeed Jones.
To
continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak
Poetry.
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