Year-End Lists

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Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2017

Half-Light - Frank Bidart

National Book Award Poetry 2017

Thief in the Interior - Phillip B. Williams

Chicago Review of Books 12 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Bustle: E. Ce Miller 12 Best Poetry Collections of 2016

Boston Globe: John Freeman 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016

The Black Maria - Aracelis Girmay

Publishers Weekly 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Library Journal 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

New York Times: David Orr 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper 23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2016

Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins 4 Best Poetry Books of 2016

New Yorker: Dan Chiasson 8 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2016

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

BuzzFeed 11 Best Poetry Books of 2016

The Performance of Becoming Human - Daniel Borzutzky

National Book Award Poetry 2016

Voyage of the Sable Venus - Robin Coste Lewis

BuzzFeed 16 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Kansas City Star 11 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2015

New York Times: David Orr 10 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Flavorwire: Jonathon Sturgeon 8 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Dennis Cooper 23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015

New Yorker: Dan Chiasson 12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015

Voyage of the Sable Venus - Robin Coste Lewis

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2015

Citizen - Claudia Rankine

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2014

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2013

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