Everyone should visit the generous, lovely staff at the University of Arizona, Tucson’s Poetry Center. A tremendous thank you to: Tyler, Wendy, Laura, Julie, Renee, the two Sarahs, Aisha, generous docents Marc and Tony, and of course, the inimitable, Hannah Ensor.
Here are my selections from the stacks at the Poetry Center during my recent residency!
The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry edited by Francisco Aragón
A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon by CAConrad
Troubling the Line: Trans & Genderqueer Poetry & Poetics edited by TCTolbert and Tim Trace Peterson
What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey
The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology edited by Nathalie Handal
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
The Complete Poems of Jean Genet by ManRoot Magazine
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
The Service Porch by Fred Moten
The Taxidermist’s Cut by Rajiv Mohabir
Off-Season City Pipe by Hedge Coke
How the End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night by Morgan Parker
A Third Instance by Rosa Alcalá, Graig Watson, and Elizabeth Whitehead
The Lust of Unsentimental Waters by Rosa Alcalá
Undocumentaries by Rosa Alcalá
187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border by Juan Felipe Herrera
Sing by Hedge Coke