Poetry

Ron Padgett is a writer with a consummate sense of the fantastical as it intersects the quotidian.

“I did not want to put this book down. Neither will you.”

“From the New World is an indispensable addition to any literary library, a tour de force selection of Jorie Graham’s critically important poems to date.”

“Author of nine books of poetry and winner of prestigious awards such as the American Book award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and more, Kamiko Hahn writes poetry that is innov

“. . . this writer constructs from his an entire mythological system.

“Sholl’s poems do that: keep watch over the ruined world, love the wordless, the half-shattered, and the unnoticed.

“This collection offers the riches of a mature poet’s reflections on life and death, which cannot help but enrich our own lives as well.”

“. . . revelatory, a testament to Di Donato’s ability to deconstruct the complex weavings and machinations of the human heart.”

“. . . an excitingly different read.”

Vale Ave has been released by New Directions Press as Poetry Pamphlet #7 in their pamphlet series, which represents a significant reprinting of this outstanding long poem by the legendary

“. . . truly impressive . . .”

This review is dedicated to Robert Cooper (1956–1993).