Envelope of Night: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1966–1990
Michael Burkard
Poets whose principle source of inspiration is a well of deep sorrow, as Burkard's is, tend to avoid sentimentality either by tempering their feeling with formal rigor and stylistic complexity or Continue reading »
The devastation of alcoholism and the loneliness of sobriety, the demands of death and memory and the challenges of language itself all find their way into Burkard's sixth collection, following Continue reading »
A fugue-like sensibility sustains Burkard's lyric imagination throughout his eighth collection, harking back to previous book-length investigations like Fictions from the Self and My Secret Boat. The Continue reading »
Envelope of Night: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1966-1990
Michael Burkard
Poets whose principle source of inspiration is a well of deep sorrow, as Burkard's is, tend to avoid sentimentality either by tempering their feeling with formal rigor and stylistic complexity or Continue reading »
Burkard's ( Fictions from the Self ) work is an acquired taste. For those who wish a direct encounter with an elusive medium, his seventh book--particularly its prose poems--may well offer a Continue reading »
Lee’s exhilarating seventh collection (after The Undressing) continues his journey into the sacred. With quicksilver agility, the poet moves between the role of son, father, Continue reading »
Olson’s wise third collection (after Stay) is equal parts melodic and percussive, playing upon ideas of origin and extinction with remarkable tenderness. “Having Reached the Continue reading »
The thrilling latest by Santos Perez (from unincorporated territory [guma’]) gathers previously uncollected poems in a powerhouse package of decolonial Indigenous insight. A Continue reading »
The expansive and arresting latest from Pulitzer winner Gander (Be With) comprises what he calls a “novel poem,” a book-length single poem that spans time, space, and narrative Continue reading »