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Letter from Brooklyn

By Jacob Scheier

Some of the best poetry I’ve ever encountered was not on the page, but heard at a spoken-word night at New York City’s Nuyorican Poets Café. I was making a teenage pilgrimage in the sloshed ... Read More »

April 3, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Supplying Salt and Light

By Lorna Goodison

Lorna Goodison’s ninth book of poetry stands as a powerful testament to her reputation as one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated poets. Supplying Salt and Light reconstructs the Caribbean colonial quest undertaken by 16th-century Spanish ... Read More »

April 3, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

★ Under the Keel

By Michael Crummey

The term “page turner” is more likely to be associated with mass-market thrillers than books of poetry. But in the case of Under the Keel, Michael Crummey’s first collection in a decade, the phrase suits ... Read More »

April 3, 2013 | Filed under: Poetry

The Best Place on Earth

By Ayelet Tsabari

Ayelet Tsabari’s penetrating debut short-story collection begins with “Tikkun,” about a chance reunion in a Jerusalem café between two former lovers whose lives have followed divergent paths in the seven years since splitting up. Lior, ... Read More »

March 25, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Sister Mine

By Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson’s fifth novel for adults delves into the areas of speculative fiction and the Caribbean oral tradition her writing is best known for. The story opens in Toronto, a setting that at first glance ... Read More »

March 25, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels