Something for everyone: The National Book Critics Circle nominees in poetry

from The Christian Science Monitor: “The poetry finalists for this year’s National Book Critics Circle awards have very little in common, at least on the surface. One writer uses a breezy, conversational tone, for example, while another sculpts and crafts every sentence. A third poet composes in a foreign language, while a fourth writes about distant cultures.” They are:

• Tony Hoagland, What Narcissism Means to Me (Graywolf Press)
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata, She Says (Graywolf Press)
• Mary Szybist, Granted (Alice James Books)
• Susan Stewart, Columbarium (University of Chicago Press)
• Carolyn Forché, Blue Hour (Harper Collins)

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