Articles by Carol Muske-Dukes Page 2

Delights & Shadows Ted Kooser Copper Canyon Press: 96 pp., $15 “Delights & Shadows” is a book with a deep stillness at its center, perfectly self-contained, yet echoing like a country well. Read more

The 64 Sonnets John Keats Introduction by Edward Hirsch Paul Dry Books: 136 pp., $12 paper Though he died shockingly young, though he died in despair, of consumption, away from his country and the woman he loved, John Keats knew exactly who he was. Read more

The Best Poems of the English Language Harold Bloom HarperCollins: 972 pp., $34.95 Like his towering literary forebear, Dr. Read more

April is the cruelest month for reviewers of poetry, as there is always a blossoming abundance of books spilling from publishers’ spring lists for National Poetry Month and beyond – yet not enough print space to adequately address this abundance. Read more

The Poems of Edward Thomas Edward Thomas Introduction by Peter Sacks Handsel Books: 180 pp., $17 paper At this troubled juncture in American history, when a deeply divisive war remains front page news, the restoration of Edward Thomas’ poems to print is worth noting. Read more

Search Party William Matthews Houghton Mifflin: 314 pp., $26 * The late Bill Matthews could recycle and serve up the sad and happy leftovers of life’s feast like so much ham-on-wry. Read more

Here are just a few books that have been slightly overlooked this year. Read more

The White Eyelash: Poems; Susan Kinsolving; Grove Press: 240 pp., $13 paper Susan KINSOLVING’S first full-length book, “Dailies & Rushes,” was a sudden and dazzling success d’estime. Read more

Eyeshot Heather McHugh Wesleyan University Press: 80 pp., $20 The poems in Heather McHugh’s “Eyeshot,” her seventh collection, travel (as usual) faster than a speeding bullet and leap tall buildings. Read more