Marie Ponsot has said of Emily Fragos, “[Her] trust in language is fruitful, and justified. No word she writes is an advertisement for herself. The out-going empathy which moves her now and then even allows her moments in which persons, acts, things, and self are poised as if reconciled. We are enlarged by her resonant verbal imagination.” Read samples of her poems on Boston Review.
The New York Times recently reviewed Modern Life, a new poetry collection by Matthea Harvey: “The good news, however, is that America’s younger poets are generating more than their share of our country’s best writing. At 34, Matthea Harvey is a case in point. She is in many ways a typical American poet in early career: She teaches workshops, helps edit a journal, keeps a busy reading schedule, pops up at artists’ colonies, publishes widely and has had to learn the basic steps of the pobiz hustle (her Web site is polished, her Wikipedia entry primed for expansion).” Read an interview with Matthea on Bookslut.com.
Brenda Shaughnessy is the recipient of the 2007 James Laughlin Award for her second book, Human Dark with Sugar. Read more information about the award and listen to her poems on Poets.org.
