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A review by kelseymay
The Best American Poetry 2014 by Terrance Hayes, David Lehman
3.0
Content warning / mention of assault
I borrowed the 2014 edition of Best American Poetry before the library closed and have finally been digging in.
In it is the most fantastic poem I've read this year: "Rape Joke" by Patricia Lockwood.
There are also more than a dozen other gems in these pages (although there are also some I don't care for, important to note just to point out that everyone's taste varies). Favorites included work by Traci Brimhall, Lucie Brock-Broido, Jericho Brown, Kurt Brown, Joseph Ceravolo, Henri Cole, Michael Earl Craig, Natalie Diaz, Rita Dove, Camille Dungy, Ross Gay, Yusef Komunyakaa, Larry Levis, Valzhyna Mort, Sharon Olds, Gregory Pardlo, and Dean Young.
Thankful to be exposed to new poets I haven't read before and thankful for the inspiration I had to write four new poems!
I borrowed the 2014 edition of Best American Poetry before the library closed and have finally been digging in.
In it is the most fantastic poem I've read this year: "Rape Joke" by Patricia Lockwood.
There are also more than a dozen other gems in these pages (although there are also some I don't care for, important to note just to point out that everyone's taste varies). Favorites included work by Traci Brimhall, Lucie Brock-Broido, Jericho Brown, Kurt Brown, Joseph Ceravolo, Henri Cole, Michael Earl Craig, Natalie Diaz, Rita Dove, Camille Dungy, Ross Gay, Yusef Komunyakaa, Larry Levis, Valzhyna Mort, Sharon Olds, Gregory Pardlo, and Dean Young.
Thankful to be exposed to new poets I haven't read before and thankful for the inspiration I had to write four new poems!