Leslie Bazzett, Mia (Scribner) — published most recently in NER 40.2
“Bazzett’s debut is a beautifully written novel of love, loss, and longing. Peppered with vivid descriptions of small-town Mexico, Bazzett’s prose is at once gorgeous and harsh, and her characters jump off the page”—Booklist, starred review
Daniela Catrileo translated by Jacob Edelstein, Piñen (FSG Originals) — Catrileo appeared in NER 43.4
“Striking . . . Throughout, Catrileo paints her characters with a fine brush, showing how they each attempt to thrive amidst their gritty daily lives. It’s a powerful testament to resilience.”—Publishers Weekly
Melissa Crowe, Abider (University of Pittsburgh) — published in NER 42.3
“Crowe’s poems blossom forth into lyric multiverses, weighing many routes to remembering, losing, and sugaring. I didn’t want this collection to end, nor for the speaker to choose any one route to pleasure other than abundance.” —Jenny Johnson, author of In Full Velvet
Andrea Bajani translated by Geoffery Brock, The Anniversary (Other Press) — translator appeared in NER 25.1-2
“Bajani’s prose is sharp and brims with psychological insights. . . Perhaps its most salient feature—in deft translation by Geoffrey Brock—is its skill at depicting alienation. . . Bajani is a poet of estrangement.” —Times Literary Supplement
May-Lee Chai, My Hungry Ghosts: Essays & Incantations (Blair) — published most recently in NER 45.4
“A stunning collection that weaves together memoir, history, prayer, and intuition. May-lee Chai has a poet’s control of line and image and the essayist’s ability to take complex people and situations and make it possible for readers to comfortably sit in nuance.” —Megan Giddings, author of Black Arts: Stories
Joanna Klink, Days & Chances (Penguin) — published most recently in NER 40.1
“I come to [Joanna Klink’s] always compelling poetry, full of sensual acuity and beauty, as if to an unfailing well. A deft, questing descendant of Rilke, she [writes] an indispensable verse that feels both far-reaching and close at hand” —Cyrus Cassells, author of Lorca to the Umpteenth Power
Julia Cohen, Freak Lip (TRP: The University Press of SHSU) — published in NER 41.2
“Freak Lip showcases Julia Cohen’s bright mind and generous spirit, in experimental essays that moved me to laughter, tears, and—most frequently—to a sense of utter marvel. Grief inhabits these pages, so too do joy, desire, shame, silliness.” —Heather Christle, author of The Crying Book
Shara McCallum, Behold (Alice James Books) — published most recently in NER 41.3
“Behold moves through museums and galleries with a spirit of wonder and attention. These poems do what the strongest ekphrastic work does: they respond to art without explaining it, making something new in the space between looking and feeling.” —Hannah Lowe, author of Chick