Year-End Lists

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2016
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Thief in the Interior - Phillip B. Williams

Chicago Review of Books: 12 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Bustle: E. Ce Miller: 12 Best Poetry Collections of 2016

Boston Globe: John Freeman: 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016

The Black Maria - Aracelis Girmay

Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Library Journal: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

New York Times: David Orr: 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Dennis Cooper: 23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2016

Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins: 4 Best Poetry Books of 2016

New Yorker: Dan Chiasson: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2016

Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund: 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2016

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

BuzzFeed: 11 Best Poetry Books of 2016

The Performance of Becoming Human - Daniel Borzutzky

National Book Award: Poetry 2016

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