Year-End Lists

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New York Times: David Orr: 10 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Flavorwire: Jonathon Sturgeon: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2015

Dennis Cooper: 23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015

New Yorker: Dan Chiasson: 12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015

Voyage of the Sable Venus - Robin Coste Lewis

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2015

Citizen - Claudia Rankine

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2014

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2013

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

National Book Award: Poetry 2013

The Malady of the Century - Jon Leon

Dennis Cooper: 16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012

Boston Globe: Michael Andor Brodeur: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2012

Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins: 7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard - Joe Brainard

Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012

Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2012

Engine Empire - Cathy Park Hong

Coldfront: Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

Life on Mars - Tracy K. Smith

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2011

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