Year-End Lists

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The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 New Yorker: Dan Chiasson

5 Best Poetry Collections of 2018 Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund

Indecency - Justin Phillip Reed

Poetry 2018 National Book Award

Advances in Embroidery - Ahmad Al-Ashqar

Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017 Brooklyn Rail: Joseph Salvatore

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2017 Lit Hub

Favorite Poetry of 2017 ARTery: Lloyd Schwartz

Best Poetry of 2017 New York Times: David Orr

The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017 New Yorker: Dan Chiasson

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

Best Poetry Books of 2017 Verso Books

Inherit - Ginger Ko

Best Poetry Books of 2017 Entropy

Favorite Poetry of 2017 Dennis Cooper

Notable Poetry of 2017 Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins

5 Best Poetry Books of 2017 Publishers Weekly

18 Best Poetry Collections of 2017 Bustle: E. Ce Miller

8 Best Poetry Books of 2017 Chicago Review of Books

5 Best Poetry Collections of 2017 Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund

Half-Light - Frank Bidart

Poetry 2017 National Book Award

Thief in the Interior - Phillip B. Williams

12 Best Poetry Books of 2016 Chicago Review of Books

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

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016 Boston Globe: John Freeman

The Black Maria - Aracelis Girmay

5 Best Poetry Books of 2016 Publishers Weekly

5 Best Poetry Books of 2016 Library Journal

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

23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2016 Dennis Cooper

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