One of the great things about being a poet is having poet friends constantly telling you who should be reading, what book has entered their orbit and refuses to leave. Thanks to Eileen Myles, TC Tolbert’s Gephyromania is one of those books I now know and love. read more
Click through for a list of 50 essential books of poetry that pretty much everyone should read. There’s something for everybody here, from the deeply established canonical works to riveting, important books by newer poets, from the Romantics to the post-modernists, from the goofy to the staid. read more