In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an
inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect
us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise. This
generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet and
podcast host Padraig O Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections.
With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, O Tuama considers
each poem's artistry and explores how its meaning can reach into
our own lives. Focusing mainly on poets writing today, O Tuama
engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limon,
Ilya Kaminsky, Margaret Atwood, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier,
and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Natasha Trethewey meditates on
miscegenation and Mississippi; Raymond Antrobus makes poetry out of
the questions shot at him by an immigration officer; Martin Espada
mourns his father; Marie Howe remembers and blesses her mother's
body; Aimee Nezhukumatathil offers comfort to her child-self.
Through these wide-ranging poems, O Tuama guides us on an inspiring
journey to reckon with self-acceptance, history, independence,
parenthood, identity, joy, and resilience. For anyone who has
wanted to try their hand at a conversation with poetry but doesn't
know where to start, Poetry Unbound presents a window through which
to celebrate the art of being alive.
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