Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is a masterful collection of poems by a master poet on womanhood, trauma, and the refugee experience. They’re heavy, but hard-hitting and moving.

As you can expect, this collection is raw and moving. But I also loved the way these poems were simultaneously layered and accessible.

How a Poem Moves is a friendly, accessible, super-digestible read perfect for anyone who wants practice reading poetry, with a smart, funny professor there to point out things you might have missed.

The Naomi Letters is a fantastic collection with so, so many layers, and I loved reading it.

I have nothing but so much praise for Angel & Hannah. From the first page, I was hooked, and by the last, my heart had left my body.

Don’t Read Poetry is not quite the reading-poetry-how-to I’d expected, but I’m so glad I picked it up; it is an homage to the world of poetry that’s a delight to read.

How to Read Poetry Like a Professor is fun, helpful, and the perfect book to help you start to read poetry more deeply.

Resistencia is a collection of political- and social-themed poems by Latinx poets, presented in English and Spanish. It’s incredible.

In the Dark, Soft Earth is a poetry collection filled with short but sharp and atmospheric poems rooted in nature.

This is a small but hard-hitting poetry collection about three stages of life: youth, cyclical aging, and both death and birth. Hannah Sullivan is a master with words.

Did you really expect me to give the first Native American to be named Poet Laureate of the United States anything less than five stars? Thank you so much to W. W. Norton for sending me a free finished copy — I enjoyed it so immensely.

Rating: 5/5 | I impulse-purchased this book after seeing it on Feminist Press' Instagram channel. I've never disliked anything they published, and it looked beautiful, so I bought it. A+ DECISION, DEEDI. The Summer of Dead Birds was a heartbreakingly beautiful story told in poems that I will surely lend to many people and read several times over. (Click the post to read more.)

Rating: 4/5 | Wow. I am unsurprised that this collection of poems has received so much acclaim. What a heartbreaking and uplifting journey. (Click the post to read more.)