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The Brontë Cabinet sets the three fabled sisters in context

June 26, 2015

Tess reviews The Brontë Cabinet by Deborah Lutz.

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Solstice

June 19, 2015

One of the poems from Tess's new book, Work and Days, was posted on the Poem-A-Day web site by the Academy of American Poets.

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H is for Hawk

March 20, 2015

Tess reviews a new memoir by Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk.

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Sailing the Forest

March 16, 2015

Tess reviews the dark wonder of Scottish poet, Robin Robertson, in his new collection, Sailing the Forest.  Listen to the review...

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Jynne Dilling Martin's New Poems Capture 'Zaniness Of Being Alive'

March 10, 2015

Tess reviews Jynne Dilling Martin's poetry collection, We Mammals in Hospitable Times, that drew much of its inspiration from her time in Antarctica. Listen to the review...

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The Forage House featured on The Huffington Post's The Blog

February 21, 2015

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Lunch Poems Reissue

November 24, 2014

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara, City Lights Books has reissued an expanded version of the collection.

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Citizen: An American Lyric

November 20, 2014

Poet Tess Taylor reviews "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine. It's been nominated for a National Book Award. Listen to the review...

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Once In The West

September 30, 2014

Tess reviews Christian Wiman's new collection of poems, Once in the West

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Whiteness Visible: Three Poets Explore the Grammar of Racism

August 31, 2014

An essay by Tess in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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