News, Poetry and Poplars

A new collection of poetry and prose from award-winning poet Charles North, whom James Schuyler described as "the most stimulating poet of his generation."

NEWS, POETRY & POPLARS, Charles North's 20th book, contains both poetry and selected prose (essays, interviews, memoirs and tributes, and smaller pieces). The poetry includes translations real and "fake," baseball lineup poems, prose poems, poems written for collaborations with artists, and other experimental and lyrical works. A two-time NEA grantee, North has also received awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Poetry Foundation, and the Fund for Poetry. His recent EVERYTHING AND OTHER POEMS (The Song Cave, 2020) was named a NY Times New and Noteworthy book, and his new and selected poems, WHAT IT IS LIKE (Hanging Loose Press, 2011), headed NPR's list of Best Poetry Books (2013).

The poet James Schuyler called North "the most stimulating poet of his generation," and the poet/novelist Harry Mathews said, "[North] belongs on the summit of our American Parnassus." Of North's prose, the poet and critic John Yau has written: "This is criticism at its best: a passionate, sympathetic reading that acknowledges the poet's limitations while clarifying the particular strengths. You are not apt to read criticism this sensitive and analytical by well-known academic critics such as Helen Vendler or Marjorie Perloff..."