At the close of every year, for over a decade, I have taken a moment to reflect upon the year’s publications. Like in previous years, my “most engaging books” list reflects what I found most fascinating / useful / generative in terms of form & content from the books I read in 2024.
Seek out these volumes; every one will reward the search (your local, independent, bookstore can help; an excellent choice as many continue to struggle). This is the cream of the crop for 2024, seriously … each of these titles will blow your mind:
Alikavazovik, Jakuta. (Daniel Levin Becker, trans.) Like A Sky Inside.
Bernstein, Charles. The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays and Comedies.
Bertram, Lillian Yvonne. A Black Story May Contain Sensitive Content.
Bertram, Lillian Yvonne and Nick Montfort, eds. Output: Computer Generated Poetry, 1953-2023.
Betts, Gregory. Bardcode.
de Campos, Haroldo. (Odile Cisneros, trans.) Galaxias.
Ely, Steve. Eely.
Fitterman, Robert. Creve Coeur.
Pritchard, N.H. The Mundus.
Ross, Stuart. The Sky is a Sky in the Sky.
Solt, Mary Ellen. The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt.
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