Poetry's Not Dead, And Here Are Books To Help Appreciate It Our poetry reviewer, Tess Taylor, received a stack of books over the course of this year to help encourage reading poetry.

Percival Everett has published six books of poetry in addition to dozens of novels. Credit... Karsten Moran for The New York Times. By Dwight Garner. Published Dec. 16, 2024 Updated Jan. 22, 2025.

Recent poetry books of interest: ISLAND OF THE INNOCENT: A Consideration of the Book of Job, by Diane Glancy. (Turtle Point, paper, $17.95.) Glancy uses poetry and prose to filter the Book of Job ...