Poetry Magazine April 2022

Poetry Foundation Magazine

by Srikanth Reddy (Editor)

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

Published April 1, 2022

About the author

Srikanth Reddy is the author of Underworld Lit (Wave Books, 2020), Voyager—named one of the best books of poetry in 2011 by The New Yorker, The Believer, and NPR—and Facts for Visitors, which won the 2005 Asian American Literary Award. He has written on poetry for The New York Times and The New Republic, and his book of literary criticism, Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry, was published by Oxford University Press in 2012. The NEA, the Creative Capital Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation have awarded him grants and fellowships, and in Fall 2015, he delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the doctoral program in English at Harvard University, he is currently an Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago.

Reviews

[Connor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This issue's central theme of Exophony was a really interesting one, and the particular focus on refugee poetics was especially enlightening. However, after such a strong showing of poems last month, this set did feel a little lacking. There were only a few poems I found myself marking to revisit later. The essays at the end were especially strong this month though.

[Melissa Kate Difuntorum · Rating 4 out of 5]

“We are often asked who we are and where we come from. We tell the story we’ve memorized by heart, we know when to insert facts and what emotions are better left in our bodies” was a bar - very excited to get into more poetry this year

+ I wish I could understand every language that exists bc I would love to read some of the poems in here as they were written and not the translations lol

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the “exophony” theme and was thrilled to see some familiar (to me) left-field names turning in excellent work. As always, styles vary and not everything speaks to me, but Poetry’s recent trajectory is wonderful to see.

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

On writing in English as a foreign language, and poetry in exile. Of particular interest: Dunya Mikail, Ilya Kaminsky, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Michael Dumannis, Ukata Edwardson, Ahmed Almallah, Hiromitsu Koiso, Sasha Pimentel.

[Erick Mertz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite issue of 2022. I didn't really gravitate to any of these poems.

[Josie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the theme and a bunch of the poems in this issue!

[Ruth Martinez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing really spoke to me language wise. I love everyone having a voice. I am just personally into more metaphor and language play...