Books: Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020

High on my list of New Year's resolutions every year is to read for pleasure more often, a simple goa

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High on my list of New Year’s resolutions every year is to read for pleasure more often, a simple goal that somehow always becomes daunting. Luckily, our writers have plenty of suggestions for where to start. From favorite poetry titles, to insightful reflections on weather and sculpture, and even a visual tour of Christmas kitsch across the US of A, there’s plenty to dive into.Happy reading.—Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020

The cover of Discipline by Jane Yeh

Not everything was bad in 2020. At least, not in the world of poetry.As part of our year-end lists, Hyperallergic Weekend editors John Yau and Albert Mobilio selected a few choice titles from the past year.

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New Year, New Ideas

Martine Syms's New Book Is an Irreverent Performance of Contemporary Living In Shame Space, the narrator obsesses over sex, money, fitness, drugs, friends, work, and self-hatred. Allison Conner

A Photographer Captures Christmas Kitsch Across the US With American Christmas, Danelle Manthey presents elaborate decorative traditions as a form of folk art, but one can’t help but help but wonder if White Christmas might be a more accurate title for her project. Sarah Rose Sharp

This Anthology of Trans Poetics Channels a Spirit of Dissent We Want It All positions poetry as an everyday weapon, formidable against the cruel mundane. Keenan Teddy Smith

Roni Horn’s Memories and Meditations About Weather Prosaic and profound, Horn’s book Island Zombie feels like standing before art again. Bridget Quinn

Does Anyone Believe in Sculpture? In Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now, the issue crying out to be addressed is: where will sculpture go next? Michael Glover

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