Summer Reads

Some recent favorite features from poetryfoundation.org, selected by the editors.

As much of the country remains in the clutches of a heat wave, we find ourselves daydreaming of languorous, leisurely activities. For us, that always includes reading. We have chosen six of our favorite Poetry Foundation features -- from an essay on Rosemary Tonks, a British poet who abruptly dropped out of literary life at the height of her career, to a deeply relevant and resonant consideration of issues of class in the poetry world. We have also made these features available as a downloadable e-book.

"There are few questions in life that interest me that have definitive answers," Maggie Nelson tells Emily Gould in their lively conversation. We hope the features here encourage you to explore such deep questions while enjoying the last month of summer.

Browse the full list on the Poetry Foundation website.