Words on Wednesday: "Poetry Unbound"

In Poetry Unbound: 50 poems to open your world, this generous anthology pairs fifty illuminating poems with poet Padraig Ó Tuama's appealing, unhurried reflections. Focusing mainly on poets writing today, Ó Tuama engages with a diverse array of voices that includes Ada Limón, Raymond Antrobus, Margaret Atwood, Ilya Kaminsky, Ocean Vuong, Layli Long Soldier, and Reginald Dwayne Betts. With keen insight and warm personal anecdotes, Ó Tuama considers each poem as a window through which to celebrate being alive