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Arthur Sze is the twenty-fifth Poet Laureate of the United States, professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and the author of twelve books of poetry. A recipient of the 2025 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry for lifetime achievement among numerous other honors, he is chancellor emeritus of the Academy of American Poets and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His poetry has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Port Townsend, Washington. Copper Canyon Press. 2021. 560 pages.
THIS COLLECTION IS a book I think you will want to live with, as I have been living with it for a few months now. Art…