“I have yet to arrive / I will never arrive / in the center of everything is the poem / intact sun / inescapable night.”

For Anvil and Rose 12, Inspector Watt returns with reviews of books from Paul Celan (tr. Pierre Joris), Jean Daive (on Celan), Alen Hamza, Lara Mimosa Montes, and a COVID anthology edited by Alice Quinn.

In this latest Anvil and Rose, Inspector Watt reviews books by Agustín Guambo, David Lehman, J. Michael Martinez, Maureen N. McLane, and Chelsey Minnis.

In a new twist on the Anvil and Rose column, Inspector Watt reviews the reviews of Dwight Garner.

Inspector Watt delivers five flash reviews of books of poetry by Lyn Hejinian, Deborah Landau, Sabrina Orah Mark, Melissa Monroe, and Sarah Ruhl.

Fourth installment of Anvil and Rose, the third by Inspector Wyatt.

Third installment of Anvil and Rose, the second by Inspector Wyatt.

Watt on books by Bob Arnold, Jericho Brown, Carolyn Forché, Patricia Colleen Murphy, and Fernando Pessoa.