Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025 Louise G Cole Debjani Chatterjee

Debjani Chatterjee

the quotidian and the cosmic are braided together in surprising

in cars and on foot

And while they stand up to being admired from across a room and the minutest scrutiny

Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2025</b> Louise G Cole Debjani ChatterjeeDiane Seuss's signature voice audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title, Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first poetry course she took in college, as an enrapt but ill equipped student, one who felt poetry was beyond her reach. Many of the poems make use of the forms and terms