Best of CH 2021: Link About It
Historic reparations, a poetic robot, underwater art galleries and more of our favorite discoveries from the year
Tag: Poetry
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Water I Won’t Touch
$15.00
A portrait through poetry of a trans person’s experience, Kayleb Rae Candrilli’s Water I Won’t Touch runs powerful, emotion-laden language through moments of trauma, tenderness and joy. Candrilli’s accolades—as a 2019 Whiting …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
A pioneering Black composer, a space pod sculpture, the culture represented in cuisine and more from around the internet
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First-Ever Realistic Humanoid Robot Writes Dante-Inspired Poems
Last week at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, Aidan Miller unveiled the world’s first highly-realistic humanoid robot artist, Ai-Da, who wrote poetry inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. Using algorithms programmed with …
Winter Recipes From the Collective
$25.00
2020’s Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Louise Glück, gives feeling to the anxieties and uncertainties of the collective future in her latest book of poetry, Winter Recipes From the Collective. Meditating between life …
Gift Guide: Books + Blankets
Perfect pairings for the colder months
Pilgrim Bell
$16.00
Poet Kaveh Akbar’s Pilgrim Bell embarks on a divine journey, meditating on his family’s life as Muslims in America, the immigrant experience and struggles with addiction. Once again, the award-winning writer proves his …
The Perseverance
$16.00
Enveloped by the grieving process, the speaker of award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus’ new collection The Perseverance probes identity, understanding, connection and other meditative concepts, all through the d/Deaf experience. Published by Tin House, …
Poetry Books by LGBTQ+ Writers
Political, personal and powerful books by queer poets
Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972)
$50.00
After selling out quickly, a collection of Sun Ra works Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972) has been restocked at Corbett vs Dempsey’s online store. The Chicago gallery recently hosted an …