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Whether you’re a lifelong poetry reader or are looking for your first collection to pick up, we’ve got something for you! Our writers cover new poetry, the best poetry for every reader, and more.

Peek Over Our Shoulders: What Rioters Are Reading On July 10, 2014

This is a new feature at Book Riot. We tell you our favorite books of the month. We tell you ...

A “Dead Poets Society” Reading List

You might find this hard to believe, but Dead Poets Society turned 25 on June 9. I know. Nothing like ...

Black Authors’ Best B-Sides

Less famous books by famous Black women.

Twitter for Poetry Lovers: 12 Accounts You Should Follow

In this fast-paced electronic age, poetry is severely undervalued and under read. Luckily, some poetry fans have taken their passion ...

Reading to Run Away

I loved rules as a kid, and it was not a gentle, sweet love: it was a self-righteous, self-serving, and ...

An Irish Poetry Crawl for St. Patrick’s Day

This is a guest post from Lady Vowell Smith, a writer, editor, and former English teacher who now enjoys discussing literature ...

Bookish Traditions I Made Up For My Wedding

I got married this past summer, and I felt like I lucked out hard in the wedding traditions department because, ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in October

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Romeo + Juliet + Rewriting Shakespeare

In the most recent film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, IMDb lists writers as Julian Fellowes (of Downton Abbey fame) ...

Jack Kerouac in His Own Words

Jack Kerouac’s most noted work, On the Road, was published on September 5, 1957.  The novel holds a spot on Modern ...