It’s a space where readers can meet and discuss new books of poetry. With your participation, Off the Shelf will become an exciting, dynamic forum for thoughts on new books of poetry from around the world. Off the Shelf offers a space where all sorts of readers can meet and discuss a new book of poetry. With each book, we’ll provide an introduction to the writer; a “Slow Read,”... 

Field, Thalia. Bird Lovers, Backyard. New Directions, 2010. Introduction by Idra Novey Response by David Rohlfing Response by Rachel Zucker Response by Joel Brouwer Slow Read by Lytton Smith About the author, Thalia Field Jump into the conversation!   Introduction by Idra Novey Thalia Field writes in the canyons between genres. Her sentences are arranged in long paragraphs that read...