Brad Leithauser, author portrait
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Brad Leithauser

BRAD LEITHAUSER is the author, most recently, of Rhyme’s Rooms and the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship. This is his nineteenth book. He is a professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and divides his time between Baltimore, MD, and Amherst, MA.
The Old Current
Rhyme's Rooms
The Promise of Elsewhere
The Oldest Word for Dawn
Darlington's Fall
The Art Student's War
Curves and Angles
A Few Corrections
The Friends of Freeland

Books

The Old Current
Rhyme's Rooms
The Promise of Elsewhere
The Oldest Word for Dawn
Darlington's Fall
The Art Student's War
Curves and Angles
A Few Corrections
The Friends of Freeland

Books for National Poetry Month

For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself, provide insight on grief and reflection—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and

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Celebrating National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month and Penguin Random House Education is celebrating poets and the poems they craft. This list includes works of poetry from American and World poets that depict history, reflect personal experience, discuss topics of race and culture, feminism, LGBTQIA+ lives, immigration, family, and more, and ranges from Shakespeare to the 20th

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