42 AND 4 POETS

 

Sixteen lay writers, each asked to choose as many as three contemporary poets who satisfied Dickinson’s requirements, named 42. A writer could name a fourth poet when selecting a poem: Zaffar Kunial (Edward Simon), Martin Espada (Matt Hanson), Arun Kolatkar (Abhrajyoti Chakraborty) and Adedayo Agarau (Adachioma Ezeano) were cited in that way. We’ve found links to bios or personal sites for all the poets and writers listed below.

 

 

Kaveh Akbar, Mary Szybist and Terrance Hayes — Edward Simon

 

O-Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick Emeka and Pamilerin Jacob — Adachioma Ezeano

 

Hua Xi, Claudia Rankine and Allison Joseph — Christopher Schaberg

 

Jason Heroux, Rita Dove and Lashawn and Playmakers Laboratory — Noah Berlatsky

 

Sally Read — Henry Oliver

 

John Ash, Charles Simic and Mark Doty — Chris Ewers

 

Michael Longley, Fiona Benson and Alice Oswald — Colin Burrow

 

Marianne Boruch, Michael Bazzett and Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad — Steven Stoll

 

Gillian Allnutt — Victoria Moul

 

Joshua Bennett, Steve Scafidi and Rod Smith — Matt Hanson

 

W. S. Merwin, Stanley Plumly and James Dickey — Steve Moyer

 

Emily Berry, Kit Fan and sam sax — Devorah Baum

 

Joshua Whitehead, Jericho Brown and Safiya Sinclair — Marta Figlerowicz

 

Maya Abu Al-Hayyat — Jo Livingstone

 

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Anand Thakore and Diane Seuss — Abhrajyoti Chakraborty

 

Peter Kline, Hilary King and Brittany Perham — Nicholas Taylor

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