At long last, to close National Poetry Month, just before midnight, I am announcing a four-session course on The Victorian Poets and the Bard. For details, and to register, follow the link to Eventbrite: The Victorians. (Limited to 10 registrants)

Here are our readings for the Summer: In the Light of What We Know, by Zia Haider Rahman; Voices from Chernobyl, by Svetlana Alexievich; Thirteen Ways of Looking, by Colum McCann; A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James; Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff; The Tsar of Love and Techno, by Anthony Marra; and Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel