WALT HUNTER

The Singing Word:
168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic

“This rich little book celebrates the best kind of diversity: individual genius springing from all kinds of soil.”

—Willard Spiegelman,
The Wall Street Journal

Available here.

2023

2022

“This is a book to keep near and to believe.”

—Donald Revell

“Walt Hunter has figured out how to strike a lyric pitch in a time of disillusionment…A fiercely intelligent book.”

—Rosanna Warren

Available here and here.

2019

“…a crucial reassessment of poetry’s importance in the twenty-first century.”

—Christopher Nealon

“…a major achievement in contemporary criticism.”

—American Literary History

Available from Fordham and from Amazon.

2017

Available Fordham and from Amazon.