The poet’s second collection, ‘Romance or the End’, belongs in the heartbreak canon with Maggie Nelson and Anne Carson
Three new books – from T. Fleischmann, Kathryn Scanlan and Anne Walsh – make a case for the importance of intimacy
Vincent Fecteau and Mary Reid Kelley are awarded MacArthur genius grants; Ulay victorious in court case against ex-partner Marina Abramović
From John Ashbery on art criticism to an analysis of the new populism: what to read this weekend
Patrick Staff, Diego Velázquez and Mad Max: Matthew McLean shares his highlights from 2015
Anwar Jalal Shemza, Mrinalini Mukherjee and Maggie Nelson: Shanay Jhaveri shares his highlights from 2015
Three new publications intimately concerned with difficult bodies
Maggie Nelson's meditation on a set of oxymorons: the pregnant woman who thinks, the mother who writes and the queer who procreates