Gregory Pardlo

1 month ago | penguinrandomhouselibrary.com | Jennifer Rubins |Tommy Orange |Gregory Pardlo |Deb Perelman

A novel Read by Arian Moayed “Iranian American actor Arian Moayed presents a multifaceted performance of poet Akbar’s lyrical debut novel. The book follows young Iranian American poet Cyrus Shams, who seeks meaning by immersing himself in the study of martyrs. Moayed seamlessly embodies the ebb and flow of Cyrus’s moods—questioning, sorrowful, earnest, and gently humorous—as he grapples with mental illness, addiction, identity, and the legacy of the past.”—Library Journal A Novel Read by...

Jan 30, 2024 | lithub.com | Gregory Pardlo

Gregory Pardlo’s poetry collection Spectral Evidence is available today from Knopf, so we asked him a few questions about his readers, when he writes, and his favorite book to recommend to others. *Who do you most wish would read your book? (your boss, your childhood bully, etc.)Maybe someone in the NYC Parks Dept. will pick up my book and stumble across the little tricked-out villanelle about the Lafayette monument in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Jan 15, 2024 | newyorker.com | Gregory Pardlo

When my nephew pudges with his saggy pumpkinface, and I think maybe it’s his mouth he’s gotaround some gewgaw from the floor, I wantto pry his trap open, but he won’t budge. It’slike his lips are sewn shut in some horror-flickaffliction, which is so freaking cute I wish I couldCookie Monster his whole head. He gets itfrom our side, his mouth almighty, for we Pardlo menhave been known to show less sense than appetite.

Dec 1, 2023 | booklistonline.com | Gregory Pardlo

Jan. 2024. 128p. Knopf, $28 (9781524731786); e-book (9781524731793). 811. REVIEW. First published December 1, 2023 (). In the introduction to his highly anticipated new book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning Pardlo ruminates that “it is impossible for me to change my mind without examining the entire ecosystem of ideas that uphold my worldview.” The stunning poems that follow explore many aspects of memory, identity, Black history, popular culture, and social justice.

Sep 18, 2023 | yalereview.org | Gregory Pardlo

Gregory Pardlo At the Richard Rodgers Theatre, I shrank my face to the boxoffice window and confessed to the Lucite’s voice-ventthat I’d told my wife a lie. I had hidden no Christmas giftsin the basement, nor yet acquired tickets to Hamiltonfor my youngest as I’d boasted I would. The ticketguy pshawed and, like a chilly neighbor, acknowledged me                        enough to punctuate his snub. But the seat map online, I pleaded, showed several vacant dotsin March.