Best Poets Whose 1st Books Need to Be Published
by Justin Carter
1. Laura Eve Engel
I was in undergrad at UH while she was doing her grad school there but we never met. I met her poems, though, & they rule: A Poem by Laura Eve Engel
2. Christopher Kempf
Christopher sent a poem to MAR that I think is one of the best poems ever. It got withdrawn & seems to be nowhere online, so here is a different, but still kick-ass, poem: A Poem by Christopher Kempf
3. Rosalie Moffett
Along with Kempf, another Stegner & another poet I discovered at MAR. Check out these poems: Poems by Rosalie Moffett
4. Karissa Morton
Is this an extremely biased choice since we are getting married? Yeah, probably. But someone publish Karissa’s book. Here is a poem to convince you: A Poem by Karissa Morton
5. Diana Khoi Nguyen
I don’t remember where I first read her work, but I remember soliciting some for Banango Street because I was like damn, this is good. Example: A Poem by Diana Khoi Nguyen
Justin Carter is the winner of the 2014 Sonora Review Poetry Prize. His poems can be found in The Collagist, Hobart, The Journal, Ninth Letter, & elsewhere.
1. Laura Eve Engel
I was in undergrad at UH while she was doing her grad school there but we never met. I met her poems, though, & they rule: A Poem by Laura Eve Engel
2. Christopher Kempf
Christopher sent a poem to MAR that I think is one of the best poems ever. It got withdrawn & seems to be nowhere online, so here is a different, but still kick-ass, poem: A Poem by Christopher Kempf
3. Rosalie Moffett
Along with Kempf, another Stegner & another poet I discovered at MAR. Check out these poems: Poems by Rosalie Moffett
4. Karissa Morton
Is this an extremely biased choice since we are getting married? Yeah, probably. But someone publish Karissa’s book. Here is a poem to convince you: A Poem by Karissa Morton
5. Diana Khoi Nguyen
I don’t remember where I first read her work, but I remember soliciting some for Banango Street because I was like damn, this is good. Example: A Poem by Diana Khoi Nguyen
Justin Carter is the winner of the 2014 Sonora Review Poetry Prize. His poems can be found in The Collagist, Hobart, The Journal, Ninth Letter, & elsewhere.
