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    Must-Read Poetry: December 2020

    by Nick Ripatrazone Dec 07, 2020 5 minutes

    Here are four notable books of poetry publishing this month.

    Nothing but the Music by Thulani Davis 

    “Well, this isn’t poetry, I don’t know what it is, but keep writing it.” ’s advice to her student, a young Thulani Davis, resonated: Davis stepped aside from fiction for some time, and began writing poetry, including work that was performed with and . collects work from 1974-1992, often originally performed, with frequent footnotes of date and venue. “I don’t wanna riot / don’t wanna riot / it’s Saturday morning / and I wanna dance,” Davis thrums in “It’s Time for the Rhythm Revue,” a poem that begins with play and ends with resonance: “a kid from Brownsville asked me / had I ever seen any violence / that’s why

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