Lisa Russ Spaar

Lisa Russ Spaar is a contemporary American poet, professor, and essayist. She is currently a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Virginia and the director of the Area Program in Poetry Writing. She is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Vanitas, Rough: Poems, and Satin Cash: Poems. Her most recent book is Madrigalia: New & Selected Poems (Persea, 2021), and her debut novel, Paradise Close, was published by Persea in May 2022. Her poem “Temple Gaudete,” published in IMAGE Journal, won a 2016 Pushcart Prize.

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Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Kate Daniels, Chloe Honum, and Corey Van Landingham
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a look at second books of poems by Kate Daniels, Chloe Honum, and Corey Van Landingham.
Lisa Russ SpaarSep 14, 2022
- Poetry
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books by Nathaniel Perry and Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a look at second books by Nathaniel Perry and Brigit Pegeen Kelly.
Lisa Russ SpaarFeb 11, 2022
- Poetry
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Pandemic Edition, Part II
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a second look at second books by poets Nate Klug, Christopher Kempf, and Carey Salerno.
Lisa Russ SpaarOct 12, 2021
- Poetry
Second Acts: A Second Look at Poetry Collections by Judith Hall
Lisa Russ Spaar revisits “Anatomy, Errata” and “Prospects” by Judith Hall.
Lisa Russ SpaarMay 5, 2021
- Poetry
Second Acts: Two Translations of Giovanni Pascoli
Lisa Russ Spaar reads two new translations of the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli, "Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli" and "Last Dream."
Lisa Russ SpaarJan 22, 2021
- Around the World
- Poetry
“In the Primal Woods”: On Jill Bialosky’s “Asylum”
Lisa Russ Spaar visits “Asylum,” the new collection by Jill Bialosky.
Lisa Russ SpaarNov 6, 2020
- Poetry
Thinking about “the Self” (ish) in the Time of Pandemic
Lisa Russ SpaarSep 8, 2020
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Pandemic Edition
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a look at second books by Kathryn Cowles, Peter Kline, and Michael Prior.
Lisa Russ SpaarAug 2, 2020
- Poetry

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