Best New Poetry Book

One of this year’s most exciting and unexpected local collaborations came from Third Man Records and Nashville-based poet Kendra DeColo. Published through the label’s Third Man Books, DeColo’s second collection of poetry, My Dinner With Ron Jeremy, came out of the gate swinging. With lines like, “We are just pre-ejaculate glittering / on god’s ornate tip” and titles like “Donald Trump Rides the Escalator of My Erotic Dreams” and “When You’re Fifteen and the Hospital Pharmacist Hits on You While Filling Your Prescription for Plan B,” you can imagine why readers are walking away with their hearts in their hands and their jaws on the floor. SARA ESTES

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