Books & Mortar

Grand Rapids poet laureate Christine Stephens-Krieger joins poet Kurt Luchs in conversation to celebrate the release of TRIBUTARIES (Sagging Meniscus). In Tributaries, Kurt Luchs chooses twenty poems that hold vital meaning for him as a reader and writer—many, but not all, recognized as classics—and pays twofold tribute to them. First, he explores each poem with a deep-diving personal essay on how the poet works their magic upon us. Then he gives a tribute poem of his own, in response to,…