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As its title poem suggests, this new collection from Brooklyn poet laureate Chang (Of Gods and Strangers) is itself a hybrid consisting of variations of haiku, ekphrastic poems, free verse, list poems, sonnets, ghazels, prose poems, and terza rima. Here, Chang draws from her own experiences, stories from the Bible, fairy tales, and contemporary news accounts, as well as from other poets. The poem "276," for example, refers both to Gerard M...Log In or Sign Up to Read More