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Jana Prikryl

Jana Prikryl’s third book of poems, Midwood, will be published in 2022. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, she lives in Brooklyn and is the Executive Editor of The New York Review of Books.

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Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Three Poems

Jana Prikryl

‘I struggled to put this into words as strong as my conviction, so what advice could I give you I said’

Three poems by Jana Prikryl.

Poetry | The Online Edition

Poetry | The Online Edition

Two Poems

Jana Prikryl

‘his balance / between person and / abstraction’s so stirring I want no other token for anything can happen’

Poetry | Issue 145

Poetry | Issue 145

Bob

Jana Prikryl

‘he cut out small talk / not hearing it, convincingly deaf to its nothing’