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Jana Prikryl

Jana Prikryl’s latest book of poems, Midwood, will be published in the UK the summer of 2024. 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 | Issue 166

Poetry | Issue 166

Calais to Dover

Jana Prikryl

‘If you need a renewable resource / then look in the direction of the sea. / It’s deep as feelings you didn’t know you had.’

Poetry by Jana Prikryl.

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’