Guinevere in Baltimore

winner of the anthony hecht prize

A feminist revisioning of Arthurian legend that examines love in all of its chemical, biological, political, and technological dimensions.

"What makes Guinevere in Baltimore work is the sheer brilliance of the individual poems...masterfully crafted, a veritable feast for any lover of words.” Charles Simic

"A freakishly brilliant book in its conception, Shelley Puhak’s Guinevere in Baltimore raises the stakes for American poetry of the twenty-first century.” Cate Marvin

“Daring and totally distinctive...[Puhak] has found her place and staked her poetic claim.” - Kenyon Review

READ sample poems:​

"Letter to An Old Flame" in The Missouri Review

The Last Meeting" in Verse Daily

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