*I received an arc through netgalley in exchange for an honest review* ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars. I'm usually intimidated by poetry because I generally don't understand it. It has always been either hit or miss for me, and sadly mostly miss. Then came along this peculiar novel. A professor, who shares the author's name, finds himself in a mysterious village, where he's expected to teach a poetry class. The story plays out over the course of the fall semester where each week is about a new poet. The poets, though dead, arrive in their corresponding week to perform a reading and have drinks with the class while answering questions from the students. The first thing that was clear to me … [Read more...]