Michael Bazzett

Michael Bazzett is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Echo Chamber (Milkweed Editions, 2021) and Cloudwatcher (Copper Canyon), winner of the Stern Prize from the American Poetry Review, forthcoming in spring 2026. His verse translation of the creation epic of the Maya, The Popol Vuh (Milkweed, 2018), was named by The New York Times as one of the best poetry books of 2018. His work has recently appeared in in Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, Granta, The Nation, The Paris Review, The London Magazine, The Poetry Review, and The Sun.