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Jana Prikryl

Jana Prikryl is the author of three previous collections, The After Party, No Matter, and Midwood. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, Prikryl lives in Brooklyn with her son and is the executive editor at The New York Review of Books.

Jana Prikryl

Jana Prikryl is the author of three previous collections, The After Party, No Matter, and Midwood. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, Prikryl lives in Brooklyn with her son and is the executive editor at The New York Review of Books.

Books by Jana Prikryl

  • Midwood: Poems

    Jana Prikryl

    Hardback, 2022

    Midwood is a restless and intimate volume from a poet James Wood has called “one of the most original voices of her generation.”
  • Midwood: Poems

    Jana Prikryl

    E Book, 2022

    Midwood makes clear and unmistakable the increasing singularity of [Jana Prikryl’s] artistry.” —Nathan Blansett, Los Angeles Review of Books

    Midwood is a restless and intimate volume from a poet...
  • Midwood: Poems

    Jana Prikryl

    Paperback, 2024

    Midwood is a restless and intimate volume from a poet James Wood has called "one of the most original voices of her generation"
  • The Channel: Poems

    Jana Prikryl

    Hardback, 2026

    A volatile concentration of intimate and historical dramas, Jana Prikryl’s new book aims to outrun her own “dazzling linguistic agility” (Louise Glück)