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“Millipedes are so different from our own morphology. They move in such a strange way. So a millipede is not only a metaphor for the poem, but it’s something that moves in a way that feels uncanny. We move too, but not like that! A millepede darts very quickly—that’s the poetry mind leaping. Its defense mechanism is to spiral into itself—that’s the poem’s defense mechanism.”—Nathan Hoks

Some wonderful new titles to burrow into this hibernating season: Return Signal, by TR Brady (Oct., NYU Press) is a revolution in practicality. Brady’s poems question our notions of the …