If You Are Ready for Language To Hurt, “Calling a Wolf a Wolf” is for You

Cover of "Calling a Wolf a Wolf" by Kaveh Akbar

By George Hajjar 

I want poetry to fuck me up, and Kaveh Akbar knows how to do it.

Reading poetry is like going through a first breakup; you don’t always know what’s happening, but you do know you’re going to get hurt. Yes, I’m saying that all lovers of poetry are masochists. It’s true.