Jeremy Caldwell

If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems edited by James Lenfestey, University of Minnesota Press

If Bees Are Few is an anthology spanning 2,500 years "from Sappho to Sherman Alexie," as its cover copy suggests. Edited by James Lenfestey, it is as eclectic in its selection as it is vast in its time frame. The book takes its title from Emily Dickinson, who was herself fascinated with bees, and comes …