VISITING POETS

Poets who've visited me on the Galatea mountain are a special group, and few enough so I can list them:

Jane Augustine
Michelle Bautista
Catherine Daly
Michael Heller
Sandy McIntosh
Barbara Jane Reyes
Rena Rosenwasser
Leny M. Strobel
Arthur Sze
Jean Vengua
John Yau

Not even a dozen, right?  Which is why this evening was special as I was visited by TWO poets!  The father-daughter Thomas Fink and Maya Mason Fink (currently a junior at Brown University -- so proud of her!).  Here they are at Meadowood where we went for dinner:

Tom just released a new poetry book, JOYRIDE (Marsh Hawk Press) which I highly recommend! And of course I also recommend the father-daughter's collaboration, AUTOPSY TURVY (Meritage Press)! Actually, here are more recommended books by Galatea's prior visitors:

Jane Augustine, A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING (Marsh Hawk Press)

Michelle Bautista, KALI'S BLADE (Meritage Press)

Michael Heller, BECKMANN VARIATIONS & OTHER POEMS (Shearsman Books)

Sandy McIntosh, CEMETERY CHESS: SELECTED AND NEW POEMS (Marsh Hawk Press)

Barbara Jane Reyes, DIWATA (BOA Editions)

Leny M. Strobel, BACK FROM THE CROCODILE’S BELLY: PHILIPPINE BABAYLAN STUDIES AND THE STRUGGLE FOR INDIGENOUS MEMORY, co-editor with S. Lily Mendoza (Center for Babaylan Studies)

Arthur Sze, THE REDSHIFTING WEB: POEMS 1970-1998 (Copper Canyon Press)

Jean Vengua, PRAU (Meritage Press)

John Yau, 100 MORE JOKES FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD, collaboration with Archie Rand (Meritage Press)

Some of you are requesting I recommend poetry publications and other books. On this blog, you will see many posts recommending poetry in different ways. The above titles should be easy to find viz internet search, but I know most if not all are available through Small Press Distribution (Berkeley) and/or Amazon. Enjoy!