MENAGE WITH ME AND MOI!

Recent reading has included re-reading my own books in order to write my "poet's obituary."  And the practice affirms that what I feel to be one of my best poems are those in the book MENAGE A TROIS WITH THE 21ST CENTURY.  I mention this because I don't think it's as well known as my other books.  Also, here's a review FYI. (And some inexpensive Used books at Amazon along with new.)

Anyway, here's my latest Relished W(h)ine List below of recent reads and wines.  As ever, please note that in the Publications section, if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects!  More info on that HERE.

PUBLICATIONS

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD, poems by Muriel Rukeyser (fabulous!  Thanks to John for reminder: Read online at http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/writing/the-book-of-the-dead/)

THE TV SUTRAS by Dodie Bellamy (wonderfully imaginative. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation (LPR) #115)

TATTERED BOAT, poems by Luis H. Francia (wonderful poetry by a poet who’s now writing at his peak. LPR #116)

FATE LINES / DESIRE LINES, poems by Caleb Puckett (fabulously innovative. LPR #112)

*  THE TRANQUILIZED TONGUE, poems by Eric Baus (deft. Future LPR #119)

*  GUANTANAMO, poetry by Frank Smith, trans. by Vanessa Place (heartbreaking)

COMPLETE MINIMAL POEMS by Aram Saroyan (2nd Edition), Eds. Aram Saroyan and James Hoff (vision-expanding poems, LPR#113)

THE NOTHING THAT IS, poeticized autobiography/poetics by John Olson (one of the best writers living today in part, I suspect, because of an admirably voracious mind. LPR #114)

THERE ARE THINGS WE LIVE AMONG: ESSAYS ON THE OBJECT WORLD by Jennifer Moxley (luminous. LPR #117)

HOARD, poems by Jaime Robles (a quiet radiance. LPR #118)

*  VIVARIUM, poems by Natasha Saje

*  TRIBUTE, poems by Anne Germanacos

*  INTER ARMA, poems by Lauren Shufran

*  HOUSE OF DEER, poems by Sasha Steenesen

*  THE MEATGIRL WHATEVER, poems by Kristin Hatch

*   EPIGRAPHS, epigraph poetry by Chrissy Williams

*  FAREWELLIA A LA ARALEE, poems by Ralph La Charity

*  THE ANTIGONE POEMS by Marie Slaight with charcoal drawings by Terrence Tasker

*  4 RMS W VU, poems by Susana H. Case

*  LABOR, poems by Jill Magi

*  NEWCOMER, poems by Nathaniel Farrell

7 AS FROM A BUFFALO VORTEX, poems by William Sylvester

PHENOMENAL WOMEN: FOUR POEMS CELEBRATING WOMEN by Maya Angelou

ECCOLINGUISTICS 2.4, literary zine edited by Jared Schickling

MUDDY RIVER POETRY REVIEW, Spring 2014, edited by Zvi A. Sesling

YELLOWFIELD #9, Spring 2014, edited by Edric Mesmer

*  SIXTY MORNING TALKS (interviews with poets) by Andy Fitch

*  WITH OUR EYES WIDE OPEN: POEMS OF THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, poetry anthology edited by Douglas Valentine

BACK FROM THE CROCODILE’S BELLY, post-colonial, indigenous and intercultural studies with poetry and prose, edited by Leny M. Strobel and S. Lily Mendoza

BELOW STAIRS, memoir by Margaret Powell

LYING AWAKE, novel by Mark Salzman

GOOD PEOPLE, novel by Marcus Sakely

THE WIDOW WALTZ, novel by Sally Koslow

STILL LIFE WITH BREAD CRUMBS, novel by Anna Quindlen

WINES

2011 Zacherle Las Tres Hermanas Sonoma

2011 Tofanelli zinfandel NV

2010 Tofanelli charbono NV

2013 Tofanelli Semillon NV

2009 Barlow merlot NV

2010 Hindsight cabernet Howell Mountain

2010 Kenefick Ranch petite sirah NV

2012 Frogs Leap sauvignon blanc Rutherford NV

2008 Long Meadow cabernet

2004 Beringers Knights Valley port

2011 Ribera del Duero Torremoron Tempranillo

2010 Catenary Cabernet High Mountain Vines (Argentina)

1987 Robert Mondavi Private Reserve cabernet

2004 William Fevre “Fourchaume” Chablis Premier Cru

1982 Vega Sicilia Reserva Especial

2010 Peter Michael Mon Plasir

2004 Philip Togni

2001 Sasseti Brunello di Montalcino

2010 Altamura cabernet

2012 Altamura sauvignon blanc

2005 Altamura sangiovese

2010 Chafen Family Vineyard sauvignon blanc NV

2008 Pestoni Family Rutherford Grove petite sirah Spring Creek Vineyard St. Helena

2012 Ridge zinfandel Paso Robles

1998 Draycott Shiraz Barossa Valley

2010 M. Chapoutier Bila-Haut Occultum Lapidem Cotes Du Roussillon Villages Latour