In 2014,
I read 372 publications by poets or on poetry. The list below is alphabetized by the
poets’ and/or editors’ last names.
I’m happy at
reading more than I did the prior year when
read 319 such publications in 2013.
This list
does not necessarily portray the type of poetry I favor. In reading poems as a
practitioner, I just want to know what's out there. I've found that POV to be
more elucidating than trying to read through some defined aesthetic gate. The
process is not just more educational but also makes for the fabulous moments of
welcome discoveries—several of my discoveries made it to another project that I
began in mid-2013, my LinkedInPoetry
Recommendations (LPR).
My ethical
desire is to read every poem, which means I often randomly grab from a huge
TO-READ pile (which includes but is not limited to the review copy list for Galatea Resurrects
for which I serve as Editor). I also end up reading a few books for unique
reasons--like if my local library stocks a new poetry book, I check it out in
order to prove there's demand for poetry...and then inevitably read it before I
return it.
Did I like
every book I read on this list? Nope, but that's irrelevant. Even the most
banal poem has a place in this wonderland-landscape of Poetry. All poems are
welcome to me (not to mention how the great poem might require
less-than-stellar poems as conditions precedent to its making). Contrary to
would-be pundits' proclamations, THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH POEMS. Having said
that, I love the quality of the work I've read in 2014 (more than makes up for
all the crappy novels I read for mental popcorn) -- so THANK YOU, POETS! (If
you're a poet and don't see your book on this list, I hope to read it in the future.)
Here then is
a poetic Relished W(h)ine List for 2014, with some brief notes on them
to the extent I was moved to comment at the time I read them. A no comment,
btw, does not signify I didn’t like the book. (The List is called
"W(h)ine" partly because my intermittent postings usually include
wines I'd recently imbibed--why not?) The list below (in alphabetical order by
author or editor) is divided into poetry collections, anthologies or journals,
and other forms by poets or involving poetry (e.g. journals, anthologies,
memoirs, novels):
POETRY COLLECTIONS (311)
]EXCLOSURES[
by Emily Abendroth
STICK-UP by
Paul David Adkins
HOURGLASS MUSEUM by Kelli
Russell Agodon
TO THE ARCHIVES by Rose
Alcala (part of A THIRD INSTANCE: THREE CHAPBOOKS)
PORT LIGHT:
A HAY(NA)KU COLLECTION by William Allegrezza (OUTSTANDING!)
STILL.
WALK., poems and visual poetry by William Allegrezza (fabulous. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation (LPR) #106)
PHENOMENAL
WOMEN: FOUR POEMS CELEBRATING WOMEN by Maya Angelou
SLIGHT
RETURN: REMIX AND EKPHRASIS by Robert Archambeau (fabulous! LPR #124)
BURN PIT,
poems by Mary Armstrong (powerful)
THE REEF by Elizabeth
Arnold
PETRARCH
COLLECTED by Tim Atkins
AMNESIA OF
THE MOVEMENT OF CLOUDS & OF RED AND BLACK VERSE by Maria Attanasio, Trans.
By Carla Billitteri
A MESSENGER
COMES, poems by Rachel Tzvia Back (fabulous, LPR, #101)
BINDWEED by
Christianne Balk
PASSENGER-ULTRASOUND
by Justyna Bargielska,Trans. from Polish by Katarzyna Szuster
MOONBOOK AND
SUNBOOK by Willie Barnstone (a lovely intelligence. LPR #111)
THE TRANQUILIZED
TONGUE by Eric Baus (deft. LPR #119)
THEY TALK
ABOUT DEATH by Alessandra Bava (fabulous! LPR #125)
AMULET by
Jason Bayani
KERN, visual
poetry by Derek Beaulieu
SLANT SIX by Erin Belieu
THE TV
SUTRAS by Dodie Bellamy (wonderfully imaginative. LPR #115)
A HERON IN
BUENOS AIRES: SELECTED POEMS by Luis Benitez, with an essay by Carmen Vasco
PISO LLAGAS by John M.
Bennett (have been enjoying these images from John’s Facebook so happy to have
this printed version; adore these small scale productions with huge expanses)
SYMPHONY NO.
9 (NOCTURNES & THRESHOLDS), poems by Ric Carfagna (excellent! I
blurbed it and called it “a welcome addition to postmodern and deconstructed
romantic poetry.” Future LPR. Also, I first read this in manuscript form
so it’s always interesting to see the actual designed book – and the design is
lovely with drawings by another wonderful poet, Peter Ganick)
NOTWITHSTANDING
SHORING, FLUMMOX, poems by Emily Abendroth (distinct charm)
THE STOOL by John M.
Bennett with Tom Cassidy
WATCHING THE
WINDOWS SLEEP, stories, poems and art by Tantra Bensko
DO VIDJENJA
DANITSE by Richard Berengarten with Serbian translation by Vera V. Radojevic (quite
accomplished)
MANUAL by
Richard Berengarten (fabulous. LPR #147)
EXPECT
DELAYS by Bill Berkson
HER
BECKONING HANDS by
Arlene Biala
THE CURVED
PLANKS by Yves Bonnefoy, Trans. By Hoyt Rogers
BEFORE THE
ALPHABET by Paula Bonnell (pleasantly joyous)
EURYDICE’S
SONG, poems by William Borden and monotypes by Douglas Kinsey (wonderful
retelling of the Eurydice and Orpheus tale, from the point of view – unlike
with most variations – of Eurydice. The monotypes are powerful and
lovely. LPR #142)
HANDIWORK by
Amaranth Borsuk (intelligent and pleasurable. LPR #138)
MUM IS DOWN by
Oscarine Bosquet
ART & NATURE by Daniel
Bouchard
COWS by
Frederic Boyer, Trans. by Nicholas Bredie and Joanna Howard
JUNE by
Daniel Brenner
GOSSAMER
LID, poems and visual poetry (in manuscript) by Andrew Brenza (pleasing
effects here)
A STRANGER’S
TABLE by Anne Brooke (lovely)
WOMAN IN THE
PAINTING by Andrea Hollander Budy
OTHERWISE,
MY LIFE IS ORDINARY, poems and essay by Bobby Byrd (interesting enough to compel
a review in Galatea Resurrects)
WE USED TO
BE GENERALS by Sarah Campbell
THE
ALBERTINE WORK-OUT by Anne Carson
4 RMS W VU by
Susana H. Case
FACE
PAINTING IN THE DARK by
Ann Cefola
NOTEBOOK OF
A RETURN TO THE NATIVE LAND by Aime Cesaire, Trans and edited by Clayton
Eshleman and Annette Smith
HERE by
Maxine Chernoff
MINIATURES by
Meredith Cole
THE LEDGE by
Michael Collier (stellar)
HOROSCOPES
FOR THE DEAD, poems by Billy Collins
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
by Alfred Corn
CONTRABAND
OF HOOPOE by Ewa Chrusciel
BEAST FEAST by
Cody-Rose Clevidence
THE BARONS by
Joshua Corey
AFTER LUNCH
WITH FRANK O’HARA by Craig Cotter
ELISE COWEN:
POEMS AND FRAGMENTS, Edited by Tony Trigilio
GIMME YOUR
HANDS by Sara Crangle
EVERYTHING
ARRIVES AT THE LIGHT by Lorna Crozier
MOONLIGHT
IN THE REDEMPTIVE FOREST by Michael Daley
ORIGINAL SIN by
Michael Daley
SIX
PORTRAITS by Julie Danho with art by E.V. Day (fine and wise)
DANCE by
Lightsey Darst
FIND THE
GIRL by Lightsey Darst
NOTHING MORE
TO LOSE by Najwan Darwish, Trans. by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
TWO FAT BOYS
by James Davies (funny!)
HOME AMONG
THE SWINGING STARS: COLLECTED POEMS OF JAIME DE ANGULO, Editor Stefan Hyner
with essay by Andrew Schelling
THIEVES IN
THE AFTERLIFE by Kendra DeCoto
LOVE, OF A
KIND by Felix Dennis
AFTER-CAVE, poems by Michelle Detorie (moving
and resonant and pleasingly unique. LPR #153)
BOTTOMLAND by
Laressa Dickey
THE POETRY DEAL by Diane Di Prima
GOOD HOPE
ROAD by Stuart
Dischell
WEAR WHITE
AND GRIEVE by Jennifer Diskin
COLLECTED POEMS
by Patricia Dobler
GREEN OIL by
Jean Donnelly
MORSE, MY DEAF FRIEND,
poems (translated from Croatian) by Milos Djurdjevic (really accomplished)
BLOWOUT by Denise Duhamel
IMPERIAL
NOSTALGIAS, poems and images by Joshua Edwards
COMFORTABLE
KNIVES by Stephen Emmerson
THE ANGELS
OF BREAD by Martin Espada (undoubtedly a re-read. As ever, a crowd-pleaser)
ROLY POLY /
BICHO BOLA by Victoria Estol, Trans. from Spanish by Seth Michelson (so glad
to be introduced to this young Uruguayan poet. Wonderful work. LPR
#141)
IMAGINED
SONS by Carrie Etter (excellent! LPR #108)
THE LOW
POURING STARS by George J. Farrah
NEWCOMER by
Nathaniel Farrell
GREAT GUNS by Farnoosh
Fathi
WHEN YOU BIT
by Adam Fieled (wonderful!)
FLASHES by
Jennifer Firestone (well-conceived)
NO. WAIT.
YEP. DEFINITELY STILL HATE MYSELF by Rob Fitterman
SELECTED
POEMS by Mark Ford
TATTERED
BOAT by Luis H. Francia (wonderful poetry by a poet who’s now writing at his
peak. LPR #116)
THE ROBOT SCIENTIST’S
DAUGHTER by Jeannine Hall Gailey
THE
GOLDILOCKS ZONE by Kate Gale
RED BOX OF
BLUES, poems by Ryan Gallagher (favorite poem among many enjoyed is probably
“And the Gods Make Love.” LPR #127)
SAY THAT by
Felecia Caton Garcia
ALTER MUNDUS by
Lucia Gazzino, Trans. by Michael Daley
TRIBUTE by
Anne Germanacos
COMES UP TO
FACE THE SKIES, poems by Steve Gilmartin
ON TACT,
& THE MADE UP WORLD by Michele Glazer
HEART FIRST
INTO THE FOREST by Stacy Gnall
THE DUSTBOWL
by Jim Goar
THE WORD KINGDOM IN THE
WORD KINGDOM by Noah Eli Gordon
A’S
VISUALITY by Anne Gorrick (in manuscript. See my blurb for it at http://eileenrtabios.com/with-the-community/selected-reviews-and-engagements/)
RESURRECTION PARTY by
Michalle Gould
NEVER by
Jorie Graham
PRESENTATION
PIECE by Marilyn Hacker
THE OLD LIFE
by Donald Hall (wonderful mastery of the long poem. LPR)
SHE HAD SOME HORSES
by Joy Harjo
QUEER
PHYLACTERY by j/j hastain
THE MEATGIRL
WHATEVER by Kristin Hatch
WIND IN A BOX by
Terrence Hayes
SEASONAL
WORKS WITH LETTERS ON FIRE by Brenda Hillman
HER HUMAN
COSTUME by Cynthia Marie Hoffman
BY THE
HOURS: SELECTED POEMS EARLY & UNCOLLECTED by Eric Hoffman (Fabulous.
Hoffman is one of those poets whose works truly deserve to be better
known. Compelling. LPR #135)
THE AMERICAN
EYE by Eric Hoffman (what I say above)
THE
TULIP-FLAME by Chloe Honum
HEART
MOUNTAIN by Jodi Hottel
AY by Joan
Houlihan
SPONTANEOUS PARTICULARS
THE TELEPATHY OF ARCHIVES, poetry/poetics/art monograph/et al by Susan Howe
(she does accomplish those “spirit sparks”)
STONEPICKER
& THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by Frieda Hughes (many moments of magnificence)
THE BOOK OF
HOURS by Frieda Hughes
STRANDS by
Keri Hulme
FAULT LINES by Tim Hunt
SWALLOWER by
Lyric Hunter
ODE TO THE HEART SMALLER
THAN A PENCIL ERASER by Luisa A. Igloria
AGAINST THE
EVIDENCE: SELECTED POEMS 1934-1994 by David Ignatow
WRITTEN
1987-2013 by P. Inman (LPR #149)
A FORM OF
OPTIMISM by Roy Jacobstein
A PRINCESS
MAGIC PRESTO SPELL, poems by Lisa Jarnot and images by Emilie Clark (wonderfully
effective collaboration between poet and artist)
THE COMPLETE POEMS by Randall Jarrell
ON LIBERTY,
REPRESSED by Tom Jenks (thought-provoking such that it compelled me
reviewing it)
ALBEDO by
Kathleen Jesme
SONGS MY
MOTHER TAUGHT ME by Halvard Johnson
PRELUDE TO
BRUISE by Saeed Jones (very strong)
ASTONISHMENTS:
SELECTED POEMS OF ANNA KAMIENSKA, Edited and Translated by Grazyna Drabik and
David Curzon (a welcome discovery for me)
GEMOLOGY by
Megan Kaminski (wonderful)
IN THE ICE
HOUSE by Genevieve Kaplan (fabulous. LPR #140)
SETTINGS FOR
THESE SCENES by Genevieve Kaplan (fabulous)
THE LANDFILL
DANCERS by Mary Kasimor (liked “water for mrs lot” and “pray for the stone”)
DEEP KISS by
Sherry Kearns
CONSTANCE by
Jane Kenyon
E=->[AC]+h,
poetry/music by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (unfathomable but enjoyable … as deep
music should be!)
PENURY by
Myung Mi Kim
THE WAY WE
LIVE by Burt Kimmelman (fabulous. LPR #136)
ANOTHER
AMERICA / OTRA AMERICA, poems by Barbara Kingsolver with Spanish translations
by Rebeca Cartes
STARGAZERS,
WE by Mary Kohler
HUNGARIAN LANGART,
visual poetry by Marton Koppany
FAREWELLIA A
LA ARALEE by Ralph La Charity
ADVENTURES ON THE ISLE OF ADOLESCENCE by La Loca
CANYON IN
THE BODY, poems by Lan Lan, Trans. by Fiona Sze-Lorrain (Recommended. LPR
#152)
DOUBLESPACE:
POEMS 1971-1989 by Hank Lazer (interestingly innovative. LPR #143)
COASTLANDS by Aaron Lee
THE HOAX OF
CONTAGION by Michael Leong (witty. LPR #126)
INCIDENTS OF
SCATTERING by Karen Lepri
GREEN IS FOR
WORLD by Juliana Leslie
HOW TO BE
ANOTHER by Susan Lewis
STATE OF THE
UNION by Susan Lewis
DON’T GO
BACK TO SLEEP by Timothy Liu
BOMBYONDER,
novel-that-could-be-poetry by Reb Livingston (LPR #154)
BIG MAMA
SEZ: POEMS OLD & NEW by Babeth Lolarga (admirably brave and earned
poetry)
THE BLACK
UNICORN by Audre Lorde (stands the test of time)
OPEN NIGHT
by Aaron Lowinger (ravishing. To be an LPR recommendation)
SO I BEGAN by
Lisa Lubasch
SONG FROM A
WASPSHIRE LAD by Fabian Macpherson
LABOR by
Jill Magi
THE WHOLE
MARIE by Barbara Maloutas (lovely. LPR)
LAND (CRUX
1) by C.J. Martin
THE COUNTRY
I REMEMBER by David Mason (wonderful. LPR #137)
TO KEEP TIME
by Joseph Massey (lovely, nuanced, atmospheric, palpable. LPR #146)
TAX-DOLLAR
SUPER SONNET FEATURING SARAH PALIN AS POET by Nicole Mauro
THAT OUR
EYES BE RIGGED by Kristi Maxwell
MIDWINTER
DAY by Bernadette Mayer
BEERS WITH EMILY D
by Jim McCrary (incredible poems he calls “Emily-kus”)
ES VERDAD,
poems and photos of horses and one dog by jim mccrary (muy fabuloso!
So wonderful I published in Galatea Resurrects, this unpublished chap)
& NOW MY
FEET ARE MAPS by Jenn McCreary
SALTWATER
EMPIRE by Raymond McDaniel
RENDEZVOUS by
Todd Melicker
O’KEEFE:
DAYS IN A LIFE by C.S. Merrill
FAUN FOR A
NOON by Edric Mesmer (smart, fresh and lyrical)
THOUSAND
TIMES BROKEN: THREE BOOKS by Henri Michaux, drawings and poems translated by
Gillian Conoley
THE SELECTED
POETRY OF EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, edited by Nancy Mitford (wonderful, but of
course!)
HOME &
AWAY: THE OLD TOWN POEMS by Kevin Miller
#!, poetry
by Nick Montfort (pleasingly thought-provoking. LPR #130)
THE TRUE
KEEPS CALM BIDING ITS STORY by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured
like fine wine)
AFTER
URGENCY by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured like fine wine)
BEYOND THE
CHAINLINK by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured like fine wine)
THE FEEL
TRIO by Fred Moten
THE OPEN SECRET by
Jennifer Moxley (LPR #159. Simply? MAGNIFICENT.)
SONOLUMINESCENCE by Simone
Muench and William Allegrezza (an outstanding collaboration between two stellar
poets)
SLOWER THAN
STARS by Steve Mueske (praise-worthy)
A CIVILIZATION by
Fred Muratori
GLITCH by
Gwen Muren
NOT FOR YOU
ALONE by Robert Murphy (lovely chap. Read chap and listened to CD – the
auditory is as fine as the words)
DREAM MACHINE by Sade
Murphy
WASHING-UP by Bruno Neiva
(an insistent lyricism despite prosaic references. Yes, dears, poetry can be
about anything…)
BLUETS by Maggie Nelson
(LPR #158)
SPECTACLE
& PIGSTY by Kiwao Nomura, Translated by Kyoko Yoshida and Forrest Gander
I AM GOING TO FLY THROUGH
GLASS; SELECTED POEMS OF HAROLD NORSE, Editor Todd Swindell
HONEYBEE,
poems and prose by Naomi Shihab Nye
GREEN AND
GRAY by Geoffrey G. O’Brien
THE SPEED OF
OUR LIVES by Grace C. Ocasio
MEANS, poems
by Lars Palm (in manuscript. See my blurb for it at http://eileenrtabios.com/with-the-community/selected-reviews-and-engagements/)
MULHOUSE by lars palm (a
charming poetry pamphlet)
THIS THING
JUST HAPPENED, poems by Lars Palm
HEROES IN
DISGUISE by Linda Pastan
BLACK BIRDS:
BLUE HORSES, AN ELEGY by Natalie Peeterse
FROM UNINCORPORATED
TERRITORY [ GUMA ] by Craig Santos Perez (I don’t know how to type accents
so forgive the lack after the “a” in “guma”. Anyway, late coming to this
but worthwhile. A moving and well-wrought journey. LPR #145)
AS A BEE by Simon Pettet
SHE, A
BLUEPRINT by Michelle Naka Pierce with images by Sue Hammond West
FISHING ON
THE POLE STAR by Paul Pines (deft and lovingly done)
MESSAGE FROM THE
MEMOIRIST: POEMS by Paul Pines (in manuscript form. See my blurb for it at http://eileenrtabios.com/with-the-community/selected-reviews-and-engagements/)
DIANA'S TREE by
Alejandra Pizarnik, Trans. by Yvette Siegert (moving. Glad to see this
work “recovered” through Ugly Duckling Presse’s Lost Literature Series. LPR
#155)
THE RAVEN by
Edgar Allan Poe
STAINED
GLASS WINDOWS OF CALIFORNIA by Julien Poirier (excellent)
A
DISTURBANCE IN THE AIR by Michele Poulos (a natural)
THE BODY
ACHES [POEMS AND HAY(NA)KU by Ernesto Priego (originally published in 2005, it’s now
available online. A chap, but magnificent in its
effect. LPR #139)
FATE LINES /
DESIRE LINES by Caleb Puckett (fabulously innovative. LPR #112)
MISSING THE
MOON by Bin Ramke
DON’T LET ME BE LONELY: AN
AMERICAN LYRIC by Claudia Rankine (LPR #160. So good I ordered all her other
books. Many effective leaps: appreciated, for example, a discourse on
forgiveness that referenced Timothy McVeigh and William Earnest Henley’s poem
“Invictus,” albeit the mention recalled Mom: how Mom and I attended the movie
“Invictus” together and she silenced the awed audience of the movie theater
when she started reciting along with the poem as it was spoken by Morgan
Freeman's character; what a different time—when people were raised memorizing
poems…”It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishment the
scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul”)
THE FINNISH
ORCHESTRA by Kathryn Rantala (excellent!)
MARILYN, poems/mixed genre
by Amanda Ngoho Reavey (fresh. Read it in manuscript but understand it
just found a publisher—happy over the news!)
TWO POEMS by
Robert Rehder
SMALL WORKS
by Pam Rehm (thoughtful and delicate. LPR)
A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN
ME THIS FAR: POEMS 1978-1981 by Adrienne Rich
APOSTROPHE by
Elizabeth Robinson
HARROW by
Elizabeth Robinson
THREE NOVELS
by Elizabeth Robinson
ALL MOVIES
LOVE THE MOON: PROSE POEMS ON SILENT FILM, poetry/art by Gregory Robinson
HOARD by
Jaime Robles (a quiet radiance. LPR #118)
THE
AMERICANS by David Roderick
THE DAY OF SHELLY’S DEATH,
poems and essay by Renato Rosaldo
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/)
SOMETHING
PERMANENT, photographs by Walker Evans and poetry by Cynthia Rylant
THE MOVEABLE ONES by John
Sakkis
NEW AND
LATER POEMS by Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez
AMBIL by E.
San Juan
VIVARIUM by
Natasha Saje
ATM by
Christopher Salerno (stellar lines)
INTERVAL by
Kaia Sand (luminous. Fabulous. LPR # 129)
COMPLETE
MINIMAL POEMS by Aram Saroyan (2nd Edition), Eds. Aram Saroyan and James Hoff (vision-expanding
poems, LPR#113)
THE PINK by
Jared Schickling
IN LANDS IMAGINATION FAVORS by Don Schofield
DEAR GOOD
NAKED MORNING by Ruth L. Schwartz
THE CASTING
OF BELLS by Jaroslav Seifert, Trans. From the Czech by Paul Jagasich & Tom
O’Grady (I confess I found most of these poems by this Nobel Prize winner to
be inert, but don’t know if that’s the poetry or the translation)
SONGS OF S by
Robert Seydel (offers much pleasure!)
THE RED
HANDKERCHIEF AND OTHER POEMS by Daniel Shapiro
ONE HUNDRED
POEMS OF AESTHESIA by G.I. Sheriff
INTER ARMA by
Lauren Shufran
RECKLESS
LOVELY by Martha Silano
AGAINST
CONCEPTUAL POETRY, conceptual poetry by Ron Silliman
THAT LITTLE
SOMETHING, poems by Charles Simic
THE ANTIGONE
POEMS by Marie Slaight with charcoal drawings by Terrence Tasker
GUANTANAMO by
Frank Smith, trans. by Vanessa Place (heartbreaking)
FOR by Carol Snow
OF
COLLOCATED RHYTHMS by Felino A. Soriano
THINGS I
MUST HAVE KNOWN by A.B. Spellman
IN BOTH
HANDS by Joannie Stangeland
HOUSE OF
DEER by Sasha Steenesen
MOHAWK-SAMOA TRANSMIGRATIONS by James Thomas Stevens and Caroline Sinavaiana (wonderful)
MIDNIGHT
PEACHES, TWO O’CLOCK PATIENCE, poems and prose by Janet Stickmon
THE GREENHOUSE
by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
V:
WAVESON.NETS / LOSING L’UNA, poems by Stephanie Strickland (Stellar. LPR
#122)
THE
GALLOPING MAN AND FIVE OTHER POEMS by Gregory Vincent St. Thomas (fabulous!
LPR #123)
I ATE THE COSMOS FOR
BREAKFAST by Melissa Studdard (a poet new to me but thankfully now known.
Radiant. Wise. Compassionate. Open. Cerebral. LPR #157)
POEM OF
DIMINISHING POETICITY by Angelo Suarez (scalawag daytoy. Ngem right on
met. LPR #144)
SOUVENIR by
Aimee Suzara (LPR #107)
7 AS FROM A
BUFFALO VORTEX by William Sylvester
RING THE SYCAMORE SKY by
John Swain
MONOLOGUE OF A DOG by
Wislawa Szymborska, Trans. by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak
SUN STIGMATA
(SCULPTURE POEMS) by Eileen R. Tabios
147 MILLION
ORPHANS (MMXI-MML): A HAYBUN by Eileen R. Tabios
44
RESURRECTIONS by Eileen R. Tabios
PUZZLES OF
FAITH AND PATTERNS OF DOUBT: SHORT STORIES AND POEMS Edited by Gregory F. Tague
MAO’S PEARS
by Kenny Tanemura (pleasingly fresh)
AS WATER
SOUNDS by Sunnylynn Thibodeaux (steel with delicacy or delicate steel)
MY
RESIGNATION by Maureen Thorson
GEPHYROMANIA
by TC Tolbert
AMERISCOPIA by
Edwin Torres
THE COMPLETE
DARK SHADOWS (OF MY CHILDHOOD, BOOK 1) by Tony Triglio (pleasingly
inventive)
NEAR
CHANGES, poems by Mona Van Duyn
END OF THE
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by Sarah Vap (intelligent. LPR #121)
VISPORTFOLIO, visual poetry by Nico Vassilakis (incredible
work! LPR #153)
THINGS TO DO
WITH YOUR MOUTH by Divya Victor
RELIQUARIA by R.A.
Villanueva
THROW N
by James Wagner, Poems to Paintings by Bracha L. Ettinger (wonderfully adept.
LPR #156)
JAGUAR HARMONICS:
PERSON WOVEN OF TESSERAE by Anne Waldman
ALMOST INVISIBLE: DEPOSITIONS
FROM THE NETHERLANDS by Craig Watson (part of A THIRD INSTANCE: THREE
CHAPBOOKS)
A MAP
PREDETERMINED AND CHANCE by Laura Weatherington
MUTTER—BABEL
by Christine Wertheim (fascinating and lovely word clouds. LPR #110)
THE RIVER IS
RISING by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
WHERE THE
ROAD TURNS by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
THE
UNKNOWING MUSE by Sarah White
TO THE SOLAR NORTH by
Elizabeth Whitehead (part of A THIRD INSTANCE: THREE CHAPBOOKS)
THE ODE AT
THE GATE OF THE GATHERING by John Wilkinson
EPIGRAPHS,
epigraph poetry by Chrissy Williams
TREMENDUM,
AUGUSTUM by Leonore Wilson
SOMETHING CROSSES MY MIND by Wang Xiaoni, Trans. by Eleanor Goodman
ARACHNID NEBULA by Mark
Young (fabulous vispo courtesy of John M. Bennett’s Luna Bisonte Prods)
ASEMIC COLON
by Mark Young (wonderful read and easy sampler for his larger book, THE
CODICILS)
HOTUS POTUS by
Mark Young (brilliant manuscript. So brilliant it’ll be the next
published book by Meritage Press!)
THE ECLECTIC
WORLD by Mark Young (stellar. LPR #120)
HOUSE ON
FIRE by Susan Yount
SALSA by Hsia Yu,
Trans. by Steve Bradbury (Excellent: the poet has a beautiful brain. LPR
#151)
THE REVOLUTION HAPPENED AND YOU DIDN’T CALL ME by Maged Zaher
THANK YOU FOR THE WINDOW OFFICE by Maged Zaher
VIDEO TAPE by
Andrew Zawacki
POEMS FROM
REDRESS by Hannah Zeavin
I DIDN’T
KNOW MANI WAS A CONCEPTUALIST by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde (smart and
elegant. LPR #128)
ANTHOLOGIES AND JOURNALS (35)
NOUVEAU’S
MIDNIGHT SUN: TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM GOLGONOOZA AND BEYOND, Edited by John Thomas
Allen
THE
DIFFICULTIES, Vol. I, Nos. 1 and 2, edited by Tom Beckett (six numbers or
Volumes of this magazine were published between 1980 and 1989. They’re
now available online at http://eclipsearchive.org/projects/DIFFICULTIES/difficulties.html
to present a lovely recovery project. I plan to read the entire series).
ELEVEN
ELEVEN: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ART (CCAC), Faculty Editor Hugh
Behm-Steinberg
TALISMAN: A JOURNAL OF
CONTEMPORARY POETRY AND POETICS, Issue
#42, 2014 (honored to be in its section, “The Occupation: The First of
Three Major Selections of Works by and about Women Writers Around the World”
edited by Lisa Bourbeau)
SALU-SALO:
IN CONVERSATION WITH FILIPINOS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE-AUSTRALIAN WRITINGS
edited by Jose Wendell Capili and John Cheeseman
KUWENTO:
LOST THINGS : AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW PHILIPPINE MYTHS, co-edited by Rachelle Cruz
and Melissa Sipin
NARRATIVE
(DIS)CONTINUITIES: PROSE EXPERIMENTS BY YOUNGER AMERICAN WRITERS, Editor
Kristina Marie Darling
POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER
NO. 241, Editor Ted Dodson
THE POETRY
PROJECT NEWSLETTER No. 240, Editor Ted Dodson
THE POETRY
PROJECT NEWSLETTER, April/May 2014
READING THE
DIFFICULTIES: DIALOGUES WITH CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN INNOVATIVE POETRY, poetics
with poems edited by Thomas Fink and Judith Halden-Sullivan (I loved this.
LPR #103 – because I always like poetry discourses that are both sophisticated
and down-to-earth (well, as regards the latter, perhaps not totally but mostly…
Contributors: Charles Bernstein, Carrie Conners, Thomas Fink, Kristen
Gallagher, Judith Halden-Sullivan, Paolo Javier, Burt Kimmelman, Hank Lazer,
Jessica Lewis Luck, Stephen Paul Miller, Sheila E. Murphy, Elizabeth Robinson,
Christopher Schmidt, Eileen R. Tabios)
AUFGABE
#13, Edited by E. Tracy Grinnell, erica kaufman, Jen Hofer
and Nathanaelm, Maryam Parhizkae, Jamie Townsend and Zandra Ruiz, including
poetry from India and from the Moroccan journal Souffles
VERSE,
literary journal edited by Brian Henry and Andrew Zawacki
LOVE POEMS
FROM GOD: TWELVE SACRED VOICES FROM THE EAST AND WEST featuring Rabia, St.
Francis of Assisi, Rumi, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hafiz, St.
Catherine of Siena, Kabir, Mira, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and
Tukaram, edited by Daniel Ladinsky. (My favorites are the contributions of
Meister Eckhart, Hafiz, St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila.)
BONE
BOUQUET, Fall 2013, literary journal edited by Krystal Languell, Elizabeth
Brasher, Allison Layfield, Trina Burke, Rachelle Cruz, and Amy MacLennan
THE MARSH
HAWK PRESS REVIEW, Spring 2014, Edited by Mary Mackey
YELLOWFIELD
#9, Spring 2014, edited by Edric Mesmer
CIVIL WAR POETRY: AN
ANTHOLOGY edited by Paul Negri
SWIRL,
Issue 1, e-zine edited by lars palm (lovely!)
SWIRL,
Issue 2, e-zine edited by lars palm (check out Mark Young’s funny
zombie poem for Tom Beckett)
GOLDEN
HANDCUFFS REVIEW, Spring-Summer, 2014, edited by Lou Rowan
ECCOLINGUISTICS
2.4, literary zine edited by Jared Schickling
MUDDY RIVER
POETRY REVIEW, Spring 2014, edited by Zvi A. Sesling
CALIBAN
ONLINE ISSUE #16, Editor Lawrence R. Smith
SKY
LANTERNS: NEW POETRY FROM CHINA, FORMOSA AND BEYOND, Edited by Frank Stewart
and Fiona Sze-Lorrain
VERSES
TYPHOON YOLANDA: A STORM OF FILIPINO POETS, Editor Eileen R. Tabios
THE MARSH
HAWK PRESS REVIEW, Editor Eileen R. Tabios
HOUSE ORGAN,
No. 88 Fall 2014, Editor Kenneth Warren
HOUSE ORGAN,
No. 87, literary zine edited by Kenneth Warren
HOUSE ORGAN,
Spring 2014, literary/arts zine edited by Kenneth Warren
POEMS for
the TIME CAPSULE, collected by David Watts (a wonderful anthology)
NESTS AND STRANGERS: ON
ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN POETS, Editor Timothy Yu with Afterword by Mg Roberts (in manuscript
form. Essays by Sarah Dowling on Myung Mi Kim, Merle Woo on Nellie Wong,
Sueyeun Juliette Lee on Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, and Dorothy Wang on Bhanu
Kapil.)
WITH OUR
EYES WIDE OPEN: POEMS OF THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, poetry anthology edited by
Douglas Valentine
AN ANTHOLOGY
OF CONCRETE POETRY Edited by Emmett Williams
THE SPIRIT
OF THE SAINTS / EL ESPIRITU DE LOS SANTOS (literary & art journal of St.
Helena High School) edited by Peeka Zimmerman (my son’s got a poem innit!)
OTHER GENRES/FORMATS BY POETS (26)
HANNIBAL BARCA C. 259 BCE:
A FABLE, art and poetry by Adhemar Ahmad
KENNETH GOLDSMITH IN
CONVERSATION with David Jonathan Y. Bayot (it’s a tad yesterday)
IMAGEMS 1,
poetics by Richard Berengarten (wise. LPR #148)
CRATER
Reading Series poetry chaps/pamphlets (U.K.)
SIXTY
MORNING TALKS (interviews with poets) by Andy Fitch
APOPHALLATION SKETCHES: A
THEATER OF AFFECTIVE EXTREMES / STRENUOUS ESSAYS FOR THE SENSES by j/j hastain
(unique and wonderful)
NOTEBOOKS OF
A CHILE VERDE SMUGGLER, poetry/memoir by Juan Felipe Herrera
ALL
NIGHTMARE, poetry introductions by Josef Kaplan (FABULOUS! One of the
more imaginative poetry projects I've seen recently released. Future LPR
recommendation)
SELECTED AMAZON REVIEWS by
Kevin Killian, edited by Brent Cunningham (an entertaining read)
DAVID MEDALLA CLOUD CANYONS, prose poetry and art monograph (thanks to Barry Schwabsky
for sharing)
3 LETTERS,
correspondence/prose poetry by Brian Morse (clever and charming chapette from
the Buffalo Ochre Papers)
THERE ARE
THINGS WE LIVE AMONG: ESSAYS ON THE OBJECT WORLD by Jennifer Moxley (luminous.
LPR #117)
TOWARD THE YEAR TWENTY
FIFTEEN, poetry broadside by Sheila Murphy
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)
Ted Pearson in THE GRAND PIANO, a "collective
autobiography" by ten poets.
DARLING: A
SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Richard Rodriguez
ANIMALS VS.
FURNITURE, poetic picture book by Normandy Raven Sherwood with illustrations by
Jesse Hawley
WHAT POETS
ARE LIKE: UP AND DOWN WITH THE WRITING LIFE, memoir by Gary Soto
AN ARMY OF
LOVERS, novel by Juliana Spahr and David Buuck
CRUSHING
SOFT RUBIES: A MEMOIR
by Janet Stickmon (excellent. LPR #150)
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
THE LITTLE
BOOK OF HAPTIC DRAWING by Jean Vengua
MEMORY
HOLES, memoir by Erin Virgil (wonderful. LPR #104)
ONE FOOT OUT
THE DOOR, short stories by Lewis Warsh
Barrett
Wattten in THE GRAND PIANO, a "collective autobiography" by ten
poets.
BEYOND THE
POSSIBLE: 50 YEARS OF CREATING RADICAL CHANGE AT A COMMUNITY CALLED GLIDE, memoir
by Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani
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