Fragments, deliberate incompletions, abstract spaces, sound-based meanings, vizpo—such are not uncommon in contemporary poetry. But Andrew Brenza brings something fresh to the terrain, and it is up in the air and even outer space. “Scutum” sums up the strengths of this collection with radiance—“the light here / is a fine dizziness / to semblance a self on / to a towards of / another(’s) knowing” —and an attached visual element of literally connecting dots. With all of its poetic strengths, these poems also wax philosophically to show the richness of light and the various lifescapes desirous of illumination.
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Meanwhile, I love indie bookstores for many reasons, but here's a favorite reason: for carrying my books!
Here's a photo taken by Leny Strobel when she visited Main Street Books in St. Helena:
(You can just see the spines of SUN STIGMATA and AGAINST MISANTHROPY)
And here's a photo I took when I visited Napa Bookmine in Napa!
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Speaking of books, here's
my latest Relished
W(h)ines update of recently imbibed books 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
GOSSAMER LID, poems by Andrew Brenza (FABULOUS! in manuscript form; see above
blurb)
URSULA OR UNIVERSITY, poetic memoir/meditation
by Stephanie Young (coming late to this but glad I made it. Outstanding. LinkedIn Poetry Recommentation #190)
LEAVING LEAVING BEHIND BEHIND, poems/fictions by
Inger Wold Lund (admirably deft)
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NECROPOLI, poem by Nicholas Manning in VERSE, Edited by Brian Henry and
Andrew Zawacki (stunning. moving.
evocative)
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BOUNTIFUL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, poems and plays by Minal
Hajratwala (a lush riot of language)
COOL DON’T LIVE HERE NO MORE: A LETTER TO SAN
FRANCISCO, poems and vignettes by Tony Robles (evocative, moving, powerful)
SEVEN FOR BOETTICHER & OTHER POEMS by Rodney
Koeneke
MANDARIN PRIMER, poems by Rosmarie Waldrop
BAN EN BANLIEUE, hybrid poetry by Bhanu Kapil
SCHIZOPHRENE, poetry by Bhanu Kapil
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SENTENCES AND RAIN, poems by Elaine Equi
* ALKALI,
poems by Craig Dworkin
* SHADOW
SHARP MARSH GRASS, poems by Helen Tartar
* EARLY
LINOLEUM, poems by Brenda Iijima
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EUNUCHS, poems by Michael Thomas Taren
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HISTORIES OF THE FUTURE IMPERFECT, poems by Ellen Kombiyil
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GEOGRAPHY OF TONGUES, poems by Shikha Malaviya
* QUIET
CITY, poems by Susa Alzenberg
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GARMENTS AGAINST WOMEN, poems by Anne Boyer
* THIS IS
THE HOMELAND, poems by Mary Hickman
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TRAFFICKE, poems by Susan Tichy
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ACCORDING TO DISCRETION, collaborative poems by Allen Jih and Adam Vines
* PIGEONS
AND PEACE DOVES, poems by Matthew J. Hall
LOVE AFTER THE RIOTS, poems by Juan Felipe
Herrera
TWO POEMS by Hugo Garcia Manriquez
BRIGHT AS MIRRORS LEFT IN THE GRASS, poems by
Luisa A. Igloria
* BONE
BOUQUET, Spring 2015, literary journal edited by Krystal Languell, Trina Burke,
Amy MacLennan and Allison Layfield
* CITY
LIGHTS POCKET POETS ANTHOLOGY 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Editor
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I GREET YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT CAREER:
THE SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI and ALLEN GINSBERG
1955-1997, Editor Bill Morgan
E.E. CUMMINGS: A LIFE, biography by Susan
Cheever
LIT: A MEMOIR by Mary Karr
WHEN WOMEN WERE BIRDS: FIFTY-FOUR VARIATIONS ON
VOICE by Terry Tempest Williams
WALKING TO VERMONT: FROM TIMES SQUARE INTO THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS—A HOMEWARD ADVENTURE, memoir by Christopher S. Wren
FOR YOU MOM, FINALLY, memoir by Ruth Reichl
GOOD DOG. STAY, memoir by Anna Quindlen
MONSTRESS, short stories by Lysley Tenorio
CITY OF WOMEN, novel by David R. Gilham
SEA GLASS WINTER, novel by Joann Ross
A MOST INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE, novel by Rebecca
Jennings
WINES
2013 Olema pinot noir Sonoma Coast
Pellet Estate Pinot Grigio
2007 Ebenezer shiraz
2013 Quail’s Gate “Optima” Okanagan, BC
2014 Inniskillin Ice Wine Okanagan, BC
2010 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha
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