RECOMMENDING CARRIE HUNTER'S ORPHAN MACHINES!

Black Radish has a fabulous book order special right now of four new titles for $50. Included is my poetry reading du jour: the fabulous ORPHAN MACHINES by Carrie Hunter. I was moved to review it for the next issue of Galatea Resurrects; here's an excerpt of my review as I truly wish to encourage you to check out this book -- and other Black Radish books --

I read Orphan Machines while preparing for a visit to San Francisco State University to appear in their “Writers on Writing” series. Part of my talk was to share early influences on me as a writer.  In that chat, I discussed being exposed to 15 poets with varied styles as I interviewed them for my first book, BLACK LIGHTNING (Asian American Writers Workshop, 1998). During that conversation, I said  

if any poet had early influence on my own work, it ended up being those poets in that series of interviews whose writings included an interest in the language-specific nature of language. That language is not just a tool to be used for manifesting a poet’s ego, like what they want to share through poetry, but that language has its own nature and characteristics which might be a primary rather than backstory concern for the poet.    

I would cast Hunter to be among those poets with whose work I feel empathy because of the above approach. An attention to words and said words’ innate characteristics  compelled effectively rhythmic and paradoxically meaningful lines ...

It's no longer a secret: Black Radish Press is releasing some of the most  fabulous innovative poetry of the day ...

And speaking of publications, 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

*  IT’S NO GOOD, poems, essays and actions by Kirill Medvedev (LinkedIntoPoetry (LPR) #204) 

ORPHAN MACHINES, poems by Carrie Hunter (LPR #207)

A LILY LILIES, Poems by Josey Foo and Notes on Dance by Leah Stein (lovely. LPR #206)

*  PEDRO PIETRI: SELECTED POETRY, Edited by Juan Flores and Pedro Lopez Adorno (engaged and engaging!)

I’D LIKE TO KISS YA BUT IT’S A BUMPY NIGHT, a manifestation of a holograph edition by Alex Gildzen (a lovely DIY manifestation with lovely stamps of Bette Midler and Alex himself. More DIYs!)

HOMAGE TO LEROI JONES AND OTHER EARLY WORKS by Kathy Acker, Edited by Gabrielle Kapps (CUNY Lost & Found Series)

THE TRAVEL AGENCY IS ON FIRE by William S. Burroughs, Edited by Alex Wermer-Colan (CUNY Lost & Found Series)

LANGSTON HUGHES: POEMS, PHOTOS & NOTEBOOKS FROM TURKESTAN, Edited by Zohra Saed (CUNY Lost & Found Series)

THE SUN UNDER THE WEAPONS, CORRESPONDENCE & NOTES FROM ALGERIA by Jean Senac, Part I, Edited by Kai Krienke (CUNY Lost & Found Series)

THE SUN UNDER THE WEAPONS, CORRESPONDENCE & NOTES FROM ALGERIA by Jean Senac, Part II, Edited by Kai Krienke (CUNY Lost & Found Series)

MEMORY CARDS: FROM THE THOMAS TRAHERNE SERIES, poems by Susan Schultz 

ALGERIAN DIARY, poems by Vittorio Sereni, Trans. by Paul Vangelisti & Ippolita Rostagno

WHEN YOU SAID NO, DID YOU MEAN NEVER?, poems by Fani Papageorgiou

THEN GO ON, poems by Mary Burger

A HOUSE WITHOUT A ROOF IS OPEN TO THE STARS, poems by mackenzie carignan

CANT, poems by David James Miller

TAX-DOLLAR SUPER SONNET FEATURING SARAH PALIN AS POET, poems by Nicole Mauro

SPECTRE, poems by Mark Lamoureux

ELECTRICAL THEORIES OF FEMININITY, poems by Sarah Mangold

INFINITE VARIATIONS, poems by Marci Nelligan

*  DISTANCE DECAY, poems by Cathy Eisenhower

*  LEVITATION FOR AGNOSTICS, poems by Arne Weingart

*  DEAR GIRL:  RECKONING, poems by drea brown

*  TIMIDITIES, poems by Hannes Bajohr

*  AIM AT THE CENTAUR STEALING YOUR WIFE, poems by Jennifer Nelson

* HAIR by Amy Narneeloop

*  221 ACRES OF FUN, poems by Steve Muhs

*  OF GRAVITY AND TIDES, poems by CB Follett

*  QUATREFOIL, poems by CB Follett

FELICITY, poems by Mary Oliver

OCCUPATIONAL TREATMENT, poetics and poems by Taylor Brady

SCRATCHING THE BEAT SURFACE, essays with poems by Michael McClure

DINNERS AND NIGHTMARES, poetry and short stories by Diane di Prima

LATE RETURNS: A MEMOIR OF TED BERRIGAN by Tom Clark, with 11 LETTERS FROM BERRIGAN TO THE AUTHOR

*  IN/FILTRATION: AN ANTHOLOGY OF INNOVATIVE POETRY FROM THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY, edited by Anne Gorrick and Sam Truitt (fabulous!  Gives a too-rare fresh spin on the form of the anthology, as well as the notion of place. The poems themselves are wonderful. The editors Introduction and Afterwords are illuminating and delightful to read. LPR #205)

TALKING BACK: VOICES OF COLOR edited by Nellie Wong

ASEMIC 15, asemics anthology edited by Tim Gaze

TRANSIT: AN ONLINE JOURNAL (fabulous) 

THE DORIS, literary and arts journal, Eds. Tamas Panitz and Billie Chernicoff (wonderful) 

BOUND TO THE PAST: POETRY (OUT FROM) UNDER THESIGN OF HISTORY, interviews curated by H.L. Hix featuring Shane McCrae, Jena Osman and Bino A. Realluyo with afterword by Aby Kaupang 

$2.00 A DAY: LIVING ON ALMOST NOTHING IN AMERICA, poverty study by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer

NO SHAME IN MY GAME: THE WORKING POOR IN THE INNER CITY, poverty study by Katherine S. Newman

STRAPPED: WHY AMERICA’S 20- AND 30-SOMETHINGS CAN’T GET AHEAD, poverty study by Tamara Draut

LESSONS FROM TARA: LIFE ADVICE FROM THE WORLD’S MOST BRILLIANT DOG by David Rosenfelt

DOGTRIPPING: 25 RESCUES, 11 VOLUNTEERS, AND 3 RVs ON OUR CROSS-COUNTRY ADVENTURE by David Rosenfelt

WINE COUNTRY INN, memoir with recipes by Jim Smith

THE FALL OF PRINCES, novel by Robert Goolrick (gross, thus effective. So effective it inspired poems)

THE MANGO BRIDE, novel by Marivi Soliven

HOSTAGE TAKER, novel by Stefanie Pintoff

Also
FIVE POETRY MANUSCRIPTS by others

ONE NOVEL MANUSCRIPT by someone else

WINES

2005 Selvapiana Vin Santo del Rufina

2013 Canet Valette un et mille nuits

2012 Jean Francois Quenard Chinin Bergeron Au Pied Des Tours

2013 Domaine L’Arlot Blanc Côte de Nuits

2009 Altamura Negroamaro

2008 Altamura Sangiovese

2010 Layer Cake cabernet

2005 Hobbs Grenache

2012 Stags’ Leap Cabernet NV

2013 Darioush Sauvignon Blanc NV Sage Vineyard

2011 Regusci Merlot NV

Rombauer Zinfandel Port NV

2011 Mad Hatter NV

2013 Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet

2011 Bastide Miraflors Syrah & Vielles Vignes de Grenache

2011 Cru 32 Zinfandel (1313 Main)

2011 Sergio Wines Syrah Blend

2010 Leto Cellars Cabernet Franc

2011 E. Guigal Grenache/Syrah/Mourvedre

Pierre Peters “Cuvee De Reserve” Grand Cru Le Mesnil Sur Oger Champagne