THE UNBEARABLE SPLENDOR OF SUN YUNG SHIN

I’ve long thought that Sun Yung Shin is writing some of the most powerful poetry around … and her forthcoming UNBEARABLE SPLENDOR is my favorite yet! Look for this book—No. 145 on my LinkedIn Poetry Recommendations List—that’ll be released this October! 

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

As played on Amazon’s Alexa: HAMILTON by Lin-Manuel Miranda (way cool)

*  UNBEARABLE SPLENDOR by Sun Yung Shin (radiance amidst darkness. LinkedInPoetry Recommendation (LPR) #245) 

A PICTURE OF EVERYONE I LOVE PASSES THROUGH ME with collages by Lynn Behrendt, text mixed by John Bloomberg-Rissman and remixed by Lynn Behrendt (Fabulous. LPR #243)

DIANOIA, poems by Michael Heller (powerful. LPR #241)

HI-DENSITY POLITICS, poems by Urayoan Noel (hot lucidities. LPR#242)

THE HAND HAS TWENTY-SEVEN BONES—: THESE HANDS IF NOT GODS by Natalie Diaz (charismatic eros. LPR #244)

SAINT PINK, poems by Mary Kasimor (lovely and well-crafted)

DIURNAL, poems by Jane Noritz-Nakagawa (elegantly-made)

DEBTS & LESSONS, poems by Lynn Xu (evocative)

STICK IT UP, poems by Paul David Adkins (powerful. Well done!)

THE DAY JUDGE SPENCER LEARNED THE POWER OF METAPHOR, poems by Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow (wonderful and wonderfully-detailed)

15 CHINESE SILENCES, poems by Timothy Yu (fabulous!)

STRUCTURAL SUPPORT: POEMS FROM BELLADONNA’S STUDIO ASSISTANTS by Ana Paula, Angela Nichols, Brenna Lee, Julia Tolo, Masha Jennings, Phoebe Glick, Samaya Abdus-Salaam and Shaun Marie (based on these poems, the future of poetry is just fine Thank You Very Much!)

CHARLOTTE SONGS by Paul Pines (enchanting! Best father-daughter themed poetry collection I’ve read in a long while)

THE PALACE OF FLOWERS, poems by Gerry Grubbs

JOINING THE DOTS / UNITI PUNCTELE, poems by Monica Manolachi

*  THE TORTOISE OF HISTORY, poems by Anselm Hollo

*  MY SHAOLIN: A POEM OF STATEN ISLAND by Joel Lewis

*  WHAT THOUGHTS, poems by John Most

WHEN THEY HAVE SENSES, poems by Rosmarie Waldrop

BABETTE, poems by Sara Deniz Akant

THREE COLUMN TABLE, poems by Harold Abramowitz

 * THE GILLES POEM by Sabrina Calle

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, poems by Kate Colby

HANDBOOK FOR HANDS THAT ALTER AS WE HOLD THEM OUT, poems by Kate Schapira

IT’LL NEVER BE OVER FOR ME, poems by Mark Lamoreaux

PHANTOM PAINS OF MADNESS, poems by Noelle Kocot

HOPEFULLY, THE ISLAND, poems by Rachel Levitsky in collaboration with artist Susan Bee

ON SELF CARE, poems by Mahogany L. Browne

REAL LIFE: WITH VOICE AND RIGHTS, poems by Julie Carr

BLACK GIRL FLY, poems by Imani Cezanne

POWER BALLAD, poems by Sarah Gambito and art by Edward del Rosario

PROVIDENCE, poems by Megan Kaminski

JAMMIN’, poems by Erica Lewis

DIARY, poems by Yanyi Luo

RUSSIA IN 17 OBJECTS, poems by Julie Gard

HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE ANIMAL GLOBE, poems by Eleni Sikelianos and art by Christine Lee

EYEWITNESS, poems by Natalie Safir

THINGS DONE FOR THEMSELVES: PREVERBS, poems by George Quasha

GLOSSODELIA ATTRACT: PREVERBS, poems by George Quasha

AXIAL STONES: AN ART OF PRECARIOUS BALANCE, art monograph by George Quasha (a delight!)

PROPERTY OF SPACE, art monograph by Marc Gaba with essay by Raymond de Borja

FROM GRAFTON TO THE GUGGENHEIM, art monograph on Max Gimblett

THE ROMANCE OF SIAM: A POCKET GUIDE, a “subverted travel guide which interrogates the desire of white people to lose and reinvent themselves in Thailand” by Jai Arun Ravine

MAKING SPACE: A NOTEBOOK by Sandra Lim

IN ADVANCE OF THE BROKEN JUSTY, novel by John Olson (wortdurchschwommenen!)

THE HIT, novel by David Baldacci

THE TARGET, novel by David Baldacci

THE WIDOW, novel by Fiona Barton

THE DARK TIDE, novel by Andrew Cross

ORBIT, novel by John J. Nance

THE GOOD NEIGHBOR, novel by A.J. Banner

VINCIGUERRA, short stories by Elaine Castillo

FAST INTO THE NIGHT: A WOMAN, HER DOGS, AND THEIR JOURNEY NORTH ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL by Debbie Clarke Moderow

HUMANS OF NEW YORK, photography/interviews by Brandon Stanton

APARTMENT THERAPY by Maxwell Ryan and Janel Laban with photographs by Melanie Acevedo

THE NEW CHRISTMAS TREE by Carrie Brown with photographs by Paige Green

WINES

2007 Camaspelo Cayuse Vineyard Walla Walla Valley

1990 La Tour Blanche sauterne

Andre Robert champagne Grand Cru Reserve Brut

2002 Abreu Madrona Ranch       

2000 Dominio De Atauta Valdegatiles Ribera Del Duero

2010 Genevrieres Meursault Francois Mikulski

1997 Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz McLaren Vale

2002 Torbreck RunRig Barossa Valley

2005 Ch. Haut Bergey Pessac-Leognan

2009 Artadi Vinas De Gain Rioja

1970 Ch. Latour

1990 Ch. Raymond-Lafon Sauternes

2013 Duckhorn chardonnay NV

2011 Rombauer chardonnay Carneros

2004 Domaine William Fevre Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume

1997 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Howell Mountain

Domaine Carneros Brut Rose

2012 Renteria pinot noir Russian River Valley

2013 Melville pinot noir Santa Rita Hills

2014 Dutch Henry chardonnay

2015 Dutch Henry rose

2012 Manni Nossing Sudtirol Eisacktaler

2003 Chapoutier L’Ermite Ermitage

2006 Hundred Acres NV

2013 Schramsberg Brut Rose

2015 Spottswoode Estate Vineyard sauvignon blanc

2015 Lail Vineyards Blueprint sauvignon blanc

2013 Chappellet Winery Dutton Ranch pinot noir

2008 Heitz Cellar Martha’s Vineyard cabernet

2010 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace

2014 Robert Mondavi Winery Moscato d’Oro

2014 Stag’s Leap Arcadia Vineyard chardonnay

2013 Stag’s Leap FAY Vineyard estate cabernet

2013 Stag’s Leap S.L.V. Estate cabernet

2013 CASK 23 Estate cabernet

2014 Stag’s Leap Rancho Chimiles sauvignon blanc

2009 Altamura Negroamaro NV

2012 Altamura cabernet

2007 Araujo cabernet Eisele Vineyard NV

2015 B Cellars Rose of Cabernet

2013 B Cellars Dutton Ranch chardonnay

2012 B Cellars Blend 24 cabernet/sangiovese/petite sirah

2013 B Cellars Ehrlich cabernet

2014 B Cellars Atlast Peak barrel sample

2014 B Cellars pinot noir Russian River Manzana Vineyard

2013 B Cellars Missouri Hopper Cabernet Beckstoffer Vineyard

2013 B Cellars Dr. Crane Cabernet Beckstoffer Vineyard

2010 Merseault Genevrieres Francois Mikulski

2014 Rossi Wallace pinot noir NV

2013 Tra Vigne chardonnay

Krug champagne Brut NV

2007 Peter Michael Cuvee Indigene (magnum)

2002 Domaine Trapet Chambertin

2005 Colgin Cariad

1986 Chateau d’Yquem