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That headline has to do with this photo that a friend just sent over -- 

Right. In other publication news, I recently had the pleasure of “blurbing” these two manuscripts--here are the (unedited) blurbs:

OUTSIDE/INSIDE … Just Outside The Art World’s Inside by Martha King


Martha King’s writing brims with a forward propulsion that makes her memoir a page-turner, until you deliberately slow down to relish many passages. You end up appreciating a well-lived life, even if you are not familiar with all of its characters. She says early on that she, perhaps unfashionably for today, lived/lives a life (partly) in support of her partner rather than in self-focused exploration. That’s not something to criticize when her partner, painter-poet Basil King, manifests an integrity that earns any support for it. Besides, hindsight shows that Marthe ends up fulfilling her own potential as a poet and writer. The very last word of the memoir sums up Martha’s life — it is a word worth discovering in a book worth reading for her definition.

THE WET MOTORCYCLE: Selected Writings by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

When you collapse cause and effect between [1] image and/or narrative and [2] significance, you get something like Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino’s poetry. One hears of the “I” in the writing of poems but not so much in the “I” reading poems. What St. Thomasino’s poems effect then, for the reader, can be, not just the reader reading but, concurrently tracing some other’s response to what’s being read. A challenge. But when the reader’s receptiveness comes to fruition, it thus can be double—which is to say, more—satisfying than what’s considered a normative read. How fitting: who knows what’s normal in poetry except that it’s something to disturb? In such disturbance can be a widening in perception—and isn’t such partly what poetry is for?

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

SARAJEVO BLUES, poetry-as-world by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Trans. by Ammiel Alcalay (what poetry should be LinkedInPoetry Recommendation #279)

AGE OF GLASS by Anna Maria Hong (brilliant and pleasurable to read-and-pronounce poems! LPR #278)

* RUMOR by Elizabeth Robinson (perhaps my favorite among her poetry collections. Intimately piercing work. Adore its both rapture and ruptured self. LPR #280)

* MAN PRAYING, poems by Donald Platt (I rarely ascribe courage to another poet's work (even for wonderful work). But the matter of bravery came up in my read of Donald Platt's MAN PRAYING, and it was not just refreshing but bolstering. A feat. LPR #282)

HOY / TODAY, poems by Juan Gelman, Trans. by Lisa Rose Bradford (splendid. LPR #281)

THE WET MOTORCYCLE: Selected Writings by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino (in manuscript; see above blurb)

MOSS & SILVER by Jure Detela, Translated by Raymond Miller with Tatjana Jamnik (excellent and prescient as regards ecological concerns; Iztok Osojnik’s Introduction is useful)

2068, visual poetry by Sacha Archer (enchanting)

* AMERICAN LETTERS: WORKS ON PAPER, poetry and art by Giovanni Singleton (a really nifty project)

SNOW DAY, poems by Rob McLennan (wonderful!)

THE BODY GHOST, poems by Joseph Lease (luminous and moving)

NIGHT SEASON, poems by Mark Lamoreaux (ditto, i.e. luminous and moving)

*  FINDING ITHACA, poems by Phyllis Beck Katz (moving and worthwhile read)

THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE BUS, poems by Gizelle Gajelonia (witty and moving)

* PEMINOLOGY, poems by Melinda Luisa de Jesus (fun and fierce)

A DOG LOST IN THE BRICK CITY OF OUTLAWED TREES, poems by Geoffrey Gatza (an inventive premise!)

THE AGGRESSIVE WAYS OF THE CASUAL STRANGER, poems by Rosmarie Waldrop (how fun to see early poems (1972) by this master poet!)

* THIS WINDOW MAKES ME FEEL, poems by Robert Fitterman (evoked for me Jason Magabo Perez and Nicholson Baker)

THREE  NOVELS, poems by Elizabeth Robinson

* FABLE OF THE PACK-SADDLE CHILD, poetry by Mia Leonin and illustrations by Nereida Garcia Ferraz

* & IN OPEN, MARVEL, poems by Felicia Zamora

EAST SLOPE, poems by Su Shi, Trans. by Jeffrey Yang

STARLINGS, poems by Lisa Robertson

* FOREIGN NATIVE, poems by Lisa Samuels

* IS THAT THE SOUND OF A PIANO COMING FROM SEVERAL HOUSES DOWN?, poems by Noah Eli Gordon

*  DEAR READER, poems by Bruce Bond

*  DAY IN, DAY OUT, poems by Simon Smith

THE STRUGGLERS, poems by Norman Fischer

ARBOREAL, poems by Barbara Tomash

TUNSIYA AMRIKIYA, poems by Leila Chatti

HURRY HOME HONEY, poems by Sawako Nakayasu

THE ROAD IS EVERYWHERE OR STOP THIS BODY, poems by Rosmarie Waldrop

SECRET OF BREATH, poems by Isabelle Baladine Howald, Trans. by Elena Rivera

SOME OTHER KIND OF MISSION, poems by Lisa Jarnot

DRAFTS, FRAGMENTS AND POEMS: THE COMPLETE POETRY OF JOAN MURRAY, edited by Farnoosh Fathi

* ÉMIGRÉ, poems by Geneve Chao

* BODY & GLASS, poems by Rodney Koeneke

* DEAR ANGEL OF DEATH, poems and prose by Simone White

* ICON, poems by David Mutschlecner

* CRUEL FUTURES, poems by Carmen Gimenez Smith

* OF SOME SKY, poems by Joseph Harrington

* NOTES ON WOLVES AND RUIN, poems by Christine Hamm

* THE MIRACULOUS COURAGEOUS, poems by Josh Booton

* DUBIOUS MOON, poems by Lillo Way

TAKES, CUTS: A DAVID LYNCH RENGA by Colin Winborn and Rob Stanton

CONTINUOUS FRIEZE BORDERING RED, poems by Michelle Naka Pierce

* PEMINOLOGY, poems by Melinda Luisa de Jesus

* EXPERIENCE IN GROUPS, poems by Geoffrey O’Brien

* ORIENT, poems by Nicholas Gulig

* SCREWBALL, poetry/art by Anne Kawala, Trans. by Kit Schluter

* THE UNCERTAIN LOVER, poems by Martin Willitts, Jr.

*  ZOOM, poems by Susan Lewis

* AT YOUR FEET, poems by Ana Cristina Cesar, Trans. by Brenda Hillman and Helen Hillman with Sebastiao Edson Macedo, Edited by Katrina Dodson

SEMIRAMIS IF I REMEMBER, poems by Keith Waldrop

THE REAL SUBJECT, poems/mixed by Keith Waldrop

TULA, poems by Chris Santiago

THIS IS FOR THE MOSTLESS, poems by Jason Magabo Perez

HOUSEWORK, poems by Susan Birchenough

CAL EXIT, poems by Romeo Cruz

SAFE HOUSE COMPROMISED, poems by Agnes Marton

CLOUDS RUNNING IN, poems by Kim Shuck

* A CLEFT IN THE ROCK, poems by Marc Kaminsky

THE COORDINATES OF DOUBT, poems by Daniel Y. Harris and Rupert M. Loydell

MY BEAUTY IS AN OCCUPIABLE SPACE, poems by Anne Gorrick & John Bloomberg-Rissman

BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE BUTTERFLY KNIFE, poems by Derrick C. Brown

ON SUMMER SOLSTICE ROAD, poems by Jerry Garcia

*  WHERE NIGHT AND DAY BECOME ONE: THE FRENCH POEMS 1983-2017 by Steve Dalachinsky

*  ALL THAT HELD US, poems by Henrietta Goodman

WILD HORSES, poems by rob mclennan

A TIBETAN GRAMMAR, poems by Benedicte Vilgrain, Trans. by Keith Waldrop

FOUR CUT-UPS or THE CASE OF THE RESTORED VOLUME, poems by David Lespiau, Trans. by Keith Waldrop

WINGS OF SMOKE, poems by Jim Pascual Agustin

A THOUSAND EYES, poems by Jim Pascual Agustin

ORLANDO, poems by Sandra Simonds

LIFE MOVES OUTSIDE, poems by Barbara Einzig

99: THE NEW MEANING, poetry by Walter Abish

WIRE SCULPTURES, poems by Lawrence Upton

*  CHILD WITH A SWAN’S WINGS, poems by Daniel Shapiro

AN INSTANT OF FLIGHT, poems by Anne Heide

* ALL THE SPECTRAL FRACTURES, poems by Mary A. Hood

PAPER FILM: PROTECT THE REAL, poetry letter/broadside by Eleni Sikelianos

* THE SUPPOSIUM: THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS & POETHICAL PLAY IN DIFFICULT TIMES edited by Joan Retallack

COMING EVENTS (COLLECTED WRITINGS) by Susan Gevirtz

LIKE A FAT GOLD WATCH: MEDITATIONS ON SYLVIA PLATH AND LIVING edited by Christine Hamm

* A HANDBOOK OF DISAPPOINTED FATE, essays and poetics by Anne Boyer

ONE SCORE MORE: THE SECOND 20 YEARS OF BURNING DECK 1982-2002 edited by Alison Bundy and Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop

*  WOMEN: POETRY: MIGRATION, poetry anthology edited by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa

CLIMATE OF OPINION: SIGMUND FREUD IN POETRY, edited by Irene Willis

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, Hugo Huerta Marin's interviews of Marina Abramović, Tania Bruguera, Tracey Emin, Shirin Neshat, ORLAN, Yoko Ono, and Kiki Smith (an immensely satisfying read. Interesting (to me) to see how all answered one of the questions, "Where do you go to be alone." Yoko Ono and Kiki Smith were the ones to answer (as I would have), "I am always alone.")

THE FIL-AM ARTIST DIRECTORY 2018 edited by Janna Anonuevo Langholz

ANALOGIES & DICHOTOMIES, art monograph by Guillermo Munoz Vera

TURNINGS: WRITING ON WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATIONS, edited by Renee Olander and Luisa Igloria

AFTERGLOW (A DOG MEMOIR) by Eileen Myles

SEARCHING FOR A MUSTARD SEED, memoir by Miriam Sagan

OUTSIDE/INSIDE…JUST OUTSIDE THE ART WORLD’S INSIDE, memoir by Martha King

THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, memoir by Helene Hanff

SPINSTER: MAKING A LIFE OF ONE’S OWN, memoir by Kate Bolick

THE LADIES, novel by Sara Veglahn

THE POSTMISTRESS, novel by Sarah Blake

THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMENDING, novel by Katarina Bivald

THE BOOKSTORE, novel by Deborah Meyler

BECH: A BOOK, novel by John Updike

JANESVILLE: AN AMERICAN STORY, history/finance by Amy Goldstein

THE BOOKSHOP BOOK, journalism by Jen Campbell

WINES

2011 Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes

2016 The Prisoner NV

2010-2014 Kenwood cabernet

Roederer champagne

2009 Pelissero Piani Barbera D’Alba

2014 BV Reserve Tapestry

2013 BV Clone 4 Cabernet Sauvignon

2013 BV Clone 6 Cabernet Sauvignon

2014 BV Georges de LaTour Private Reserve

2014 BV Madame de Latour

2016 BV Pinot Gris Carneros

2004 Blanket Paradise Hills Vineyard

2010 Clos Mogador Priorat

2012 BV Carneros Pinot Noir Private Reserve

2012 Calera de Villiers Pinot Noir Mt. Harlan

2014 Two Shepherds Grenache Blanc Santa Ynez

2017 Two Shepherds Trousseau Gris Fanucci Vineyard

2015 Turley zinfandel Zampatti Vineyard Sonoma County

2015 Turley Estate zinfandel NV

2009 Artadi Pago Veijos

2005 Ch. Haut-Bergey Pessac-Leognan

2012 Abbona Dogliani Papa Celso Dolcetto

2013 Tra Vigne cabernet

1983 Dow’s Vintage Port

1997 Philip Togni cabernet NV

MV Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley

Dow’s 10-year Tawne

Arcari+Danesi, Chardonnay, Satèn, Franciacorta, Lombardia '12

2001 Harlan (magnum)

1982 Aldo Conterno Granbussia (magnum)

1989 Jaboulet La Chapelle (magnum)

1986 Chateau d'Yquem

2001 Ch. La Vieille Cure Fronsac

2014 Gibbs chardonnay Russian River Valley Bacigalupi Vineyard