BOOKIN' IT!

That saying about judging a person by the company said person keeps?  Can’t say that about poetry books in a bookstore—not that I’m judging!  Am just happy my books made it into ANY bookstore!  Here’s a photo of some of my books and what surrounds them in a bookstore:

Speaking of books, here's the rest of 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 GalateaResurrects!  More info on that HERE. 

PUBLICATIONS

PORT LIGHT: A HAY(NA)KU COLLECTION, poems by William Allegrezza (read in manuscript as it’s the next book to be published by Meritage Press.  So, obviously: OUTSTANDING!)

THE HOAX OF CONTAGION, poems by Michael Leong (witty. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation (LPR) #126)

RED BOX OF BLUES, poems by Ryan Gallagher (favorite poem among many enjoyed is probably “And the Gods Make Love.”  LPR #127)

I DIDN’T KNOW MANI WAS A CONCEPTUALIST, poems by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde (smart and elegant. LPR #128)

INTERVAL, poems by Kaia Sand (luminous.  Fabulous.  LPR # 129)

#!, poetry by Nick Montfort (pleasingly thought-provoking. LPR #130)

THE OLD LIFE, poems by Donald Hall (wonderful mastery of the long poem. To be an LPR recommendation)

SMALL WORKS by Pam Rehm (thoughtful and delicate.  To be an LPR recommendation)

THE WHOLE MARIE, poems by Barbara Maloutas (lovely. To be an LPR recommendation)

OPEN NIGHT by Aaron Lowinger (ravishing. To be an LPR recommendation)

ON LIBERTY, REPRESSED, poems by Tom Jenks (thought-provoking such that it compelled me reviewing it for next GalateaResurrects)

PRELUDE TO BRUISE, poems by Saeed Jones (very strong)

THE LANDFILL DANCERS, poems by Mary Kasimor (liked “water for mrs lot” and “pray for the stone”)

AS WATER SOUNDS, poems by Sunnylynn Thibodeaux (steel with delicacy or delicate steel)

NOT FOR YOU ALONE, poems by Robert Murphy (lovely chap. Read chap and listened to CD – the auditory is as fine as the words)

*  TWO FAT BOYS, poems by James Davies (funny!)

GEMOLOGY by Megan Kaminski (wonderful)

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF CALIFORNIA, poems by Julien Poirier (excellent)

MAO’S PEARS, poems by by Kenny Tanemura (pleasingly fresh)

THE TRUE KEEPS CALM BIDING ITS STORY, poems by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured like fine wine)

AFTER URGENCY, poems by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured like fine wine)

BEYOND THE CHAINLINK, poems by Rusty Morrison (stellar. Language matured like fine wine)

A DISTURBANCE IN THE AIR, poems by Michele Poulos (a natural)

BIG MAMA SEZ: POEMS OLD & NEW by Babeth Lolarga (admirably brave and earned poetry)

*  THOUSAND TIMES BROKEN: THREE BOOKS by Henri Michaux, drawings and poems translated by Gillian Conoley

WEAR WHITE AND GRIEVE, poems by Jennifer Diskin

MIDWINTER DAY, poem by Bernadette Mayer

OF COLLOCATED RHYTHMS, poems by Felino A. Soriano

GREEN AND GRAY, poems by Geoffrey G. O’Brien

*  MUM IS DOWN, poems by Oscarine Bosquet

*  JAGUAR HARMONICS: PERSON WOVEN OF TESSERAE, poems by Anne Waldman

*  THE UNKNOWING MUSE, poems by Sarah White

*  AFTER LUNCH WITH FRANK O’HARA, poems by Craig Cotter

*  AGAINST CONCEPTUAL POETRY, conceptual poetry by Ron Silliman

HOME AMONG THE SWINGING STARS: COLLECTED POEMS OF JAIME DE ANGULO, Editor Stefan Hyner with essay by Andrew Schelling

VIDEO TAPE, poems by Andrew Zawacki

COMES UP TO FACE THE SKIES, poems by Steve Gilmartin

WATCHING THE WINDOWS SLEEP, stories, poems and art by Tantra Bensko

*  THE GREENHOUSE, poems by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet

*  LOVE, OF A KIND, poems by Felix Dennis

TREMENDUM, AUGUSTUM, poems by Leonore Wilson

SKY LANTERNS: NEW POETRY FROM CHINA, FORMOSA AND BEYOND, Edited by Frank Stewart and Fiona Sze-Lorrain

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).

HOUSE ORGAN, No. 87, literary zine edited by Kenneth Warren

*  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

NARRATIVE (DIS)CONTINUITIES: PROSE EXPERIMENTS BY YOUNGER AMERICAN WRITERS, Editor Kristina Marie Darling

PICASSO BLACK AND WHITE edited by Carmen Gimenez

A BROOM OF ONE’S OWN: WORDS ON WRITING, HOUSECLEANING & LIFE, memoir by Nancy Peacock

EVERYTHING TO LOSE, novel by Andrew Gross

WINES

2003 Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese

Pestoni Family “1892 Field Blend”

2003 Bert Simon Serrig Herrenberg Riesling Auslese

2012 Farmstead chardonnay

2003 Ch. Rauzan Despagne

Launois champagne Grand Cru

2002 R.B.J. theologicum

2011 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett Mosel

2012 Buehlers cabernet

2012 Black Stallion chardonnay NV

2010 Franciscan Estate  Winemaker’s Reserve cabernet NV