from "The Other Side" by Márton Koppány
My first Read for 2016 is poetry, and it’s the brilliant visual poetry of
Marton Koppany, THE AHA MOMENT, from the fine publisher E-Ratio. Happy New Year!
And here’s a list below of everything I read in 2015. In the past I've tracked only my
poetry reads but starting with 2015 I track books in
other genres.
In 2015, I read 495 publications by poets or on poetry. I’m happy at
reading more than I did the prior year of 2014 when I read 372 poetry publications, and in 2013 when I read 319 suchpublications.
This list
does not necessarily portray the type of poetry I favor. In reading poems as a
practitioner, I just want to know what's out there. I've found that POV to be
more elucidating than trying to read through some defined aesthetic gate. The
process is not just more educational but also makes for the fabulous moments of
welcome discoveries—several of my discoveries made it to another project that I
began in mid-2013, my LinkedInPoetry
Recommendations (LPR).
My ethical
desire is to read every poem, which means I often randomly grab from a huge
TO-READ pile (which includes but is not limited to the review copy list for Galatea Resurrects
for which I serve as Editor). I also end up reading a few books for unique
reasons--like if my local library stocks a new poetry book, I check it out in
order to prove there's demand for poetry...and then inevitably read it before I
return it.
Did I like
every book I read on this list? Nope, but that's irrelevant. Even the most
banal poem has a place in this wonderland-landscape of Poetry. All poems are
welcome to me (not to mention how the great poem might require
less-than-stellar poems as conditions precedent to its making). Contrary to
would-be pundits' proclamations, THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH POEMS.
Here then is
a Relished W(h)ine List for 2015, with some brief notes on them
to the extent I was moved to comment at the time I read them. A no comment,
btw, does not signify I didn’t like the book. (The List is called
"W(h)ine" partly because my intermittent postings usually include
wines I'd recently imbibed--why not?) After the poetry publications, you'll see the other books I read in the categories of "Fiction," "Memoirs" and "Miscellaneous" (the latter being dominated by poverty studies):
POETRY OR
OTHER GENRE BY POETS (495)
(in alphabetical order by last name of
author or editor; poetry collections unless otherwise stated)
]ENCLOSURES[
by Emily Abendroth
HOMAGE TO
LEROI JONES AND OTHER EARLY WORKS by Kathy Acker, Edited by Gabrielle Kapps
(CUNY Lost & Found Series)
THE BOOK OF
FERAL FLORA, poetry by Amanda Ackerman and various plants (smart and delicate.
LPR #175)
PREMONITION by
Etel Adnan
excerpts
from A THOUSAND EYES by Jim Pascual Agustin
BABETTE by
Sara Deniz Akant
PARADES by
Sara Deniz Akant
AMERICAN
SUBLIME by Elizabeth Alexander
TOWARDS THE
PRIMEVAL LIGHTNING FIELD, essays by Will Alexander
WHAT I’VE
STOLEN, WHAT I’VE EARNED by Sherman Alexie (brilliantly diverse and
discerning. LPR #187)
AFTER PROJECTS
THE RESOUND by Kimberly Alidio (wonderful enough to blurb)
MARTHA by
Leslie Allison
MANTIC by
Maureen Alsop
CONSULTATIONS
WITH BRUJA JUANA by Diana Alvarez
HOLLYWOOD STARLET, poems
by Ivy Alvarez
QUIET CITY by
Susa Alzenberg
OTHERS WILL
ENTER THE GATES: IMMIGRANT POETS ON POETRY, INFLUENCES, AND WRITING IN AMERICA,
Edited by Abayomi Animashaun with Introduction by Kazim Ali
COMPOS(T)
MENTIS by Aaron Apps (prescient)
MAGANDA
MAGAZINE: “CRITICAL MASS”, literary and arts journal edited by Nicole Arca
(beautiful!)
HOLLOW by
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim (in
manuscript form)
ITSELF by
Rae Armantrout (fabulous. LinkedIn Poetry
Recommendations, or LPR, #172)
COLLECTED
PETRARCH by Tim Atkins
KRAZY:
VISUAL POEMS AND PERFORMANCE SCRIPTS by Jane Augustine (stunning! LPR #178)
WHERE
CURRENTS MEET by Elizabeth Austen
MARTIN &
MEDITATIONS ON THE SOUTH VALLEY, poems by Jimmy Santiago Baca
(MAGNIFICENT! LinkedIn Poetry
Recommendation (LPR) #177)
BLOOD PARTY
by Merle Bachman (charismatic. A moving read with many wonderful lines. LPR
#199)
TIMIDITIES by
Hannes Bajohr
EACHTHINGUNBLURREDISBROKEN
by Andrea Baker
ONE
BLACKBIRD AT A TIME by Wendy Barker (outstanding. LPR #208)
MULES OF
LOVE by Ellen Bass
ORIGAMI
HEART by Andrea Bates (such a lovely vocabulary!)
DIAGNOSIS by
Alessandra Bava
SHIELDS
& SHARDS & STITCHES & SONGS by Dan Beachy-Quick (lovely alchemy)
APPEARANCES:
A NOVEL IN FRAGMENTS by Tom Beckett (wonderfully fresh!)
ELEVENELEVEN,
literary and arts journal edited (faculty advisor) by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
THIS AMAZING
CAGE OF LIGHT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Martine Bellen (Spuyten Duyvil, New
York City, 2015)
COME IN
ALONE by Anselm Berrigan (pleasingly multi-layered and smart; does something
new I’ve not previously seen with its word-frames. LinkedIntoPoetry (LPR)
#210)
PREGRETS by
Anselm Berrigan
ALLUVIUM by
Erin M. Bertram
FLIRT by
Noah Blaustein
NEW
COLLECTED POEMS by Eavan Boland
POEMS
1959-1975 by Yves Bonnefoy, Trans. by Richard Pevear
FEIGN by
Kristy Bowen
GARMENTS
AGAINST WOMEN by Anne Boyer
BONNARD’S
DOG by Rosalind Brackenbury
OCCUPATIONAL
TREATMENT, poetics and poems by Taylor Brady
SMILES OF
THE UNSTOPPABLE by Jason Bredle (hilarious and witty energy)
GOSSAMER LID
by Andrew Brenza (FABULOUS! in manuscript form; blurbed it)
DEAR
GIRL: RECKONING by drea brown
ROSEATE,
POINTS OF GOLD by Laynie Browne (sun-drenched & luminous, LPR#214)
WASTE by
Thierry Brunet
THE BLOODY
PLANET by Callista Buchen (well-done!)
BEYOND
LUMPIA, PANSIT and SEVEN MANANGS WILD: STORIES FROM THE HEART OF FILIPINO
AMERICANS, edited by Evangeline Canonizado Buell, Edwin Lozada, Eleanor Hipol
Luis, Evelyn Luluquisen, Tony Robles and Myrna Zialcita
BURYING THE
TYPEWRITER, memoir by Carmen Bugan
CALIFORNIA
DREAMING: POEMS OF THE GOLDEN STATE by Richard Alan Bunch
THEN GO ON by
Mary Burger
THE TRAVEL
AGENCY IS ON FIRE by William S. Burroughs, Edited by Alex Wermer-Colan (CUNY
Lost & Found Series)
I’M NO LONGER
TROUBLED BY THE EXTRAVAGANCE by Rick Bursky
A BEAUTIFUL
MARSUPIAL AFTERNOON: NEW (SOMA)TICS, poetics, poetry exercises and poems by
CAConrad
ECODEVIANCE:
(SOMA)TICS FOR THE FUTURE WILDERNESS, poetics, poetry exercises and poems by
CAConrad
THE GILLES
POEM: WINTER 2006 COLLECTION by Sabrina Calle
WISTERIA
FROM SEED by Jeremy Cantor
A HOUSE
WITHOUT A ROOF IS OPEN TO THE STARS by mackenzie carignan
THE
CHOCOLATE SARCOPHAGUS by Claudia Carlson (powerful, nuanced and evocative)
DYNAMITE by
Anders Carlson-Wee (well-done!)
MAISON
FEMME: A FICTION, text by Teresa Carmody and images by Vanessa Place
THE STORY
WILL FIX YOU IT IS THERE OUTSIDE YOUR __ by Emily Carr
THINK TANK by
Julie Carr (lovely. Redolent with plenty)
THE SYLLABLE
THAT OPENED AN EYE by Micah Cavaleri
KANSOZ by
Joel Chace
EVERY TIME A
KNOT IS UNDONE, A GOD IS RELEASED: COLLECTED AND NEW POEMS 1974-2011 by Barbara
Chase-Riboud
THE RED DRESS
by Billie Chernicoff
THE DORIS,
Dec. 27, 2015, literary/arts journal edited by Billie Chernicoff and Tamas
Panitz http://www.thedoris.world/?page_id=135
HARD LOVE
PROVINCE by Marilyn Chin
LATE
RETURNS: A MEMOIR OF TED BERRIGAN by Tom Clark, with 11 LETTERS FROM BERRIGAN
TO THE AUTHOR
A BOOK OF
COMMON RITUALS by Brian Clements
BEAST FEAST by
Cody-Rose Clevidence
RED EPIC by
Joshua Clover (no less than a bomb. LPR #176)
IN AMERICA’S
SHOES, memoir by Andrei Codrescu
BLUE HOLE by
Kate Colby
I MEAN,
poems and ars poetic essays by Kate Colby
ACTUALITIES
with poems by Norma Cole and art by Marina Adams (LPR #200)
MUTANT
NEURON CODEX SWARM, poems by Juliet Cook and Robert Cole
RESURRECTION
by Nicole Cooley
THE GREEN
RAY by Corinna Copp
EVERYDAY
THINGS by Fidelito C. Cortes
E.E.
CUMMINGS: A LIFE, biography by Susan Cheever
KUWENTO LOST
THINGS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW PHILIPPINE MYTHS, poetry, fiction and prose edited
by Rachelle Cruz & Melissa Sipin
IN THE
SHADOW OF AL-ANDALUS by Victor Hernandez Cruz
HYBRID
MOMENTS by Jon Curley
HORSE
COUNTRY by Garin Cycholl (excellent!)
UNCONTAINABLE
NOISE by Steve Davenport
THE ASIAN
AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW, literary journal coedited by Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis
and Gerald Maa
LUNETTE by
Pamela Davis
PERFECT
WORDS, poems and poetic how-tos by Kay Day
ANTIDOTE FOR
NIGHT by Marsha De La O
POST
SUBJECT: A FABLE by Oliver de la Paz (LPR #161. Wonderful: an imaginative
concept manifested with lyric grace)
WET LAND by
Lucas De Lima (LPR #192)
THE DIVISION
OF LABOR by Dot Devota
REVOLUTIONARY
LETTERS by Diane di Prima
THE CLOUD
CORPORATION by Timothy Donnelly
THE
BEGINNING OF SORROWS by Ed Foster
THE
COLLECTED POEMS OF JIM DINE, Edited by Vincent Katz
DINNERS AND
NIGHTMARES, poetry and short stories by Diane di Prima
LEAVE YOUR
BODY BEHIND, poetic memoir by Sandra Doller
GREEN OIL
by Jean Donnelly (well-considered
… but delicate)
LAZY SUSIE by
Suzanne Doppelt, Trans. by Cole Swensen
INTERVENIR /
INTERVENE by Dolores Dorante & Rodrigo Flores Sanchez (powerful,
multi-layered, ravishing and ravished. LPR #195)
FABULAS
FEMINAE with art by Susan Bee and poems by Johanna Drucker
from BOOK OF
KINGS by Patrick James Dunagan
ALKALI by
Craig Dworkin
SOME HABITS by
C. Violet Eaton
THE DAY
JUDGE SPENCER LEARNED THE POWER OF METAPHOR by Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow
ANGINA DAYS:
SELECTED POEMS by Gunter Eich, Trans. by Michael Hofmann
DISTANCE
DECAY by Cathy Eisenhower
LAODICEA by
Eric Ekstrand
PIGTAIL DUTY
by Melissa Eleftherion (wonderful)
SENTENCES
AND RAIN by Elaine Equi
SELECTED
POEMS OF SALVADOR ESPRIU (powerful. and stellar)
HAUSFRAU, novel
by Jill Alexander Essbaum
IDENTITY /
CRISIS, poetry by ________[EVERYBODY]
SOR JUANA
& OTHER MONSTERS / Y OTROS MONSTRUOS by Luis Felipe Fabre, Trans. by John
Pluerker
THE
POETRY PROJECT DECEMBER/JANUARY ISSUE #245, edited by Betsy Fagin
FANTASY by
Ben Fama
SOFTCOVER by
Monica Fambrough
RIEN ICI by
Raymond Farr
THE HELIOS MSS, brand new (yay!) literary journal edited by
Raymond Farr
I GREET YOU
AT THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT CAREER: THE SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF LAWRENCE
FERLINGHETTI AND ALLEN GINSBERG 1955-1997, edited by Bill Morgan (a great
read!)
CITY LIGHTS
POCKET POETS ANTHOLOGY 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Editor Lawrence
Ferlinghetti
MARSH HAWK
REVIEW, Spring 2015, editor Thomas Fink
THE MARSH HAWK REVIEW,
FALL 2015, edited by Norman Finkelstein
HOLIDAY by
Jennifer Firestone
INTERVAL:
POEMS BASED ON BACH’S “GOLDBERG VARIATIONS” by Alice B. Fogel
OF GRAVITY
AND TIDES by CB Follett
QUATREFOIL by
CB Follett
A LILY
LILIES, Poems by Josey
Foo and Notes on Dance by Leah Stein (lovely. LPR #206)
WHERE WE
EXPECT TO SEE YOU SOON by Michael Ford
TEN SONGS
FROM BULGARIA by Linda Nemec Foster
THE BEAUTY
OF GHOSTS: FIVE VOICES: A THEATER OF POETRY by Luis H. Francia (come late to
this book, only to discover it may be my favorite poetry book yet by Luis
Francia. LPR #202)
SELECTED
IMPROVISATIONS by Vernon Frazer
EVERY DAY
BUT TUESDAY by Barbara Claire Freeman
THE YEAR OF
YELLOW BUTTERFLIES by Joanna Fuhrman
CADISH by
Susana Gardner (each word has a jeweled surface)
THE
DESCARTES HIGHLANDS, novel by Eric Gamalinda (luminous. LPR #169)
MYnd mAp,
poems and art by Gaye Gambell-Peterson
HALLELUJAH,
I’M A BUM by Callie Garnett
BLAZEVOX Fall 2015, edited by
Geoffrey Gatza
ASEMIC 15,
asemics anthology edited by Tim Gaze
GOG by
Brandi George
A SUDDEN
SKY: SELECTED POEMS by Ulrikka S. Gernes, Trans. & Edited by Patrick
Friesen and Per Brasik (a welcome discovery)
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!)
OHIO
TRIANGLE by Alex Gildzen (reading offered a lovely, elegiac experience)
LISZT &
OTHER LISTS by Alex Gildzen (wonderful chap. Affirms the charisma of lists!)
PITY THE
BEAUTIFUL by Dana Gioia
A GUNLESS
TEA by Marco Giovenale
FAITHFUL AND
VIRTUOUS NIGHT by Louise Gluck
HOLIDAY BROADSIDE,
featuring “THRUSH” by Louise Gluck from SUNY Poetry Collection
THE VIEW
THEY ARRANGE by Dale Going
OBJECT
PERMANENCE by David B. Goldstein
BEAUTIFUL
WALL by Ray Gonzalez
FIDDLE IS
FLOOD by Lauren Gordon
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)
SWARM by
Jorie Graham
HOUGH &
HELIS & WHERE & HERE & YOU, YOU, YOU by Lea Graham
CONCEPTUALISMS
AND OTHER FICTIONS: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF EDUARDO COSTA, Edited by Patrick Greaney
EXHIBIT OF
FORKING PATHS by James Grinwis
I AM THE
BEGGAR OF THE WORLD: LANDAYS FROM CONTEMPORARY AFGHANISTAN, Translated and
collected by Eliza Griswold with photographs by Seamus Murphy (fabulous. LPR
#174)
BEST WESTERN
AND OTHER POEMS by Eric Gudas (wonderful)
LITERATURE
FOR NONHUMANS by Gabriel Gudding
A LISS by Carolyn Guinzio
THREE GEOGAOPHIES:
A MILKMAID’S GRIMOIRE by Arielle Guy
MESSAGES,
poems by & interview with Piotr Gwiazda
MAKING
MAXINE’S BABY by Caroline Hagood
WHERE DRUNK
MEN GO, long poem by Richard Hague
BOUNTIFUL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, poems and plays by Minal Hajratwala (a lush
riot of language)
ESSAYS AFTER
EIGHTY by Donald Hall (I appreciate his prose more than his poetry.
This one is a good one: LPR #170)
PIGEONS AND
PEACE DOVES by Matthew J. Hall
CESSATION
COVERS by Steve Halle (found this to be a really moving project)
UNIVERSE by
Diana Hamilton
POET IN
ANDALUCIA by Nathalie Handal
PRAISE by
Robert Hass
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF MY GENDER by j/j hastain
LUCI: A
FORBIDDEN SOTERIOLOGY by j/j hastain (LinkedInPoetryRecommendation (LPR)
#198)
LOVE AFTER
THE RIOTS by Juan Felipe Herrera
NOTES ON THE
ASSEMBLAGE by Juan Felipe Herrera
THIS IS THE
HOMELAND by Mary Hickman
COSTUME EN
FACE: A PRIMER OF DARKNESS FOR YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS, poetry/dance/performance
by Tatsumi Hijikata viz notebook by Moe Yamamoto, translated by Sawako Nakayasu
(just fabulous. LPR #167)
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. Realuyo with
afterword by Aby Kaupang
FORMS OF
LIFE by Eric Hoffman
THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO JUDAS by Keith Holyoak (a well-considered outline from
evocative roots. LPR #209)
BORDER
STATES by Jane Hoogestraat
LANGSTON
HUGHES: POEMS, PHOTOS & NOTEBOOKS FROM TURKESTAN, Edited by Zohra Saed
(CUNY Lost & Found Series)
ORPHAN
MACHINES by Carrie Hunter (LPR #207)
SHUT UP,
LEAVES by Tony Iantosca
BRIGHT AS
MIRRORS LEFT IN THE GRASS by Luisa Igloria
EARLY
LINOLEUM by Brenda Iijima
ORANGE ROSES
by Lucy Ives
A FIELD
GUIDE TO LOST THINGS by Peter Jaeger (smart and beautiful. LPR #194)
MOTH MOON by
Matt Jasper
COURT OF THE
DRAGON by Paolo Javier
SECRET
WEAPON: SELECTED LATE POEMS by Eugen Jebeleanu, trans. from Romanian by Matthew
Zapruder and Radu Ioanid with Intro by Andrei Codrescu (FANTABULOUS! LinkedInPoetryRecommendation
(LPR) #196)
PHOENIX,
poem by Ouyang Jianghe, translated by Austin Woerner, and with images of the
massive two-bird sculpture of the same name by Xu Bing which inspired the poem (Gorgeous
production, excellent translation essay and persuasive poem in its English
translation. LPR #183)
ACCORDING TO
DISCRETION, collaborative poems by Allen Jih and Adam Vines
COLLECTED
VERSE by Nick Joaquin
STUDY IN
PAVILIONS AND SAFE ROOMS by Paul Foster Johnson
GUIDE TO THE
TOKYO SUBWAY by Halvard Johnston (a wonderful read!)
JUNKYARD DOG by Halvard Johnson (fabulous. A favorite being the poem “On Kafka.” LPR #162)
REMAINS TO BE
SEEN by Halvard Johnson
TRAPEZE by
Halvard Johnson (wonderful. Coming out with great work recently)
AS THEY FALL
by Ivy Johnson (radiant. Future LPR #169)
SELFISH
MONOLOGUES by Andrew J. Jones
FUGUE MEADOW
by Keith Jones
WOMEN IN PUBLIC
by Elaine Kahn
BAN EN
BANLIEUE by Bhanu Kapil
INCUBATION:
A SPACE FOR MONTERS by Bhanu Kapil
SCHIZOPHRENE
by Bhanu Kapil
LIT: A
MEMOIR by Mary Karr
SAINT PINK by
Mary Kasimor (lovely poems with wonderful structures)
SWIMMING
HOME by Vincent Katz
PASSION by
Larry Kearney (ravishing. LPR #186)
YOU WHO
CROSS MY PATH: SELECTED POEMS BY EREZ BITTON, Trans. by Tsipi Keller
ROBERT KELLY
FESTSCHRIFT (wonderful!)
THE
CONVECTIONS by Robert Kelly
ASHES AND
ALL by Marjorie Deiter
Keyishian
THE BEST OF
MY LOVE by Aaron Kiely
THERE ARE
WORDS by Burt Kimmelman (just wonderful. LPR #184)
THE SPOKEN
WORD / THE PAINTED HAND from LEARNING TO DRAW / A HISTORY, poetry memoir by
Basil King
EXPOSURE by
Carol Stevens Kner
SEVEN FOR
BOETTICHER & OTHER POEMS by Rodney Koeneke
HISTORIES OF
THE FUTURE IMPERFECT by Ellen Kombiyil
THE OTHER
SIDE: SERIES FROM THE 1980s AND 1990s by Marton Koppany, Edited by G. Farn6aer (my first poetry
read of 2015, and it’s a good one!)
LOOK BACK,
LOOK AHEAD: THE SELECTED POEMS OF SRECKO KOSOVEL, trans. by Ana Jelnikar and
Barbara Siegel Carlson w/ Introduction by Richard Jackson
TRUTH OF MY
SONGS: POEMS OF THE TROBAIRITZ, Trans. by Claudia Keelan
CHILDREN OF
THE BAD HOUR by Purdey Lord Kreiden
NOT HAVING
AN IDEA by Donna Kuhn
THE
PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTER, memoir by Maxine Kumin
WITH
APOLOGIES TO MICK JAGGER, OTHER GODS, AND ALL WOMEN by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
SPECTRE by
Mark Lamoureux
BONE
BOUQUET, Spring 2015, literary journal edited by Krystal Languell, Trina Burke,
Amy MacLennan and Allison Layfield
ROME by
Dorothea Lasky
PLEASE
EXCUSE THIS POEM: 100 NEW POETS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, edited by Brett
Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick
SAINT
PETERSBURG NOTEBOOK, journal by Ann Lauterbach
CONTINGENT
ARDOR by Denise Liddell Lawson
CONSIDERING
GARLANDS: ON ANTHOLOGIES, curated by David Lazar with contributors John
D’Agata, Robert Atwan, Joy Castro, Patricia Foster, Phillip Lopate and Jill
Talbot (fabulous. I wish those young would-be editors—and their
publishers—who put together anthologies based on something as elementary, banal
and reductive as age (e.g. best poets under age five), would have read this
before they cut down trees).
LIBRETTOS
FOR THE BLACK MADONNA by
Neal Leadbeater
THE
LOVELIEST VEIN OF OUR LIVES: A JOURNEY THROUGH BRAZIL by Neal Leadbeater
THE
FRAGILITY OF MOTHS by
Neal Leadbeater
THE
WORCESTER FRAGMENTS by
Neal Leadbeater
AMAZING
WORLD (THE BARDS #25),
leaflet of poems by Neal Leadbeater
WRITING
ENTANGLISH: COME IN ENGLYSSHING WITH GERTRUDE STEIN, ZHUANGZI … essay by Kyoo
Lee
BLOOD,
SPARROWS AND SPARROWS by Eugenia Leigh
POSES, poems
by Genine Lentine with drawings by Richard Diebenkorn (fabulous!)
FRUITS AND
FLOWERS AND ANIMALS AND SEAS AND LANDS DO OPEN by Michael Leong (as ever,
smart; this latest is also nuanced and lyrical. LPR #198)
WORDS ON
EDGE by Michael Leong
(in manuscript. BRILLIANT! Looking forward to its release)
IN FORTUNE,
poems in collaboration by Lauren Levin, Jared Stanley and Catherine Theis
VOYAGE OF
THE SABLE VENUS AND OTHER POEMS by Robin Coste Lewis
THIS VISIT by
Susan Lewis
THIEVES IN
THE FAMILY by Maria Lisella
KULCHUR
GIRL, poetry/diary notes by Rachel Loden
SPINE STILL
HOLDING by Bonnie Long
HERE COMES
THE SUN: A JOURNEY TO ADOPTION IN 8 CHAKRAS, memoir by Leza Lowitz (wonderful
treatment of an extremely complicated topic. LPR #182)
SEEDPODS by
Glenna Luschei
PRODIGAL:
VARIATIONS by Ed Madden
LABOR by
Jill Magi
GEOGRAPHY OF
TONGUES by Shikha Malaviya
ELECTRICAL
THEORIES OF FEMININITY by Sarah Mangold
THE GODDESS
CAN BE RECOGNIZED BY HER STEP by Sarah Mangold
NECROPOLI,
poem by Nicholas Manning in VERSE, Edited by Brian Henry and Andrew Zawacki (stunning.
moving. evocative)
ANTI-HUMBOLDT:
A READING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT by Hugo Garcia Manriquez
TWO POEMS by
Hugo Garcia Manriquez
WOLFMAN
LIBRARIAN by Filip Marinovich
BECOMING
WEATHER by Chris Martin
THE FALLING
DOWN DANCE by Chris Martin
VIA
DISSIMULATA by Marisol
Limon Martinez
ILLOCALITY by
Joseph Massey
NULL SET by
Ted Mathys
THE SPOILS by
Ted Mathys
THE
CONTORTIONS by Nicole Mauro
TAX-DOLLAR
SUPER SONNET FEATURING SARAH PALIN AS POET by Nicole Mauro
THE
EXPERIMENTS [A LEGEND IN PICTURES & WORDS] by Rachel May
KATE STREET by
rob mclennan (fresh. LPR #166)
SCRATCHING
THE BEAT SURFACE, essays with poems by Michael McClure
THIS HERE by
Jim McCrary (blurbed it)
& NOW MY
FEET ARE MAPS by Jenn McCreary
A HOLE IN
THE OCEAN: A HAMPTONS APPRENTICESHIP, memoirish essays and prose poems by Sandy McIntosh
IT’S NO
GOOD, poems, essays and actions by Kirill Medvedev (LinkedIntoPoetry (LPR)
#204)
IN TIME’S
RIFT by Ernst Meister, Trans. by Graham Foust and Samuel Frederick
LETTER FROM
STRAWBERRY ISLAND by Edric Mesmer (enchanting)
OF MONODIES
& HOMOPHONY by Edric Mesmer
YELLOW FIELD
ISSUE 10, literary/arts magazine collated by Edric Mesmer (just fabulous!)
ABU GHRAIB
ARIAS by Philip Metres
TO SEE THE
EARTH by Philip Metres (LPR #185)
ON THE WINGS
OF INSPIRATION: EXPLORING OUR INNER LIFE THROUGH INTERPRETIVE SYMBOLS, poems
and drawings with commentary by Cheryl Metrick and workshop analysis/commentary
by Jeree Wade
CANT by
David James Miller
ANY LIE YOU
TELL WILL BE THE TRUTH by Stephen Paul Miller
FORT DAD,
poems by Stephen Paul Miller with illustrations by Noah Miller
MEDIATED by
Carol Mirakove
SELECTED
POEMS 1957-2014 by Lydia M. Money
PARTICULARS
OF PLACE by Richard O. Moore, Edited by Garrett Caples, Paul Ebenkamp and
Brenda Hillman with Intro by Cedar Sigo
HIT PLAY by
Daniel Morris
221 ACRES OF
FUN by Steve Muhs
THE LAST
INCANTATIONS by David Mura (massive heart. LPR #180)
CANCER ANGEL
by Beth Murray (moving…)
HAIR by Amy
Narneeloop
AUGUSTMENT (TRANSLATION
WITHOUT LANGUAGE) by Nathanael (brilliant)
NEIGHBORS by
Jay Nebel
INFINITE
VARIATIONS by Marci Nelligan
AIM AT THE
CENTAUR STEALING YOUR WIFE by Jennifer Nelson
TELLS OF THE
CRACKLING by Hoa Nguyen
I HOPE YOU
DIE by Michael Nicoloff
THE SMALLEST
WORKING PIECES by Matthew Nienow
SCHIZO-POETRY:
FRAGMENTS OF MIND by Kevin Nolan and Susanne Wawra
DAKOTA: A
SPIRITUAL GEOGRAPHY by Kathleen Norris
THE
MULTITUDE by Hannah Faith Notess
DISOBEDIENCE
by Alice Notley
THE SPIRIT
OF THE SAINTS / EL ESPIRITU DE LOS SANTOS, 2015 literary and arts journal
of St. Helena High School, edited by Tigerlily Olea
NO MAP OF
THE EARTH INCLUDES STARS by Christina Olivares
FELICITY by
Mary Oliver
SWAN: POEMS
AND PROSE POEMS by Mary Oliver
HIT PARADE
by THE ORBITA GROUP: Sergej Timofejev, Artur Punte, Semyon Khanin and Vladimir
Svetlov, Edited by Kevin M.F. Platt (Timofejev was stand-out for me; see
above FB crit. LPR #215)
RITUAL AND
BIT by Robert Ostrom
TOOT SWEET by
Daniel Owen
ALONE AND
NOT ALONE by Ron Padgett
MANHATER by
Danielle Pafunda
ALL HAT, NO
CATTLE, hay(na)ku poems by lars palm
LOOK WHO’S
SINGING by lars palm (energetic mirroring of zeitgeist)
THE DORIS,
literary and arts journal, Eds. Tamas Panitz and Billie Chernicoff
(wonderful)
WHEN YOU
SAID NO, DID YOU MEAN NEVER? by Fani Papageorgiou
DIGEST by
Gregory Parolo (admirable wit)
AS A BEE by
Simon Pettet (fabulous)
BLOOD OBOE by
Douglas Piccinnini
THE EGO AND
ITS OWN, erasure poem by Michalis Pichler
SLEEPING
WITH CATS, memoir with poems by Madge Piercy
PEDRO
PIETRI: SELECTED POETRY, Edited by Juan Flores and Pedro Lopez Adorno (engaged
and engaging!)
LITTLE
ANODYNES by Jon Pineda (LPR #213)
CHARLOTTE’S
SONGS by Paul Pines (a lovely and loving father’s manifestation of paternal
love. LPR #211)
(AL)MOST DELICIOUS, poems
by Cati Porter
POEMELEON: A JOURNAL OF POETRY, Summer 2015, edited by Cati Porter
MANGYAN
TREASURES / THE AMBAHAN: A POETIC EXPRESSION OF THE MANGYANS OF SOUTHERN
MINDORO, PHILIPPINES compiled, translated and explained by Antoon Postma (fabulous.
LPR #173)
SONG X: NEW
AND SELECTED POEMS by Patrick Pritchett (convincing—thus do I become a fan
of this authentic poet. LPR #188)
FUTURES TRADING, November 2015,
edited by Caleb Puckett
THE DAIMON
OF THE MOMENT: PREVERBS by George Quasha
THINGS DONE
FOR THEMSELVES: PREVERBS by George Quasha
NON-SEQUITUR,
verse-play by Khadijah Queen
CITIZEN by
Claudia Rankine (LPR #164. Magnificent. And when compared with
her first poetry collection NOTHING IN NATURE shows how magnificently
she has progressed in her craft. She shows why a poet should not be
timid—her poetry resounds.)
NOTHING IN
NATURE IS PRIVATE by Claudia Rankine
HOLIDAY
SONNET GREETING CARD from THE REBEL SONNETS by Bino A. Realuyo
THE ROAD TO
EMMAUS by Spencer Reese (fabulous. LPR #171)
ESSAY: A
CRITICAL MEMOIR by Donald Revell
TO LOVE AS
ASWANG by Barbara Jane Reyes (particularly like the non-sweet “Sweetie” poem
series. LPR #203)
NOT SO, SEA by
Mg Roberts (fabulous. LPR #201)
IN MEMORY OF
BRILLIANCE & VALUE by Michael Robins
SIMPLIFIED
HOLY PASSAGE by Elizabeth Robinson (thoughtful, deft, evocative … and still
grounded)
COOL DON’T
LIVE HERE NO MORE: A LETTER TO SAN FRANCISCO, poems and vignettes by Tony
Robles (evocative, moving, powerful)
VIOLET
ISLAND AND OTHER POEMS by Reina Maria Rodriguez, Trans. by Kristin Dykstra and
Nancy Gates Madsen
FLOATING
LANTERNS by Mercedes Roffe, Trans. by Anna Deeny
MORNING
RITUAL by Lisa Rogal (charismatic in her obsessiveness)
TOUCH THE
DONKEY, poetry chap featuring Stan Rogal, Helen Hajnoczky, Sarah Mangold,
Kathryn MacLeod, Amish Trivedi, Suzanne Zelazo and Shannon Maguire
A POETRY OF
REMEMBRANCE: NEW AND REJECTED WORKS by Levi Romero
ON THE CUSP
OF A DANGEROUS YEAR by Lee Ann Roripaugh
A FUTURE
MORE VIVID: SELECTED POEMS by Betsy Rosenberg
THIGH’S
HOLLOW by Dan Rosenberg (poems writ from that sadly-momentary space of
“purity” where it’s simply the poet wrestling with what language costs,
momentary because the world has not (yet) intruded with its temporal concerns
and the world inevitably will because there is no such thing as immortality)
A TIMESHARE by
Margaret Ross
THE VALISE by
Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino
E-RATIO #20,
Feb. 2015, poetry journal, editor Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino
LET’S NOT
KEEP FIGHTING THE TROJAN WAR by Edward Sanders
THIRSTING
FOR PEACE IN A RAGING CENTURY by Edward Sanders
MISSING
WITNESS by Ulrike Almut Sandig, Trans. by Bradley Schmidt
MICROCHIPS
FOR MILLIONS by Janice Sapigao (in manuscript)
LEARNING
ILOKANA by Janice Sapigao (in manuscript. Very kewl)
MICROCHIPS
FOR MILLIONS by Janice Lobo Sapigao (in manuscript)
ANGELICA'S
DAUGHTERS a
“dugtungan,” or collaborative novel, by Nadine Sarreal, Cecilia Manguerra
Brainard, Erma Cuizon, Susan Evangelista, and Veronica Montes
IN THIS
ALONE IMPULSE by Shya Scanlon
TOWN by Kate
Schapira (smart!)
MAGNETIC
REFRAIN by Nicky Sa-eun Schildkraut
TWO BOOKS ON
THE GAS: ABOVE THE SHALE / ACHIEVED BY KISSING, poems by Jared Schickling
ECCOLINGUISTICS,
Jan. 2015, poetry zine edited by Jared Schickling
TREMBLING
HAND EQUILIBRIUM by Barry Schwabsky (lovingly smart; smartly loving. LPR #168)
DRIVING TO
THE BEES by Maggie Schwed (admirably deft)
CUT UP
APOLOGETIC by Jamie Sharpe
ROUGH, AND
SAVAGE by Sun Yung Shin
WAR OF THE
FOXES by Richard Siken
PALIMPSEST by
Maxine Silverman
TRAUMA MOUTH
by Jessica Smith (powerful. moving. freshens its zeitgeist. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendations
(LPR) #165)
ORGANIC
FURNITURE CELLAR: WORKS ON PAPER 2002-2004, poems and poetics by Jessica Smith (it’s
so nice when intelligence is lovely)
GEOMETRIES,
poems and art respectively by Cheryl Snell and Janet Snell
THAT WINTER
THE WOLF CAME by Juliana Spahr (moving)
NEXUS OF
EVIL: LATE FRAGMENTS 1-7 by Andre Spears
MIXING
TRACKS, short story chap by Jan Steckel
FLUTES AND
TOMATOES: A MEMOIR WITH POEMS by Wade Stevens (smart. LinkedInPoetry Recommendation
(LPR) #189)
THE
COSMOPOLITAN by Donna Stonecipher
ARIANE: A
STOCK EPIC, conceptual poetry by Angelo Suarez (sly and brilliant. LPR
#163)
MEMORY CARDS: FROM THE THOMAS
TRAHERNE SERIES by Susan Schultz
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)
ALGERIAN
DIARY by Vittorio Sereni, Trans. by Paul Vangelisti & Ippolita Rostagno
WHAT ELSE
COULD IT BE: EKPHRASTICS AND COLLABORATIONS by Ravi Shankar
MY TRANQUIL
WAR AND OTHER POEMS by Anis Shivani
YOU
ANIMAL MACHINE (THE GOLDEN GREEK), memoir/poetry by Eleni Sikelianos
ELEMENTAL
TANKA by Gary Silva
STEAL IT
BACK by Sandra Simonds
U & I by
Cassandra Smith
THE WOMEN IN VISUAL POETRY: THE BECHDEL TEST / Essay Press, Curated by Jessica
Smith
TRACKS by
Logan Ryan Smith
THE
ALL-PURPOSE MAGICAL TENT by Lytton Smith
M TRAIN,
memoir by Patti Smith
I LIVE IN A
HUT by S.E. Smith (wonderful wonderful wonderful!!!)
SPARSE ANATOMIES
OF SINGLE ANTECEDENTS by Felino A. Soriano
OF/WITH
#3, literary and arts
journal edited by Felino A. Soriano
OF/WITH
#2, literary and arts
journal edited by Felino A. Soriano
DEAR YOU: A
MEMOIR WITH POEMS by Wade Stevenson
DECENCY by
Marcela Sulak
ISLE OF DOGS
by Sarah Suzor
FLIPS 2015:
A FILIPINO AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY (A REPRINT) edited by Serafin Syquia and Bayani
Mariano
YOU DA ONE by
Jennifer Tamayo (LPR #191)
EUNUCHS by
Michael Thomas Taren
SHADOW SHARP
MARSH GRASS by Helen Tartar
HOW TO GROW
UP, memoir by Michelle Tea (LPR #193)
THE EMPTY FORM
GOES ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN by Brian Teare
BLOCK PARTY
by Susan Terris
DOUBLE-EDGED
by Susan Terris
MEMOS by
Susan Terris (well-done!)
THE WONDER
BREAD YEARS by Susan Terris
THE BURDEN
OF BEING BURMESE by Ko Ko Thett (the first full-length book of poetry in
English by a Burmese poet)
A GREEN
SPRING IN RIVER: POEMS by Matthew Thorburn
TRAFFICKE by
Susan Tichy
CHANTRY by
Elizabeth Treadwell
CORNSTARCH
FIGURINE by Elizabeth Treadwell
LILYFOIL by
Elizabeth Treadwell
THE MILK
BEES by Elizabeth Treadwell
POPULACE,
poetry and portraits by Elizabeth Treadwell
VIRGINIA OR
THE MUD-FLAP GIRL by Elizabeth Treadwell
WARDOLLY by
Elizabeth Treadwell (smart. Refreshing in its challenges)
HISTORIC
DIARY by Tony Triglio
SOUND/CHEST by
Amish Trivedi (energetic textual skitterings that are a pleasure to sound
out)
ERRANCITIES by
Quincy Troupe
TERROR
MATRIX by Zoe Tuck
HERALDO DE
MADRID by Cesar Vallejo, folded broadsheet with interview and translation (by
Kent Johnson and Andres Ajens) of “Espana, aparta de mi este caliz” (sorry
for lack of accent marks)
FIRE AT THE
END OF THE RAINBOW, short stories by Shawn Vandor
ALL PURPOSE
VISPO by Nico Vassilakis (a huge hug. LPR #179)
SPAR by
Karen Volkman
RINGS by
Jasmine Dreame Wagner
MANDARIN
PRIMER by Rosmarie Waldrop
DON’T DRINK
POISON by Sarah Anne Wallen
HOUSE ORGAN
#90, literary zine edited by Kenneth Warren
ALIEN
ABDUCTION by Lewis Warsh
LEVITATION
FOR AGNOSTICS by Arne Weingart
SOME
VERSIONS OF THE ICE by Adam Tipps Weinstein
OR, THE
AMBIGUITIES by Karen Weiser
BAD BABY by
Abigail Welhouse (enchanting. LPR #181)
ROMAN
EXERCISES by Donald Wellman
LEFT GLOVE,
poem-play by Mac Wellman
THE
CRANBERRY ISLAND SERIES, poetry / anthropology by Donald Wellman
THE TAPEWORM
FOUNDRY by Darren Wershler-Henry
TEA WITH
OSIRIS by Paul West
GHOST BOX by
Emerson Whitney
CATHERINE’S
LAUGHTER, prose/poetry memoir by C.K. Williams
AN ANTHOLOGY
OF CONCRETE POETRY edited by Emmett Williams
WHEN WOMEN
WERE BIRDS: FIFTY-FOUR VARIATIONS ON VOICE by Terry Tempest Williams
WINTER FRUIT
by Beclee Newcomer Wilson
FARTHER
TRAVELER, “poetry, prose and other” by Ronaldo V. Wilson (Powerful self-awareness)
EVERLASTING
QUAIL by Sam Witt
THE HISTORY OF
MINING by Valerie Witte
CLEAR ALL
THE REST OF THE WAY: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1987-2007 by Warren Woessner
LEAVING
LEAVING BEHIND BEHIND, poems/fictions by Inger Wold Lund (admirably deft)
WARDEN by
Rebecca Wolff
25 LITTLE
RED POEMS by Angela Veronica Wong
BREAKFAST
LUNCH DINNER by Nellie Wong (the book is just the tip of the iceberg that is
a magnificent Poetry-As-A-Way-of-Life!)
TALKING
BACK: VOICES OF COLOR edited by Nellie Wong
TRAVELS OF A
GWAI LO by Diana Woodcock
SESTETS by
Charles Wright
GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS
by Charles Wyatt
THE HEARTS
OF VIKINGS by Lesley Yalen
GRASS ROOTS:
SELECTED POEMS by Xiang Yang, Trans. by John Balcom
THE FACE
BEHIND THE FACE by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Trans. by Arthur Boyars and Simon
Franklin (contains the MAGNIFICENT poem, “Snow in Tokyo”)
INDUSTRY OF
BRIEF DISTRACTION by Laurie Saurborn Young
BANDICOOT
HABITAT by Mark Young (marvelous!)
URSULA OR
UNIVERSITY, poetic memoir/meditation by Stephanie Young (coming late to this
but glad I made it. Outstanding. LinkedIn Poetry Recommentation
#190)
THE
PAJAMAIST by Matthew Zapruder
ZODIAC by
Moikom Zeqo, translated from the Albanian by Anastas kapurani and Wayne Miller
COMPANION
ANIMAL by Magdalena Zurawski (smart … and tender)
HEAT WAKE by
Jason Zuzga
TRANSIT: AN ONLINE JOURNAL
(fabulous)
[plus 10
poetry manuscripts]
OTHER GENRES (NOT AUTHORED BY POETS):
Fiction
(24)
IN THE
COUNTRY, short stories and novella by Mia Alvar
THE ESCAPE,
novel by David Baldacci
THE
INGREDIENTS OF LOVE, novel by Nicholas Barreau
ONE KICK,
novel by Chelsea Cain
THE
STRANGER, novel by Harlan Coben
HACKER,
novel by Ted Dekker
ONE THOUSAND
WHITE WOMEN: THE JOURNALS OF MAY DODD, novel by Jim Fergus
CITY OF
WOMEN, novel by David R. Gilham
THE FALL OF
PRINCES, novel by Robert Goolrick (gross, thus effective. So effective it
inspired poems)
I AM PILGRIM,
novel by Terry Hayes
VANISHING
GAMES, novel by Roger Hobbs
A MOST
INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE, novel by Rebecca Jennings
DEXTER IS
DEAD, novel by Jeff Lindsay
HOSTAGE
TAKER, novel by Stefanie Pintoff
SEA GLASS
WINTER, novel by Joann Ross
THE ART
FORGER, novel by B.A. Shapiro
MR.
PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE, novel by Robin Sloan
THE MANGO
BRIDE, novel by Marivi Soliven
MONSTRESS,
short stories by Lysley Tenorio
ACT OF WAR,
novel by Brad Thor
RODIN’S
LOVER, novel by Heather Webb
TYPHOON,
novel by Robin White
THE STORIED
LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY, novel by Gabrielle Zevin
ONE NOVEL MANUSCRIPT
by someone else
Memoirs
(13)
MAN IS WOLF
TO MAN: SURVIVING THE GULAG, memoir by Janusz Bardach and Kathleen Gleeson
HERE IF YOU
NEED ME, memoir by Kate Braestrup
A VERY EASY
DEATH, memoir by Simone De Beauvoir
LOOKING FOR
ALASKA, memoir by Peter Jenkins
PARIS: A
LOVE STORY, memoir by Kati Marton
30 COLLANTES
STREET, memoir-vignettes by Lisa Suguitan Melnick
TOMORROW’S
MEMORIES: A DIARY, 1924-1928 by Angeles Monrayo
THE BOY AND
THE DOG ARE SLEEPING, memoir by Nasdijj
GOOD DOG.
STAY, memoir by Anna Quindlen
FOR YOU MOM,
FINALLY, memoir by Ruth Reichl
WINE COUNTRY
INN, memoir with recipes by Jim Smith
HAND TO
MOUTH: LIVING IN BOOTSTRAP AMERICA, memoir by Linda Tirado
WALKING TO
VERMONT: FROM TIMES SQUARE INTO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS—A HOMEWARD ADVENTURE,
memoir by Christopher S. Wren
Miscellaneous
(14)
THE AMERICAN
WAY OF POVERTY: HOW THE OTHER HALF STILL LIVES, social science by Sasha Abramsky
THE END OF
PLENTY: THE RACE TO FEED A CROWDED WORLD, science/technology by Joel K. Bourne,
Jr.
BROKEN
HEARTLAND: THE RISE OF AMERICA’S RURAL GHETTO, journalism by Osha Gray Davidson
STRAPPED:
WHY AMERICA’S 20- AND 30-SOMETHINGS CAN’T GET AHEAD, poverty study by Tamara
Draut
$2.00 A DAY:
LIVING ON ALMOST NOTHING IN AMERICA, poverty study by Kathryn J. Edin and H.
Luke Shaefer
NINETY
PERCENT OF EVERYTHING: INSIDE SHIPPING, THE INVISIBLE INDUSTRY THAT PUTS
CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK, GAS IN YOUR CAR, AND FOOD ON YOUR PLATE, journalism by
Rose George
THE
CHILDREN’S BLIZZARD, history by David Laskin
JACK LEAMY,
art monograph
PHOTOGRAPHING
MONTANA 1894-1928: THE LIFE AND WORK OF EVELYN CAMERON by Donna M. Lucey
LAST
[TRANS]MISSION, art by Trista Musco and wordless story by E. Steen Comer
NO SHAME IN
MY GAME: THE WORKING POOR IN THE INNER CITY, poverty study by Katherine S.
Newman
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
RESCUE ROAD;
ONE MAN, THIRTY THOUSAND DOGS, AND A MILLION MILES ON THE LAST HOPE HIGHWAY,
journalism by Peter Zheutlin
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