INTRODUCING FACEBOOK MINI=CRITS

I did some mini-crits on Facebook recently, of some of the books in my latest Relished W(h)ine List below.  Here's one:

And here's another:

Okay. Maybe I shouldn't have done that -- I read five poetry chapbooks in one sitting and now I'm bouncing off the walls. 'Twas either that or the Wall Street Journal while I had lunch. So I opted for the real news. Kudos on the bravura writing to the poets:

25 LITTLE RED POEMS by Angela Veronica Wong
DIAGNOSIS by Alessandra Bava 
A LISS by Carolyn Guinzio 
(AL)MOST DELICIOUS by Cati Porter
HOLLYWOOD STARLET by Ivy Alvarez

and the wonderful Dancing Girl Press helmed by Kristy Bowen
(from Facebook)

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And all this reminds me to post my last-for-2015 Relished W(h)one List. 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

MARILYN by Amanda Ngoho Reavey (fabulous. LinkedIn to Poetry Recommendation (LPR) #212)

LITTLE ANODYNES by Jon Pineda (LPR #213)

*  ROSEATE, POINTS OF GOLD, poems by Laynie Browne (sun-drenched & luminous, LPR#214)

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)

BANDICOOT HABITAT, poems by Mark Young (marvelous!)

CANCER ANGEL, poems by Beth Murray (moving…)

AUGUSTMENT (TRANSLATION WITHOUT LANGUAGE), poetry by Nathanael (brilliant)

*  CADISH, poems by Susana Gardner (each word has a jeweled surface)

THE CONVECTIONS, poems by Robert Kelly

VOYAGE OF THE SABLE VENUS AND OTHER POEMS by Robin Coste Lewis

KANSOZ, visual poetry by Joel Chace

FLOATING LANTERNS, poems by Mercedes Roffe, Trans. by Anna Deeny

*  THE CONTORTIONS, poems by Nicole Mauro

*  THREE GEOGAOPHIES: A MILKMAID’S GRIMOIRE, poems by Arielle Guy

*  VIRGINIA OR THE MUD-FLAP GIRL, poems by Elizabeth Treadwell

*  THE EXPERIMENTS [A LEGEND IN PICTURES & WORDS] by Rachel May

*  MANHATER, poems by Danielle Pafunda

*  SOFTCOVER, poems by Monica Fambrough

*  FUGUE MEADOW, poems by Keith Jones

*  & NOW MY FEET ARE MAPS, poems by Jenn McCreary

*  NON-SEQUITUR, verse-play by Khadijah Queen

THE VALISE, poems by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

SWIMMING HOME, poems by Vincent Katz

GOG, poems by Brandi George

THE DAY JUDGE SPENCER LEARNED THE POWER OF METAPHOR, poems by Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow

25 LITTLE RED POEMS by Angela Veronica Wong

DIAGNOSIS, poems by Alessandra Bava

A LISS, poems by Carolyn Guinzio 


(AL)MOST DELICIOUS, poems by Cati Porter

HOLLYWOOD STARLET, poems by Ivy Alvarez

*  BABETTE, poems by Sara Deniz Akant

*  SHUT UP, LEAVES, poems by Tony Iantosca

*  TOOT SWEET, poems by Daniel Owen

*  THE DIVISION OF LABOR, poems by Dot Devota

*  HEAT WAKE, poems by Jason Zuzga

*  RITUAL AND BIT, poems by Robert Ostrom

*  BRIGHT AS MIRRORS LEFT IN THE GRASS, poems by Luisa Igloria

THE RED DRESS, poems by Billie Chernicoff

SOME VERSIONS OF THE ICE, poems by Adam Tipps Weinstein

SPARSE ANATOMIES OF SINGLE ANTECEDENTS, poems by Felino A. Soriano

HOLIDAY SONNET GREETING CARD from THE REBEL SONNETS by Bino A. Realuyo

HOLIDAY BROADSIDE, featuring “THRUSH” by Louise Gluck from SUNY Poetry Collection

M TRAIN, memoir by Patti Smith

MAISON FEMME: A FICTION, text by Teresa Carmody and images by Vanessa Place

THE DORIS, Dec. 27, 2015, literary/arts journal edited by Billie Chernicoff and Tamas Panitz http://www.thedoris.world/?page_id=135

CONCEPTUALISMS AND OTHER FICTIONS: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF EDUARDO COSTA, Edited by Patrick Greaney

WRITING ENTANGLISH: COME IN ENGLYSSHING WITH GERTRUDE STEIN, ZHUANGZI … essay by Kyoo Lee

JACK LEAMY, art monograph

THE END OF PLENTY: THE RACE TO FEED A CROWDED WORLD, science/technology by Joel K. Bourne, Jr.

WINES

2012 Vall Llach "Embruix" Carinena/cab Priorat

2013 Monteabellin "Avaniel" Tempranillo Ribera del Duero

2009 Fattoria Selvapiana Bucerchiale Chianti

2012 Brass Field pinot noir NV

2007 Schramsberg “J”

2013 The Paring sauvignon blanc

2013 Stony Hall gewurtztraminer

2013 Kongsgaard chardonnay

2011 Jonata “Todos” red blend

1996 Ch. Montelena cabernet sauvignon

2011 Trilogy Flora Springs NV

1996 Dunn cabernet Howell Mountain NV (Christmas wine)

2006 Colgin cabernet Herb Lamb Vineyards (Christmas Eve wine)

2014 Belle Glos pinot noir Las Alturas Monterey County

2006 Hundred Acre cabernet NV

Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs