ONE MORE RELISHED WHINES FOR 2018

 One more blurb for the year:

DESKARIL: 5 STATIONS IN VERSE by
 Xenia-Chloe Henson Villanueva 

Xenia-Chloe Villanueva’s debut collection ends with a last poem entitled “Tried Painting. Hated the Colours.” That title bespeaks one of this poet’s strengths: a deadpan mischief that will reward the reader. 

—Eileen R. Tabios

And one more Relished W(h)ines update of recently imbibed books and wines for the year.  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! But as Galatea Resurrects is now on sabbatical, check back for when reviews will be taken again and published (no earlier than Fall 2019). More info on that HERE. 

PUBLICATIONS

ESL, OR YOU WEREN’T HERE, poems by Aldrin Valdez (fabulous! LinkedIntoPoetry Recommendation #287)

REVELATION: THE VISPO BIBLE by Amanda Earl (brilliant. LPR #286)

THE BOOK OF RUTH, vispo by Amanda Earl (brilliant as well!)

A FURNACE IN THE SHADOWS: SELECTED POEMS by Paul Pines (marvelous!)

LOST SONNETS, visual poetry by Catherine Vidler (wonderful)

TM, visual poetry by MWPAM (wonderful 2)

LETTERS TO UNFINISHED J., poems by Sheila E. Murphy (replete with fabulous, gorgeous lines)

GESTURES, poems by Artis Ostups, Trans. by Jayde Will (evocative, intelligent, moving)

THE WEATHER IN NORMAL, poems by Carrie Etter (poignant, intelligent and worthwhile reading)

NIDORS, visual poetry by Colin Lee Marshall (intelligent and thought-provoking)

NORTH WAS HERE, poems with drawings and photographs by Ellie Ga (fabulous)

“WEATHER AS FAR”, poem by Tyrone Williams (The Poetry Collection at SUNY-Buffalo Holiday Broadside 2018)

SELECTED STARS, visual poetry by The Asterisk Machine, as selected by Joakim Norling

THE VISPO BIBLE - ROMANS, visual poetry by Amanda Earl

LONG RIVER: POEMS by Yang Jian, Trans. by Ye Chun, Paul B. Roth and Gillian Parrish

BE WITH, poems by Forrest Gander

BRAIN FEVER, poems by Kimiko Hahn

HEY, MARFA, poems by Jeffrey Yang with paintings & drawings by Rackstraw Downes

*  AN ABSENCE SO GREAT AND SPONTANEOUS IT IS EVIDENCE OF LIGHT, poems by Anne Gorrick

* OCEANIC, poems by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

*  HERESWAY, poems by Sam Truitt

* POEMS: NEW AND SELECTED by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa

*  INSIDE SONG, poems by Steve Dickison

*  TROPICAL LANDSCAPE WITH TEN HUMMINGBIRDS, poems by Greg Rappleye

*  GENIZAH, poems by Jakob Stein

* BLUE PLANET MEMOIRS, poems by Joseph Barrett

*  LIFE LINES, poems by Julia Carter Aldrich

*  BILL, poems by Bill Rector

*  BRIEF CANDLES, poems by Bill Rector

*  BIOGRAPHY OF A NAME, poems by Bill Rector

*  CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME, poems by Paola Capo-Garcia

* FATE NEWS, poems by Norma Cole

* DAY COUNTER, poems by Sara Mumolo

* PLACE-DISCIPLINE, poems by Jose-Luis Moctezuma

* AS IZ, poems by Tyrone Williams

* GOD WAS RIGHT, poems by Diana Hamilton

* HARTE, poems by Sade LaNay

* DIARY, poems by Liliana Ponce

*NO BUDU PLEASE, poems by Wingston Gonzalez, Trans. Urayoan Noel

*LANGUAGE IS A REVOLVER FOR TWO, poems by Mario Montalbetti, Trans. Clare Sullivan

* OF DEATH. MINIMAL ODES, poems by Hilda Hilst Trans. Laura Cesarce Eglin

*  NO RIGHT WORDS, poems by Rod Roland

*  SOME BEHEADINGS, poems by Aditi Machado

* MITOCHONDRIAL NIGHT, poems by Ed Bok Lee

*  SINING IN THE O OF NOT, poems by Djelloul Marbrook

* THE LONELINESS OF SHAPE, poems by Djelloul Marbrook

* SWEET HERBACEOUS MIRACLE, poems by Berwyn Moore

* CRUDE ANGEL, poems by Suzanne Cleary

* THE BEAUTY, poems b Jane Hirshfield

IVY, poems by Collin Schuster (in manuscript)

FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH PLEASURE, poems by Sandra Simonds

ULULATION, poems by Robert Keith

PHILOSOPHY, visual poetry by Sacha Archer

AUTOPSY REPORT, poems by Sacha Archer

FREE  LETTERS, visual poetry by Petra Schulze-Wollgast

RED HOT SON ETTES, poems by jim mccrary

TONOPAH & TIDEWATERRR, visual poetry by J.Mulcahy-King

DESKARIL: 5 STATIONS IN VERSE, poems by
Xenia-Chloe Henson Villanueva (in manuscript)

THE ROAD ITSELF, poems by Aralee Strange

WRITING IN THE ETHER, poems by Catherine Arra

FANBOYS: POEMS ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING by Lani T. Montreal

[REUNIFICATION IN PROGRESS], poetry card-broadside by lars palm

COUNTER-DESECRATION: A GLOSSARY FOR WRITING WITHIN THE ANTHROPOCENE edited by Linda Russo and Marthe Reed

DEATH SONGS, art monograph by Jenifer Wofford

CELEBRATING MODERN ART: THE ANDERSON COLLECTION

ILL-ASSORTED TALES, illustrated fairy tale by Cecilia Sophia Ibardaloza

MY STRUGGLE, BOOK 3, autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knaussgard

THE DRAMA TEACHER, novel by Koren Zailckas

THE PARTY, novel by Elizabeth Day

THE WIFE BETWEEN US, novel by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

THE OTHER WOMAN, novel by Daniel Silva

THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, novel by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

TWISTED PREY, novel by John Sandford

SHELTER IN PLACE, novel by Nora Roberts

RED WAR, novel by Vince Flynn

THE FOX, novel by Frederick Forsyth

TAILSPIN, novel by Sandra Brown

HOURGLASS: TIME, MEMORY, MARRIAGE, memoir by Dani Shapiro

THE BEST OF US, memoir by Joyce Maynard

WINES

5 types of Somohare sake

2016 Mondavi chardonnay Private Selection

2001 Remirez de Ganuza Rioja

2016 Oremus Furmint Mandolas

2010 Psi, Ribera del Duero

2010 Moccagatta Bric Balin

2015 Spun Glass

2001 Philip Togni

2014 Rene Rostaing Ampodium

2015 Walter Hansel chardonnay Russian River Valley

1995 Dow Quinta Do Bomfim

2014 Napa Valley Reserve

2011 Layer Cake shiraz

2014 Mayacamas chardonnay Mt. Veeder-NV

2011 Kumeu River Mate’s Vineyard chardonnay

2006 Taittinger Comtes De Champagne

1994 Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva

1994 Weingut Gunderloch Nackenheimer Rothenberg

Gonet-Medeville Champagne Brut

2000 Cuvee William Deutz Champagne Brut

2015 Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg Riesling Trocken

2008 Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche Prapo  (check year)

1990 Caymus Special Selection
2007 Dominus

1997 Gaja SPERRS Varolo

2009 Tolaini Valdisanti

1996 Bryant Family cab NV

1994 Dow’s vintage port
1964 Krug Vintage Select
2001 Giacomo Conterno Cascia Francia
2013 Marcassin chardonnay

HAY(NA)KU AMONG (OF COURSE) FILIPINOS

While I've not minded, I've certainly noticed that most hay(na)ku poet-writers are not Filipino. It seems there's a rise in Filipino writers, though, as the form also spreads in the Philippines.  Here's a fresh example from Michael Thomas Nelmida, in Filipino and then translated to English:

Naalala ko, paano  

tayo naglakad, 

dito.  

- 

I remembered how 

we walked,  

here.

Michael Thomas Nelmida is currently studying at Philippine Normal University. Before graduating he will be a licensed translator and hopes to release a book of translations someday. His hay(na)ku poems are featured in HAY(NA)KU 15  anthology. He is the current Director of Sangay Salamin and a fellow of 1st UP-Globalgrace LGBTQ National Writers Workshhop.

THE LITERARY SANTA DELIVERS

Another Christmas, another year to struggle with Karl Ove. But thanks Literary Santa. Some surprises here, but I look forward to opening all, and thank their authors for their gifts and in writing them!

Not shown are ASTROLABES & CONSTELLATIONS by Cristina Querrer and THE FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez.

Happy Reading!

 

MY VERSION OF A BEST-OF POETRY ... READ IN 2018

Looking at some year-end lists that inevitably surface, I'm struck at how those I favor don't appear. So, since I read/view a lot of poetry, I'll dive into the subjective fray:

From my 2018 poetry reads, here’s a Baker’s Dozen worth of Poetry titles whose brilliance made them standouts (not all are 2018 titles; I just read them during 2018). I bow to authors (listed in alphabetical order) and their publishers:

REVELATION: THE VISPO BIBLE by Amanda Earl (Timglaset, Malmo, 2018)

HOY / TODAY by Juan Gelman, Trans. by Lisa Rose Bradford (co*im&press, Normal, IL, 2018)

AGE OF GLASS by Anna Maria Hong (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2018)

WORDS ON EDGE by Michael Leong (Black Square Editions, New York, 2018)

PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE FERAL by Julia Rose Lewis (The Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, Newton-le-Willows, U.K., 2018)

LISTENING TO RED by Dona Mayoora (Timglaset, Malmo, 2018)

SARAJEVO BLUES by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Trans. by Ammiel Alcalay (City Lights, San Francisco, 1988)

UNFINISHED SKETCHES OF A REVOLUTION by Brane Mozetic (Talisman House, Northfield, MA, 2018)

MAN PRAYING by Donald Platt (Parlor Press, Anderson, SC, 2018)

RUMOR by Elizabeth Robinson (Parlor Press, Anderson, SC, 2018)

MODERN JAPANESE TANKA, Editor Makoto Ueda (Columbia University Press, New York, 1996)

ESL, OR YOU WEREN’T HERE by Aldrin Valdez (Nightboat, Brooklyn, 2018)

BEAST MERIDIEN by Vanessa Angelica Villarreal (Noemi Press, 2017)

A FIRST REVIEW FOR HIRAETH!

Finally! HIRAETH gets a review! It happens to be the collection that contains, in my opinion, the most beautiful lines I've ever written (to date) so I'm glad it got the attention of Steve Spence who reviewed it for Litter Magazine:

"Hiraeth, the title taken from the Welsh word for homesickness, twenty six tercets taking in a vast range of themes and subjects, ranging across politics, visual art, war, natural history, dreams, language and religion to name a few. ... 

"This collection is full of surprise and wit and celebration and splendour and dark moments and can be both read through in a sitting and contemplated at a more leisurely pace, perhaps both is the best option. The cover artwork ‘Suitcase’ by Bruce Connor suggests a cornucopia and this is largely what we have here, a panoramic vision, warts and all."

You can see entire review HERE. Thank you Mr. Spence.