Recently Received
Books (Poetry)
Julianna Baggott, Compulsions of Silkworms & Bees, Pleiades Press, Rock Hill, SC / Warrensburg, MO 2007
Ben Lyle Bedard, Implicit Lyrics, Punch Press, Buffalo 2008
David Blair, Ascension Days, Del Sol Press, Washington DC 2008
Laure-Anne Bosselaar, A New Hunger, Ausable Press, Keene, NY 2007
Trevor Calvert, Rarer and More Wonderful, Scrambler Books, Davis , CA 2008
Peter Conners, Of Whiskey and Winter: Prose Poems, White Pine Press, Buffalo 2007
Andrei Codrescu, Jealous Witness, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis 2008. Includes CD of
“Maelstrom: Songs of Storm & Exile,” performed by Codrescu and the New Orleans Klezmer AllStars
William Corbett, Opening Day, Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn 2008
Peter Culley, The Age of Briggs & Stratton, New Star Books, Vancouver BC / Point Roberts, WA 2008
Jim Daniels, Revolt of the Crash-Test Dummies, Eastern Washington University Press, Spokane & Cheney, WA 2007
Ben Friedlander, Drastic Measures, An Anachronism, porci con le ali, Bangor, ME, & Catania Italy 2008.
Isabelle Garron, Face Before Against, translated by Sarah Riggs, Litmus, Brooklyn 2008
Robert Gibb, World Over Water, University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 2007
Gary Gildner, Cleaning a Rainbow, BkMk Press, Kansas City, MO 2007
Diane Glancy, Asylum in the Grasslands, University of Arizona Press, Tucson 2007
Mariela Griffor, House, Mayapple Press, Bay City, MI 2007
John Godfrey, City of Corners, Wave Books, Seattle & New York 2008
Forrest Hamer, Rift, Four Way Books, New York 2007
Fanny Howe, The Lyrics, Graywolf Press, St. Paul 2007
J II, Three Trios, translated by Judith Hall, Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL 2007
Laura Kasischke, Lilies Without, Ausable Press, Keene, NY 2007
P.H. Liotta, The Graveyard of Fallen Monuments, Quale Press, Florence, MA 2007
Glenna Luschei, Libido Dreams, Artamo Press, Santa Monica 2007
Jack Marshall, The Steel Veil, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis 2008
Charlotte Matthews, Still Enough to be Dreaming, Iris Press, Oak Ridge, TN 2007
John Matthias, Kedging, Salt, Cambridge UK 2007
Jane Mead, The Usable Field, Alice James Books, Framington, ME 2008
Joseph Millar, Fortune, Eastern Washington University Press, Spokane & Cheney, WA 2007
Roger Mitchell, Half / Mask, University of Akron Press, Akron, OH 2007
Sheila E. Murphy, Lineations, Cricket Press (for the Small Chapbook Project), West Hartford , CT 2008
David Mutschlecner, Sign, Ahsahta Press, Boise 2007
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, At the Drive-In Volcano, Tupelo Press, Dorset, VT 2007
Charles North, Cadenza, Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn 2007
Donald Platt, My Father Says Grace, University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 2007
Luke Roberts, Ripcord Worship, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008
Judith Roitman, No Face: Selected & New Poems, First Intensity, Lawrence KS 2008
Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Verge, Parlor Press, W. Lafayette, IN 2007
Robert Sheppard, Complete Twentieth Century Blues, Salt, Cambridge UK, 2008
Eleni Sikelianos, Body Clock, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis 2008
Patricia Smith, Blood Dazzler, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis 2008
George Stanley, Vancouver: A Poem, New Star Books, Vancouver BC / Point Roberts, WA 2008
Josh Stanley, Glogy, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008
Donna Stonecipher, The Cosmopolitan, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis 2008
Stacy Szymaszek, from Hyperglossia, Hot Whiskey Press, Chicago 2008
Timothy Thornton, Now Vulgate, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008
Tony Tost, Complex Sleep, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 2008
Tony Tost, Invisible Bride, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge 2004
Terence Winch, Boy Drinkers, Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn 2007
Mark Yakich, Green Zone New Orleans, Press Street, New Orleans 2008
Books (Poetry Anthology)
Joshua Beckman & Matthew Zapruder, State of the Union: 50 Political Poems, Wave Books, Seattle / New York 2008. Includes John Ashbery, James Tate, Fanny Howe, Anselm Berrigan, Eileen Myles, Terrance Hayes, Albert Goldbarth, Cathy Wagner, Tao Lin, Michael Palmer, Lucille Clifton, Joe Wenderoth, John Yau, Richard Siken, CAConrad, Rebecca Wolff, Peter Gizzi, Forrest Gander, Tao Lin, Reginald Shepherd, Lorenzo Thomas, Edwin Torres, Elizabeth Willis, John Yau, Juliana Spahr, Wang Ping, more.
Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, Lesley Wheeler, editors-in-chief, Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po LISTSERV, preface by Annie Finch, Introduction by D’Arcy Randall, Red Hen Press, Los Angeles 2008. Includes Kelli Russell Agodon, Meena Alexander, Ivy Alvarez, Judith Arcana, Felice Aull, Anny Ballardini, Tara Betts, Susan Bright, Debra Bruce, Laura Cherry, Alison Croggon, Catherine Daly, Kay Day, Carol Dorf, Jilly Dybka, Kate Evans, Suzanne Frischkorn, Gloria Frym, Jeannine Hall Gailey, David Graham, Marilyn Hacker, Liz Henry, Judy Jensen, Judith E. Johnson, more (259 poets from 19 countries).
Books (Other)
Amanda Ackerman, Theory of Language, Eohippus Labs, Los Angeles 2007
Stan Apps, Handbook of Poetic Language, Eohippus Labs, Los Angeles 2007
Kelly Lydick, Mastering the Dream, Second Story Books, Oakland 2008.
Michael Theune, editor, Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York 2007. Includes Christopher Bakken, Mark Yakich, D.A. Powell, Prageeta Sharma & Michael Theune, more.
Journals
ABC, no. 6, “Haiku Not Bombs” issue by Collective Haiku, Another Brooklyn Chapbook, Brooklyn, 2008. Includes Tom Gilroy, Jim McKay, Shin Yu Pai, Grant-Lee Phillips, Alison Roth, Rick Roth, Denise Siegel, Patrick So.
Aufgabe , no. 7, Brooklyn, 2008. Includes editors notes on “Numbers Trouble” by Paul Foster Johnson, Julian T. Brolaski & E. Tracy Grinnell, Italian feature guest edited by Jennifer Scappettone (includes Emilio Villa, Amelia Rosselli, Andrea Zanzotto, Nanni Cagnone, Milli Graffi, more, with translations by Scappettone, Carl Billitteri, Kathleen Fraser, Pasquale Verdicchio & more), Evelyn Reilly, erica kaufman, kari edwards, Allison Cobb, Sarah Mangold, Jen Coleman, Amy King, Cynthia Sailers, Chris Pusateri, Eléna Rivera, Lisa Samuels, Josha Corvey, Brandon Brown, Jen Tynes, Marcella Durand, Richard Owens, more.
Damn the Caesars, vol. 4, Buffalo 20008. Includes Lisa Samuels, Alan Gilbert, Stacy Szymaszek, Matvei Yankelevich, Hoa Nguyen, Simon Pettet, mIEKAL aND, Linda Russo, Kyle Schlesinger, C.J. Martin, Billy Mills, Shin Yu Pai & Andrew Shelling, more.
Invisible Ear, no. 1, Northampton, MA, 2008. Includes Joshua Bolton, Heather Christle, Lyndsey Cohen, Marisa Crawford, Christopher DeWeese, Jonathan Hall, Jeannie Hoag, Natalie Lyalin, Amanda Nadelberg, Seth Parker.
Kadar Koli, vol. 2, no. 1, Habenicht Press, San Marcos, TX 2008. Includes Valerie Coulton, Stephen Vincent, Noah Eli Gordon, Sotère Torregian, Michelle Detorie, Susan Gevirtz, Chuck Stebleton, Rusty Morrison, Joseph Massey, Dale Smith, more.
Pleiades, 28:2, Warrensburg, MO, 2008. Includes Laura Jensen symposium (includes Martha Collins, Katie Peterson, Joseph Campana, Jacqueline Lyons & John Gallaher), Lily Brown, D.A. Powell, Ihab Hassan, Troy Jollimore, Mathias Svalina, Arielle Greenberg, David Orr, Chad Parmenter, Rusty Morrison, Jay Thompson, more.
Skein, no. 4, no location given, October 2007. Includes Seth Abramson, Ezekial Black, Joshua Bolton, Nicole Burgund, Heather Christle, Rachel Daly, Lawrence Giffin, Jonathan Hall, more.
Work, no. 5, Oakland, 2008. Includes Paul Deppler, Dan Fisher, Jess Rowan & Sara Wintz
Other Media & Formats
Hassle, no. 1, Cornwall UK, 2008, Jimmy Juniper. Single sheet folded into four panels
Hassle, no. 2, Cornwall UK, 2008, Richard Owens. Single sheet folded into four panels.
George Oppen, A Centenary Conversation, Poetics Program, SUNY Buffalo et al, 2008. Program brochure (with inserted schedule) for the recent conference.
Luke Roberts, Impetus / Scatter, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008. Single sheet of card stock folded into a two-page book
Ric Royer, with sound by John Berndt, There Was One & It Was Two, Narrow House, Baltimore 2008. CD & booklet
Timothy Thornton, Motorcade / Police Horse Under Branches, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008. Single sheet of card stock folded into a two-page book
C.P. Wheen, Thwart / No Ascension, Grasp Press, Cambridge UK 2008. Single sheet of card stock folded into a two-page book
Ron Silliman, Charles Alexander, James Fei, 4-25-08 , Cue Art Foundation, New York 2008. DVD video.
Still catching up on all items received
since January 11.
