... because – well, naturally – you read friends’ books first, don’t you? And, as has been pointed out elsewhere, sometimes friendships come out of admiring someone’s work. But ... until the Craig Arnold thing, I thought those were the incontestable books of the year for me. Everyone who is interested in contemporary UK (and US) poetry should read the prose, if nothing else. ...

Until I got hurt... I bought 3 poetry books at the Boulder bookstore-- one I've read before-- AVERNO by Louise Gluck. The others are Wislawa Szymborska's VIEW WITH A ... to get a job this year, but I recognize that there aren't many jobs, particularly teaching poetry, but I have also applied for jobs teaching Contemporary American, Latino/a literature and/or ...

... spree is that I've got a stockpile of great books to flip through whenever I want, and they might just come in handy: The consolations of poetry are perfectly suited to a time of economic woe. It ... we start to pay attention to the undercurrents of life that had previously gone by in a blur. Poetry is, among so many other things, a chronicle of those undercurrents--sort of a Twitter feed from a ...

... wanted to be surprised myself, to discover something new about how people relate to poetry. And I was. Obviously, people got questions wrong, individually and collectively. ... poetry, the title had lofty words in it. My theory is that ideas like “Beauty” (Fast Beauty ... 8217;re Dead) tricked non-poets into believing these could be titles of poetry books. You see, most non-poets stop reading ...

... be squished-should we presume to be published. In1978, I self-published my first poetry book, Beacon©, to an enthusiastic reception of some uninformed who ... reality based mystery~thriller novel. Through its use in a sub-plot, my poetry is being reborn. As for Beacon© and Imperfections©, perhaps I’ll offer my ... & “Limited Edition” poetry books on e-Bay®. After all, John Grisham&# ...

... of blessings, including our books. Children's books, picture books, books of poetry, books of all kinds ... And I'm thankful for this poem from one of our books: A Child's Calendar, by John Updike. November   by ... , Displays a certain    Loveliness--- Read the rest of the poem here. The Poetry Friday roundup is at Becky's Book Reviews.