I went out last night to dinner with the wife, and in a strange fit of hedonism and excess, we decided to play some slots. The decision ended up making us a tidy little sum of money, and for my part I immediately began to dream of the books I could buy because of my newly found patron. Here then, with a little help from a few select people I trust to help me with such decisions, is a list of the books I have just ordered:
Slow to Burn by Collin Kelley
Kindertotenwold: Prose Poems by Franz Wright
Talking about Movies with Jesus by David Kirby
We Are Starved by Joshua Kryah
American Busboy by Matthew Guenette
Transfer by Naomi Shihab Nye
Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls by Erika Meitner
The Odicy by Cyrus Console
The Art of Recklessness: Poetry As Assertive Forces and Contradiction by Dean Young
The Art of Description: The World into Word by Mark Doty
The Art of Attention: A Poet's Eye by Donald Revell
The Best American Poetry: 2011 edited by David Lehman &
The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics edited by Mary Biddinger & John Gallaher
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Mothers, don't let your daughters go to the House of the Rising Sun. They may end up with a man who thinks books are a worthy thing upon which to spend their winnings.
That's impressive company to be in. :)
ReplyDeleteThey are saying the same thing, Collin.
ReplyDeleteA good list, Justin! You might also want to check out "Life on Mars" (Tracy K. Smith) if you're into the scientific poetry thing. I checked it out of the library and love it so much I am going to buy it (my new testing theory o' poetry books.)
ReplyDeleteJeannine:
ReplyDeleteI saw it but I wasn't sure of it. I will try to take a look. So many of my choices really boil down to a guess or based on the recommendation of someone else. Thanks.