Dora Malech's choices:
Corinna A-Maying the Apocalypse by Darcie Dennigan (Fordham University Press)
Logotherapy Pant by Crystal Curry (Cosa Nostra Editions)
The Usable Field by Jane Mead (Alice James)
Revolver by Robyn Schiff (University of Iowa Press)
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Dora Malech's poems have appeared most recently in Redivider, Gargoyle, Anti-, La Petite Zine, Columbia Poetry Review and The New Yorker.
Showing posts with label best books 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best books 2008. Show all posts
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Best Poetry Books 2008 - Michael Farrell
Michael Farrell's choices:
πO (or Pi O) - Big Numbers: New and Selected Poems by πO (or Pi O) (Collective Effort Press)
fantastic book by local genius (i.e. melbourne, australia). someone who knows how to sue punctuation for both sound & comic effect. includes greek australian dialogues; concrete poems; number poems .. it might seem a bit expensive at $AUS39.60 but its a fat book full of history, humour and language. theres never been a better time to buy australian poetry - our dollars worth virtually nothing!
Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara's How To Do Words With Things (Tree-Elbow Publishing) is a post-god, post-genre sandwiching of manifesto and poetry featuring 'freedragging' film stills, conceptual maps, ads-as-vispo, math as emotion.
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Michael Farrell has published 3 books: ode ode (Salt, 2002); BREAK ME OUCH - graphic poems (3 Deep, 2006); and a raiders guide (Giramondo, 2008). He is included in The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, edited by John Kinsella (Penguin, 2008).
πO (or Pi O) - Big Numbers: New and Selected Poems by πO (or Pi O) (Collective Effort Press)
fantastic book by local genius (i.e. melbourne, australia). someone who knows how to sue punctuation for both sound & comic effect. includes greek australian dialogues; concrete poems; number poems .. it might seem a bit expensive at $AUS39.60 but its a fat book full of history, humour and language. theres never been a better time to buy australian poetry - our dollars worth virtually nothing!
Patrick Jones and Peter O'Mara's How To Do Words With Things (Tree-Elbow Publishing) is a post-god, post-genre sandwiching of manifesto and poetry featuring 'freedragging' film stills, conceptual maps, ads-as-vispo, math as emotion.
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Michael Farrell has published 3 books: ode ode (Salt, 2002); BREAK ME OUCH - graphic poems (3 Deep, 2006); and a raiders guide (Giramondo, 2008). He is included in The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, edited by John Kinsella (Penguin, 2008).
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Best Poetry Books 2008 - Kathleen Jesme
Kathleen Jesme's choices:
Zone : Zero, by Stephanie Strickland (Ahsahta Press). Wonderful both visually and soundwise, and includes a terrific CD of two of the long poems in the book in an electronic version. State-of-the-art!
Flight: New and Selected Poems, by Linda Bierds (Putnam). The quality of language and attention paid to it is amazing in Bierds' work. She writes a lot of historical and persona poems, and they are truly gorgeous, every one of them.
Red Rover, by Susan Stewart (University of Chicago Press). I don't think this is Stewart's best book, but it's really fine, and the sonnet sequence titled "In the Western World" is just stunning.
Night Scenes, by Lisa Jarnot (Flood Editions). What a great, funny, and sly little book! What sound! Jarnot is about the funniest poet around, but the humor shades something else.
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Kathleen Jesme is the author of three books of poems: The Plum-Stone Game, Motherhouse, and Fire Eater.
Zone : Zero, by Stephanie Strickland (Ahsahta Press). Wonderful both visually and soundwise, and includes a terrific CD of two of the long poems in the book in an electronic version. State-of-the-art!
Flight: New and Selected Poems, by Linda Bierds (Putnam). The quality of language and attention paid to it is amazing in Bierds' work. She writes a lot of historical and persona poems, and they are truly gorgeous, every one of them.
Red Rover, by Susan Stewart (University of Chicago Press). I don't think this is Stewart's best book, but it's really fine, and the sonnet sequence titled "In the Western World" is just stunning.
Night Scenes, by Lisa Jarnot (Flood Editions). What a great, funny, and sly little book! What sound! Jarnot is about the funniest poet around, but the humor shades something else.
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Kathleen Jesme is the author of three books of poems: The Plum-Stone Game, Motherhouse, and Fire Eater.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Best Poetry Books 2008 - Chris Tonelli
Chris Tonelli's choice:
Chris Vitiello, Irresponsibility (Ahsahta Press)
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Chris Tonelli is the author of three chapbooks: For People Who Like Gravity and Other People (Rope-A-Dope Press, forthcoming), A Mule-Shaped Cloud (w/ Sarah Bartlett, horse less press, 2008), and WIDE TREE: Short Poems (Kitchen Press, 2006). He teaches at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
Chris Vitiello, Irresponsibility (Ahsahta Press)
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Chris Tonelli is the author of three chapbooks: For People Who Like Gravity and Other People (Rope-A-Dope Press, forthcoming), A Mule-Shaped Cloud (w/ Sarah Bartlett, horse less press, 2008), and WIDE TREE: Short Poems (Kitchen Press, 2006). He teaches at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Best Poetry Books of 2008 - Janaka Stucky
Janaka Stucky's choices:
My top 3 nepotistic picks for 2008 -
1. Holy Land by Rauan Klassnik (Black Ocean). I admire people with no scruples; this book is amazing. When I publish someone else’s book it means putting my own writing on hold, and I love my own writing a lot. That should tell you something.
2. Dear Ra by Johannes Göransson (Starcherone). Bold, abrasive and playful this “story in flinches” puts the ‘poetry’ back in ‘drinking, fucking and fighting.’ Read it with a glass of your favorite vodka, neat.
3. Undersleep by Julie Doxsee (Octopus Books). Julie succeeds at crafting the kind of abstracted, deliberate surgeries of language that everyone else seems to be trying these days. She just does it better than most.
My fourth pick is from someone I’ve never met and it’s a chapbook:
4. Hit Wave by Jon Leon (Kitchen Press). I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading poetry. Hit Wave isn’t ha-ha funny, it’s just dry, brilliant and insane. Narrated in first person by the cocaine-love-baby of Oscar Wilde and Brian Wilson, this story will take you to every height and depth any artist of the 20th century has ever been to. When the book ends, instead of being exhausted you’ll just feel hungry for more.
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Janaka Stucky is the founder and managing editor of Black Ocean, and publishes the magazine Handsome. He published Rauan’s book, will be publishing Johannes’ translations of Aase Berg in 2009, and will also be publishing Julie’s second book later on in 2009. He has no relation to Jon Leon. His own work has appeared in: Cannibal, Denver Quarterly, No Tell Motel, North American Review, Redivider, VOLT and many other lucky journals.
My top 3 nepotistic picks for 2008 -
1. Holy Land by Rauan Klassnik (Black Ocean). I admire people with no scruples; this book is amazing. When I publish someone else’s book it means putting my own writing on hold, and I love my own writing a lot. That should tell you something.
2. Dear Ra by Johannes Göransson (Starcherone). Bold, abrasive and playful this “story in flinches” puts the ‘poetry’ back in ‘drinking, fucking and fighting.’ Read it with a glass of your favorite vodka, neat.
3. Undersleep by Julie Doxsee (Octopus Books). Julie succeeds at crafting the kind of abstracted, deliberate surgeries of language that everyone else seems to be trying these days. She just does it better than most.
My fourth pick is from someone I’ve never met and it’s a chapbook:
4. Hit Wave by Jon Leon (Kitchen Press). I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much reading poetry. Hit Wave isn’t ha-ha funny, it’s just dry, brilliant and insane. Narrated in first person by the cocaine-love-baby of Oscar Wilde and Brian Wilson, this story will take you to every height and depth any artist of the 20th century has ever been to. When the book ends, instead of being exhausted you’ll just feel hungry for more.
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Janaka Stucky is the founder and managing editor of Black Ocean, and publishes the magazine Handsome. He published Rauan’s book, will be publishing Johannes’ translations of Aase Berg in 2009, and will also be publishing Julie’s second book later on in 2009. He has no relation to Jon Leon. His own work has appeared in: Cannibal, Denver Quarterly, No Tell Motel, North American Review, Redivider, VOLT and many other lucky journals.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Best 2008 Poetry Books - Scott Abels
Scott Abels' choice:
J. Reuben Appelman, Make Loneliness (Otis/Seismicity Editions)
Appelman is locking up family ghosts and offering them up floating for display in sterile glass dioramas. The result becomes way more human than you'd think--way more vulnerable, in the end. Exactly as sad.
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Originally from Nebraska, Scott Abels has an MFA from Boise State University. His poems can be found online at Spooky Boyfriend, Past Simple, Sawbuck, No Tell Motel, Shampoo, and Action Yes. Currently, he lives and teaches in Honolulu.
J. Reuben Appelman, Make Loneliness (Otis/Seismicity Editions)
Appelman is locking up family ghosts and offering them up floating for display in sterile glass dioramas. The result becomes way more human than you'd think--way more vulnerable, in the end. Exactly as sad.
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Originally from Nebraska, Scott Abels has an MFA from Boise State University. His poems can be found online at Spooky Boyfriend, Past Simple, Sawbuck, No Tell Motel, Shampoo, and Action Yes. Currently, he lives and teaches in Honolulu.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Best 2008 Poetry Books - Steven Karl
Steven Karl's choices:
Sueyeun Juliette Lee, that gorgeous feeling (Coconut Books) -- Because it's beautiful, heart-wrenching, political, funny, and intelligent.
Jay Wright, Polynomials and Pollen (Dalkey Archive Press) -- Interiors/Exteriors. Rushing Rivers. Music. Inquisitive I's (eyes).
Takashi Hiraide, For The Fighting Spirit Of The Walnut translated by Sawako Nakayasu (New Directions Press) -- I carried this book everywhere. These poems fit any landscape.
Geoffrey Olsen, End Notebook (Petrichord) -- Lovely chapbook with quiet sparse poems that get inside your body and ruminate.
J. Mae Barizo, The Marble Palace (fields press) -- Who doesn't want a limited edition chapbook? This book will make you fall in love with words again.
Prageeta Sharma, Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books) -- I know, technically this came out in 2007, but I don't think it actually made it into stores until 2008 besides it's an awesome book. An intense lyrical examination of humanity where ethics and desire sometimes co-exist and other times collide.
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Steven Karl is the author of the chapbook, State(s) of Flux (forthcoming, Peptic Robot Press, 2009) which is a collaboration with the artist, Joseph Lappie. His poems have been published in, or are forthcoming from Barrow Street, Vanitas, Sawbuck, No Tell Motel, Eleven Eleven and others. His reviews have been published in or are forthcoming from Cold Front Magazine, Sink Review, Octopus Magazine, Galatea Resurrects, and LIT online. He lives in New York City and teaches at a couple of CUNY schools.
Sueyeun Juliette Lee, that gorgeous feeling (Coconut Books) -- Because it's beautiful, heart-wrenching, political, funny, and intelligent.
Jay Wright, Polynomials and Pollen (Dalkey Archive Press) -- Interiors/Exteriors. Rushing Rivers. Music. Inquisitive I's (eyes).
Takashi Hiraide, For The Fighting Spirit Of The Walnut translated by Sawako Nakayasu (New Directions Press) -- I carried this book everywhere. These poems fit any landscape.
Geoffrey Olsen, End Notebook (Petrichord) -- Lovely chapbook with quiet sparse poems that get inside your body and ruminate.
J. Mae Barizo, The Marble Palace (fields press) -- Who doesn't want a limited edition chapbook? This book will make you fall in love with words again.
Prageeta Sharma, Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books) -- I know, technically this came out in 2007, but I don't think it actually made it into stores until 2008 besides it's an awesome book. An intense lyrical examination of humanity where ethics and desire sometimes co-exist and other times collide.
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Steven Karl is the author of the chapbook, State(s) of Flux (forthcoming, Peptic Robot Press, 2009) which is a collaboration with the artist, Joseph Lappie. His poems have been published in, or are forthcoming from Barrow Street, Vanitas, Sawbuck, No Tell Motel, Eleven Eleven and others. His reviews have been published in or are forthcoming from Cold Front Magazine, Sink Review, Octopus Magazine, Galatea Resurrects, and LIT online. He lives in New York City and teaches at a couple of CUNY schools.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Best 2008 Poetry Books - Donald Illich
Donald Illich's choices:
Valzhyna Mort, Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon) -- This is a punk book with heart. She's a rising star in the poetry world.
Jeffrey McDaniel, The Endarkenment (University of Pittsburgh Press) -- The maturation of an amazing talent. More entertainment than any Hollywood movie.
Mark Yakich, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine (Penguin) -- A weird book and an emotional one. A great read.
Tao Lin, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (Melville House) -- A funny book that I carried around everywhere. Hamsters are awesome.
Todd Boss, Yellowrocket (Norton) -- Best "formalist" book this year. It's light, emotional, and a pleasure to read.
Bernadette Mayer, Poetry State Forest (New Directions) -- Odd poems that stand up to many readings.
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Donald Illich was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and it is just like you saw it in Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick, except different. He is slightly less smelly than he used to be since he got married in June. He publishes and writes poetry.
Valzhyna Mort, Factory of Tears (Copper Canyon) -- This is a punk book with heart. She's a rising star in the poetry world.
Jeffrey McDaniel, The Endarkenment (University of Pittsburgh Press) -- The maturation of an amazing talent. More entertainment than any Hollywood movie.
Mark Yakich, The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine (Penguin) -- A weird book and an emotional one. A great read.
Tao Lin, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (Melville House) -- A funny book that I carried around everywhere. Hamsters are awesome.
Todd Boss, Yellowrocket (Norton) -- Best "formalist" book this year. It's light, emotional, and a pleasure to read.
Bernadette Mayer, Poetry State Forest (New Directions) -- Odd poems that stand up to many readings.
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Donald Illich was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and it is just like you saw it in Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick, except different. He is slightly less smelly than he used to be since he got married in June. He publishes and writes poetry.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Best 2008 Poetry Books - Jessy Randall
Jessy Randall's choice:
Nate Pritts, Honorary Astronaut (Ghost Road Press)
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Jessy Randall's collection of poems A Day in Boyland was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Her work has appeared in Asimov's, McSweeney's, and No Tell Motel, and she occasionally guest edits Snakeskin. Her website is http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall.
Nate Pritts, Honorary Astronaut (Ghost Road Press)
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Jessy Randall's collection of poems A Day in Boyland was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Her work has appeared in Asimov's, McSweeney's, and No Tell Motel, and she occasionally guest edits Snakeskin. Her website is http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall.
Best 2008 Poetry Books - Kim Roberts
During November and December No Tell contributors will share their picks for Best Poetry Books published during 2008. Here are Kim Robert's choices:
Mark Doty, Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (HarperCollins)
Gregg Shapiro, Protection (Gival Press)
Jane Shore, A Yes-or-No Answer (Houghton Mifflin)
A.B. Spellman, Things I Must Have Known (Coffee House Press)
Dan Vera, The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books)
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Kim Roberts is the author of two books of poems, most recently The Kimnama (Vrzhu Press, 2007), and has published in literary journals beginning with every letter of the alphabet. She is co-editor of the Delaware Poetry Review and sole editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. Her website: http://www.kimroberts.org.
Mark Doty, Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (HarperCollins)
Gregg Shapiro, Protection (Gival Press)
Jane Shore, A Yes-or-No Answer (Houghton Mifflin)
A.B. Spellman, Things I Must Have Known (Coffee House Press)
Dan Vera, The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books)
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Kim Roberts is the author of two books of poems, most recently The Kimnama (Vrzhu Press, 2007), and has published in literary journals beginning with every letter of the alphabet. She is co-editor of the Delaware Poetry Review and sole editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly. Her website: http://www.kimroberts.org.
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