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  • May not have but certainly must

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    Posted on April 19th, 2007sherryPoets

    read these collections.

    Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Unbound and Branded (Finishing Line, 2006)

    James Baker Hall, The Total Light Process, (University Press of Kentucky, 2003)

    Brian Turner, Here, Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005)

    William Carlos Williams, Paterson (New Directions, 1948)

    Joanie DiMartino, Licking the Spoon (Finishing Line, forthcoming)

    I was tagged by Helen, who was tagged by Sam .

    I tag Erin, Terry, and Shamash.

    But also, I have a number of readers who are poets but not bloggers. It’d be nice if you all could make some recommendations in the comments.


    Update: I’m going to have to add Anne Shelby’s Appalchian Studies (Wind, 2006) to my list. Anne read a few poems from this collection at the Carnegie Center last night and I found them just delightful.

4 Responses to “May not have but certainly must”

  1. [...] I’ve been tagged by Sherry Chandler to list poetry collections I recommend. I’m not nearly as literate in the genre as she is, but here goes. [...]

  2. Hi, Sherry! The exercise inspired me to re-visit my bookshelf. Here are a few.

  3. Jessica Goodfellow A Pilgrim’s Guide to Chaos in the Heartland (Concrete Wolf Chapbook Series)

    Michael Sowder A Calendar of Crows (Diagram Press)

    Jane Yeh Marabou (Carcanet)

    Matthew Rohrer’s Satellite (Verse Press)

  4. Thank you Valerie & Shamash & Terry for some new poets to add to my reading list. And for reminding me of some old friends.

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