Here are eleven (our lucky number) new and noteworthy 2008 titles featured in our Literature and International Poetry collections:
- Save the Last Dance, by Gerald Stern
- Inclined to Speak: an Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry, edited by Hayan Charara
- Red Sugar, by Jan Beatty
- Sleeping It Off In Rapid City: Poems New & Selected, by August Kleinzahler
- Japanese Women Poets: an Anthology, translated by Hiroaki Sato
- New Collected Poems, by Eavan Boland
- Best American Erotic Poems: from 1800 to the Present, edited by David Lehman
- 100 Essential Modern Poems by Women, selected by Joseph Parisi and Kathleen Welton
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, by Tao Lin
- The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them, edited by Jason Shinder
- Red Bird, by Mary Oliver
If you’re looking to get your poetry game on and don’t want to break your already gas-burdened budget, stop by the library and get an armful of the latest for just the right price – free!
If you’ve read any great poetry lately, old or new, or have some recommendations of your own, we’d love to know. Just drop us a line in the comments section with some of your favorities.
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Thanks for the excellent list, Don – I’ve added the bulk of these titles to my ever-expanding reading list…
At the moment, I’m slowly, pleasurably making my way through Jack Gilbert’s Refusing Heaven. There are breathtaking moments here hidden in ordinary ones, and ordinary ones that are quite breathtaking.
LAV
A wonderfully fruitful list. Well done.
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy looks great! Thanks, Don.
-renée
Glad you folks liked the list. LAV, I loved “Refusing Heaven” and all of Gilbert, really.
Don
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