Poetry Books You Should Read
1. The Great Fires – Jack Gilbert – Alfred A. Knopf
2. Refusing Heaven – Jack Gilbert – Alfred A. Knopf
3. Ready To Eat the Sky – Kevin Pilkington – River City
4. before, during & after – Hal Sirowitz – Soft Skull Press
5. Selected Poems – Simon Armitage – faber and faber
6. The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster – Richard Brautigan – Dell
7. alibi school – Jeffrey McDaniel – Manic D Press
8. the foregiveness parade – Jeffrey McDaniel – Manic D Press
9. the splinter factory – Jeffrey McDaniel – Manic D Press
10. walking barefoot in the glassblowers museum – ellen Maybe – Manic D Press
11. Drunk and Disorderly – Alain Catlin – Pavement Saw Books
12. The Schenectady Chainsaw Massacre – Alan Catlin – Paverment Saw Books
November 30th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
It is wonderful to see that Catlin is on your list. He’s one of the best poets around right now, just as good as any of the MLA-endorsed poets who hold court in a myriad institutions for higher learning.