The Good News Post...
If Hollywood can celebrate themselves like crazy, I think we (writers & artists) should to.
This post is all about the good news in the poetry world lately. There has been SO much good news it's been hard to keep up!
Let's begin with the awards--
For Foreward's Book of the Year Award in Poetry-- the finalists are...
Archicembalo by G.C. Waldrep
Born in the Cavity of Sunsets by Michael Luis Medrano
By Cold Water by Chris Dombrowski
Fort Red Border by Kiki Petrosino
From the Fever World by Jehanne DuBrow
Holding Everything Down by William Notter
Home By Now by Meg Kearney
How God Ends Us by DeLana R.A. Dameron
I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman by Jude Nutter
My Kill Adore Him by Paul Martinez Pompa
Self-Portrait with Crayon by Allison Benis White
Shore Ordered Ocean by Dora Malech
Slamming Open the Door by Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
Southern Comfort by Nin Andrews
Sumac's Red Arms by Karen Shklanka
Talking Diamonds by Linda Nemec Foster
The Beginning of the Fields by Angela Shaw
The Essential James Reaney by James Reaney
Then, Something by Patricia Fargnoli
Underlife by January Gill O'Neil
We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders by Pamela Spiro Wagner
Do you see anyone you know? Let me highlight a few names that stood out for me--
Underlife by January Gill O'Neil
Southern Comfort by Nin Andrews
Then, Something by Patricia Fargnoli
Self-Portrait with Crayon by Allison Benis White
Yeah, Ladies! January, Nin, Pat & Allison-- Cheers to the women of poetry who are so FORWARD in their work. Congrats to you all!
(And on another note, 2 of these collections (Underlife & Self-Portrait with Crayon) were chosen by editors at Crab Creek Review as their top poetry picks and will feature mini-reviews in the next issue coming out in April 2010!
Oh and in the category of "How Important is a Title?" Let me tell you, I will be purchasing this book based on title alone: I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman by Jude Nutter
For the Lambda Literary Nominees--
* Breakfast with Thom Gunn, by Randall Mann (University of Chicago Press)
* The Brother Swimming Beneath Me, by Brent Goodman (Black Lawrence Press)
* The First Risk, by Charles Jensen (Lethe Press)
* Sweet Core Orchard, by Benjamin S. Grossberg (University of Tampa Press)
* What the Right Hand Knows, by Tom Healy (Four Way Books)
Charlie & Brent - Congratulations!
And one more bit of good news--
Mr. Eduardo Corral has a poem on POETRY DAILY today!
I needed this overload of good news for good poets. Congrats to all!
Hey, apparently my earlier message didn't reach you, but YOU won 1 of my One World One Heart giveaway items!! it was the little Devil plushie! If you send me your address, I'll mail it out to you!
ReplyDeletetammy
This is awesome news!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly, I guess I've been lurking here off and on, so I might as well make myself known. I keep meaning to get an email off to you CCR folks--I'm not sure that I ever complimented the wonderful fall issue.
ReplyDeleteOn this post: Chris Dombrowski is a great guy and poet--he's around here at UM sometimes.
On an unrelated note: is there a chance that any of you fine CCR editors will be at AWP?
-Kerry
Thank you very much for your very lovely comment you left for me in the wishstudio, please know that this is an amazing experience for me and i want this to stay in my heart forever, i thank you for being part of this and make me feel even more powerful with your encouragement
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out! There is a lot to celebrate--good time to be a poet, in my humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the Oscar - can't say I haven't dreamed of holding one of those beauties in my hands. Oh wait, I did hold a National Film Board of Canada Oscar once and got my picture taken with it. All to feed my muse, of course.
ReplyDeleteVery encouraging to see so many poets being honored like this. Thanks for listing the nominees.
Thanks for posting this list, Kelli--so many great books here--one I esp love is Jehanne Dubrow's Fever World, and one that has been on my list of "to get's" since the summer--Self Portrait with Crayon--I've really got to get it now!
ReplyDeleteCarmen- you're welcome!
ReplyDeleteKerry-- RE:
On an unrelated note: is there a chance that any of you fine CCR editors will be at AWP?
Julia-- very cool about the award. Thanks for the note!
***Not officially this year. Lana Ayers is going (our poetry editor) and I think someone else. But just to enjoy, not with CCR.
I'll be at Washington DC in 2011 though- or at least that's the plan.
Joelle-- Jeannine Gailey really liked Self Portrait with Crayon, and has a short review of it in our next issue of Crab Creek Review. I've only heard good things about it.