SEARCHING FOR ABSINTHE

Recently enjoyed Mark Young's latest book, GEOGRAPHIES, which shows him, too, to be a master of the deadpan. Though, interestingly, my favorite or one of my favorites is the rare exception to his deadpanness, this hay(na)ku:

Le Pont Mirabeau

His
translations of
Apollinaire reek of

formaldehyde when it's
absinthe we're
after.

A hoot! And here's the rest of my updated Recently Relished W(h)ine List below. Note that if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects. And I'm eagerly looking for reviewers to get books offa moi floors and to hit 100 new reviews for the next issue! Yeah! More info on that HERE.


PUBLICATIONS
* ARCTIC POEMS by Vicente Huidobro, Trans. by Nathan Hoks (some gorgeous lines. a real beauty, this one)

GEOGRAPHIES, poems by Mark Young (see above)

SO LATE, SO SOON: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Carol Moldaw (lush, gorgeous, fabulous)

MY LIFE AS A DOLL, poems by Elizabeth Kirschner (the most searing poetic read I've experienced in recent memory)

IN THE MONEY MACHINE, poems by Minnie Bruce Pratt (admirable political lyricism)

NICK DEMSKE, poems by Nick Demske

HELSINKI, poems by Peter Richards

* ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE, poems by Noah Eli Gordon

LOOKING UP HARRYETTE MULLEN: INTERVIEWS ON SLEEPING WITH THE DICTIONARY AND OTHER WORKS by Barbara Henning (every poet should have their "Barbara Henning"!)

19 NEW AMERICAN POETS OF THE GOLDEN GATE, Edited by Philip Dow (disappointed that Jack Gilbert had to result to bashing another poet to make his points in his intro to his own poems. took more than a bottle to get that sour taste out)

INSIDE THE PAINTER'S STUDIO, visual art interviews by Joe Fig (fabulous!)

THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO HIGH SCHOOL: A PARENT'S HANDBOOK FOR THE NINTH GRADE YEAR by Tim Healey and Alex Carter (do not even think of laughing at Moi!)

A PLACE TO CALL HOME: THE AMAZING SUCCESS STORYOFMODERN ORPHANAGES, study by Martha Randolph Carr

THEY CAGE THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT: THE TRUE STORY OF A CHILD WHO LEARNED TO SURVIVE, autobiography by Jennings Michael Burch

THE ARCHIPELAGO: A BALKAN PASSAGE, memoir-travelogue by Robert Isenberg

ON THAT DAY EVERYBODY ATE: ONE WOMAN'S STORY OF HOPE AND POSSIBILITY IN HAITI, memoir by Margaret Trost

FAREWELL, MY SUBARU: AN EPIC ADVENTURE IN LOCAL LIVING, memoir by by Doug Fine

RETURN TO THE OLIVE FARM, memoir by Carol Drinkwater

LONG QUIET HIGHWAY: WAKING UP IN AMERICA, memoir by Natalie Goldberg

FORWARD FROM HERE, memoir by Reeve Lindbergh

WILLIAM AND KATE: A ROYAL LOVE STORY, biography by Christopher Andersen

FOR MY NEXT ACT ... WOMEN SCRIPTING LIFE AFTER FIFTY, psychology by Karen Baar

DEWEY'S NINE LIVES: THE LEGACY OF THE SMALL-TOWN LIBRARY CAT WHO INSPIRED MILLIONS, biography by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

THE SENTRY, novel by Robert Crais

HOSTAGE, novel by Robert Crais

STALKING THE ANGEL, novel by Robert Crais


WINES
2003 Dutch Henry merlot NV
2004 Samuel's Gorge McLaren Vale shiraz
2005 Hobbs Grenache Barossa Ranges
2007 Bramosia Donna Laura Chianti Classico Toscano Sangiovese
2008 Nero Di Avola Sicily
1990 Guigal Hermitage
2009 Dutch Henry pinot noir Mount Veeder
2001 Artadi Vinas De Gain Rioja
2006 Trevor Jones virgin chardonnay (don't ask Moi about that virgin)