THE NIFTILY MODULATED MÁRTON KOPPÁNY

Here's just one of many visual poems by Marton Koppany, whose work I've been enjoying of late -- it's entitled "or" (isn't it fabulous!):



Anyway, that image was combined by this image below by John Moore Williams, a young American visual poet and typographer, for the cover of Koppany's 2010 Otoliths book:



Do check out Marton Koppany's MODULATIONS -- I promise it'll give you much pleasure!! You can check out the combined images on the link to the book which was also designed by Williams.

And so here's another update to my Recently Relished W(h)ine List below. In the Publications section, note that if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects! More info on that HERE.


PUBLICATIONS
THIRTY-FIVE NEW PAGES, conceptual poetry by Lev Rubinstein, Trans. by Philip Metres and Tatiana Tulchinsky (note-card poems by one of the founders of Moscow Conceptualism—simply: brilliant!)

THE READER, conceptual poetry by Marton Koppany (actually, I thought of Rubinstein when I read this slim, appealing chap. Also brilliant!)

MODULATIONS, visual conceptual poetry by Marton Koppany (Marton is truly one of my favorite poets. Because his output always enchants!)

NOTES FROM IRRELEVANCE, poems by Anselm Berrigan (a lovely wash of energy)

IN WAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLD, poems by Michael Rerick (sharp and smart)

SAY SO, poems by Dora Malech (includes the poem “The Station” which is so clever and emotional that I know it’ll be one of my most pleasurable poem-reads this year!)

* SHEER INDEFINITE: SELECTED POEMS 1991-2011 by Skip Fox (fabulous)

* WHEN YOU BIT, poems by Adam Fieled (as ever from this poet, quite stellar)

* PALM TO PINE, poems by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux (such a good read with nice, intimate feel!)

* MAO’S PEARS, poem by Kenny Tanemura (witty, amusing…just well done!)

From IDYLLS & RUSHES, poems by Susana Gardner (enchanting. Feyness with a steel spine)

CLAY FEET / WIRE WINGS, poems by John N. McDowell (wonderful!)

* SHE RETURNS TO THE FLOATING WORLD, poems by Jeannine Hall Gailey (charmed)

* DISPATCH, collaborative poems by Marci Nelligan and Nicole Mauro (excellent!)

PRINCESS OF THE WORLD IN LOVE, poems by Stan Apps (clever!)

* 15 CHINESE SILENCES, poems by Timothy Yu (Billy Collins should read this…)

PART: SHORT LIFE HOUSING, poems by Cris Cheek (well-wrought)

THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Robert Hass (While I’ve intellectually understood Hass’ earlier collections to be achievements, I never got into his poems until the newer poems in this book, which is a bow to his poetic prowess because I don’t think he could have so masterfully pulled off those poems without having learned much from living and writing poems over the years—this is one example of why I so like reading Selecteds and Collecteds, because these types of books show me something about the poet’s macro versus the micros of individual smaller collections or poems.)

ONE SLEEPS THE OTHER DOESN’T, poems by Jacqueline Waters (a pleasurable reading)

* CITY, poems by C.J. Martin (brief chap, but highly effective!)

* DRIVING MONTANA, ALONE, poems by Katie Phillips (what a wonderful project! Yes, the poems are nicely done but the publication of it is fabulous as the poems are interspersed with nice black-and-white photos)

* SARD, poems by Philip Byron Oakes (a cool book!)

* PERSONATIONSKIN, poems by Karl Parker (admirably expansive)

* PLAIN SPEAK / SWEET SPEAK, poems by G. Emil Reutter and Phil Premeau (interesting concept)

* HITLER’S MUSTACHE, poems by Peter Davis (unique)

SEDNA, poems by Michael Helsem (deceptively lyrical. At times, funny)

* GUESTBOOK, poems by Rick Snyder

* SECRET WEAPON: SELECTED LATE POEMS by Eugen Jebeleanu, Trans. by Matthew Zapruder and Radu Ioanid

PLEASURE, poems by Brian Teare

TONTO’S REVENGE, poems by Adam Aitken

* KEY BRIDGE, poems by Ken Rumble

* THE STEEL VEIL, poems by Jack Marshall

* THE GIRLS OF PECULIAR, poems by Catherine Pierce

* THE PRIMORDIAL DENSITY PERTURBATION, poem by Stephen Collis

THE SWORDFISH TOOTH, poems by Cynthia Zarin

TRAVELING IN REFLECTED LIGHT, poems by Andrena Zawinski

OBSERVE THE LARK, poems by Katie Louchheim

THE TIME OF OUR LIVES, journalism/memoir by Tom Brokaw

STRAPPED: WHY AMERICA’S 20- and 30-SOMETHINGS CAN’T GET AHEAD, study by Tamara Draut

NOTHING TO DO BUT STAY: MY PIONEER MOTHER, biography by Carrie Young

POWER DOWN, novel by Brian Coes (Thank you, Brian Coes, for your Dewey Andreas series! May there be more!)

COUP D’ETAT, novel by Brian Coes

THE LAST ASSASSIN, novel by Barry Eisler

THE GOOD SON, novel by Michael Gruber

SHUT YOUR EYES TIGHT, novel by John Verdon

THE DROP, novel by Michael Connelly

SPYCATCHER, novel by Matthew Dunn (first novel by a real ex-spy who should … write more!)

THE ACCIDENT MAN, novel by Tom Cain

NO SURVIVORS, novel by Tom Cain

LIARS & THIEVES, novel by Stephen Coonts

THE LAST JIHAD, novel by Joel C. Rosenberg

THE TWELFTH IMAM, novel by Joel C. Rosenberg

ATTRACTED TO FIRE, novel by DiAnn Mills

WONDERLAND CREEK, novel by Linn Austin

DEADLY PURSUIT, novel by Irene Hannon


WINES
Cartlidge and Brown chardonnay
2004 3Rings shiraz
2002 Hutton Vale Grenache Mataro
2010 Robert Foley semillon NV
1990 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-saint-Georges Les Roncieres