FIGS SPLIT WHEN RIPE

A bowl of purple figs from the garden which includes four fig trees! And here are other relishes with moi latest update of my Recently Relished W(h)ine List below. As ever, please note that in the Publications section, if you see an asterisk before the title, that means a review copy is available for Galatea Resurrects! More info on that HERE.

2013 SUMMER HARVEST
1 cantaloupe
3 red bellpepper
25 jalapeno peppers
81 yellow Heirloom tomatoes
4 red Heirloom tomatoes
9 orange Heirloom tomatoes
1 red tomato
76 cherry tomatoes
55 green figs
32 black figs
4 Meyer lemons
6 yellow onions
27 apricots
44 yellow squash
20 strawberries
17 Italian cucumbers
37 sprigs of basil


PUBLICATIONS
HELLO, THE ROSES, poems by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (as ever, breathtaking. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation (LR) #76)

O YOU OF THE COTTON PAJAMAS, poems by Sarah Sarai (fabulous. Created for SitWithMoi though have yet to blog about it due to Blogger problems)

THE UNFINISHED: BOOKS I-VI, poems by Mark DuCharme (ravishing ars poetica)

* THE ARC OF THE DAY / THE IMPERFECTIONIST, POEMS BY Steve Schrader (the poems are wonderful. But also can’t help reflect on how the book’s editor, Susan Schultz, is a poet’s ideal reader – would that all poets would come to have a reader like Susan)

FINDING MY ELEGY: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS Ursula K. Le Guin (shows how the pursuit and practice of poetry has been worthwhile for this poet. LR #75. Having said that, I could be wrong but I do wonder if this author—more well-known for her speculative fiction—could have done much more with the poetic form had she focused more on, uh, the poetic form)

* DEATH CENTOS, poems by Diana Arterian (well-wrought. LR #78)

* HERE COME THE WARM JETS, poems by Alli Warren

* AMERICAN SONGBOOK, poems by Michael Ruby

* PROGRESS ON THE SUBJECT OF IMMENSITY, POEMS BY Leslie Ullman

A THOUSAND MORNINGS, poems by Mary Oliver

EVENING WILL COME: WOMEN OF VISUAL POETRY ISSUE / THE VOLTA, Guest-edited by Jessica Smith / Eds. Joshua Marie Wilkinson & Afton Wilky (historic and beautiful. LR#77)

YELLOW FIELD #8, literary/arts journal curated by Edric Mesmer (as ever, a wonderful read)

* ECCOLINGUISTICS, August 2013 poetry zine

* ELEVEN ELEVEN: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ART, 2013 edited by Hugh Behm-Steinberg

* HOUSE ORGAN, Fall 2013, literary zine edited by Kenneth Warren

IN FLAGRANTE COLLECTO, monograph on the art of collecting by Marilynn Gelfman Karp

BOOTSTRAPPER: FROM BROKE TO BADASS ON A NORTHERN MICHIGAN FARM, memoir by Mardi Jo Link

LIFESAVING LESSONS: NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL MOTHER, memoir by Linda Greenlaw

PATRIOT & ASSASSIN, novel by Robert Cook

MOSCOW RULES, novel by Daniel Silva

PORTRAIT OF A SPY, novel by Daniel Silva

THE DEFECTOR, novel by Daniel Silva

PRINCE OF FIRE, novel by Daniel Silva

THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR, novel by Daniel Silva

THE SECRET SERVANT, novel by Daniel Silva

THE SHADOW TRACER, novel by Meg Gardiner

TRUST YOUR EYES, novel by Linwood Barclay

AFTERSHOCK, novel by Andrew Vachss

HIDDEN ORDER, novel by Brad Thor


WINES
2007 Peter Michael La Carriere chardonnay
2006 Kistler Cuvee Kathleen chardonnay
2004 Colgin Tychson Hill Vineyard
1853 Whitwham’s King Pedro Reserve port
2007 Arcturus cabernet NV