“AS UNFORGIVING AS A SNIPER’S EYE”

is a line from one of my new poems. Which is to say, I want to write about _____ but, instead, serial killers and snipers pop up in my poems. Perhaps I should overcome my addiction to that genre… Naaaahhhh (too much fun!)

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 honeydew
4 cantaloupe
3 red bellpepper
25 jalapeno peppers
102 yellow Heirloom tomatoes
50 red Heirloom tomatoes
9 orange Heirloom tomatoes
7 red tomatoes
76 cherry tomatoes
55 green figs
32 black figs
7 Meyer lemons
6 yellow onions
27 apricots
47 yellow squash
20 strawberries
17 Italian cucumbers
44 sprigs of basil


PUBLICATIONS
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PHILIP LAMANTIA, edited by Garrett Caples, Andrew Joron and Nancy Joyce Peters (MAGNIFICENT EKSTASIS! LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation #83)

JOYRIDE, poems by Thomas Fink (fantabulous! Experimentation at its best, from concrete/visual poetry to exploded/imploded hay(na)kus! Highly Recommended. LP Recommendation #79)

* DRAGON LOGIC, poems by Stephanie Strickland (smartly seething and seethingly smart!)

* ORANGE ROSES, poems by Lucy Ives (a feat!)

* BRING THE THING, poems by David Berridge (as ever from the publisher ifpthenq, far-reaching and successfully so)

* FROM DELANCEY WEST, poems by Brian Jackson (a marvelous debut! Intelligent, ambitious music. LP Recommendation #84)

* MASS OF THE FORGOTTEN, poems by James Tolan (I much appreciate these poems’ diverse moves)

* FLASHES, poems by Jennifer Firestone (pleasingly deft)

* WE USED TO BE EVERYWHERE, prose poetry by Craig Foltz (grows pleasurably on you like mozzarella cheese)

* FLIRT, poems by Noah Blaustein (moving)

* MANUAL OF WOODY PLANTS, poems by Phil Cordellli (well-wrought!)

* QUESTIONS FOR ANIMALS, poems by Peggy Hamilton

* LOOK TO MOUNTAINS, LOOK TO SEA, poems by Ron Singer with illustrations by Elizabeth Yami

* LIVE MAG!, Issue 9, literary and arts journal edited by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright (wonderful!)

THE FADING SMILE: Poets in Boston from Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath by Peter Davison (biography involving Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath, among others, Norton, New York, 1994. Well-accomplished. LR Recommendation #80)

JUST KIDS, memoir of life with Robert Maplethorpe by Patti Smith (wonderful read. LR Recommendation #82)

WHAT THE STONES REMEMBER: A LIFE REDISCOVERED, memoir by Patrick Lane (moving and lyrical and powerful. LR Recommendation #81)

SECOND SUNS: TWO DOCTORS AND THEIR AMAZING QUEST TO RESTORE SIGHT AND SAVE LIVES, journalism by D. Oliver Relin

THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN, novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

THE ENGLISH ASSASSIN, novel by Daniel Silva

THE MISSING FILE, novel by D.A. Mishani

CHIMERA, novel by David Wellington

THE LAST CHILD, novel by John Hart

THE BEST REVENGE, novel by Stephen White

THE WHISPERER, novel by Donato Carrisi

VIRGIN RIVER, novel by Robyn Carr


WINES
2009 Shypoke charbono
2011 Ferrari Carano “Bella Luce” Sonoma Valley
Sandeman LBV Porto