140 PERSIMMONS!

Interesting—there’s such similarity between Peter Jay Shippy’s poetry collection A SPELL OF SONGS and James Patterson/David Ellis’ novel MISTRESS.

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/FALL HARVEST
4 pumpkins
140 persimmons
3 honeydew
4 cantaloupe
15 red bellpeppers
50 green bellpeppers
100 jalapeno peppers
129 yellow Heirloom tomatoes
79 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
18 Italian cucumbers
48 sprigs of basil
42 lemons


PUBLICATIONS
THE CODICILS, poems by Mark Young (magnificent. LinkedIn Poetry Recommendation #86)

SAKRA BOCCATA, poems by Jose Antonio Mazzoti, Trans. by Clayton Eshleman (Fabulous! LIP Recommendation #87)

ALL THAT GORGEOUS PITILESS SONG by Rebecca Foust (LIP Recommendation #85. I’ve been a fan of this poet since her debut (chap)book DARK CARD. She is most definitely worth checking out for what is pure in poetry)

* THE HAPTIC COLD, poems by Lily Brown (lovely)

* A SPELL OF SONGS, poems by Peter Jay Shippy (rollicking twists & leaps)

THE NUANCES, poems and visual art by Ed Baker (lovely lines, like “no wind / no sound // everywhere / I go, there // She is)

BLEED THROUGH: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Michael Davidson

* EACH CHARTERED STREET, poems by Sebastian Agudelo

* VIDEO TAPE, poems by Andrew Zawacki

* I CAN ALMOST SEE THE CLOUDS OF DUST, poems by Yu Xiang, Translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain

* LAWS OF REST, poems by David B. Goldstein

LIVING AND SUSTAINING A CREATIVE LIFE: ESSAYS BY 40 WORKING ARTISTS Edited by Sharon Louden (a must-read for young artists, tho of interest to anyone interested in the arts)

DIFFICULT MOTHERS: UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING THEIR POWER by Terri Apter

I HATE TO LEAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE, memoir by Howard Norman

THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, novel by Walter Tevis

NEVER GO BACK, novel by Lee Child

MISTRESS, novel by James Patterson & David Ellis

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, novel by James Patterson

VICIOUS CIRCLE, novel by Wilbur Smith

HUNGRY AS THE SEA, novel by Wilbur Smith

THE RACE, novel by Richard North Patterson

KILL DECISION, novel by Daniel Suarez


WINES
2011 Layer Cake cabernet Napa (these “Layer Cake” wines are made by perhaps California’s current best winemaker, and are such good values they’re available on Safeway – get to them!)
2011 Layer Cake pinot noir Central Coast
2005 Stony Hill chardonnay
2006 Rick Jones
Schramsberg Blanc de Noir