Tuumba Press: The Beginner - by Lyn Hejinian







Saturnalia Books: The Babies - by Sabrina Orah Mark






those two, both small, both attract me but am not sure I take to the writing. that happens consistently w Hejinian. and Orah Mark's books is praised by Claudia Rankine, whose Don't Let Me Be Lonely I liked very much, but I do not like her saying The Babies is marvelous 'in both senses of the word' because I think there is only one sense, full of marvels. don't treat the etymological weight of the word, its parts, as separate from its supposed common sense. ... denos.




Milkweed Editions: Reading Novalis in Montana - by Melissa Kwasny







it is this one that I think is more truly my. caught eye as shelved the single received copy for poetry sxn, the title (is it a play on Lolita-Tehran or km says she might prefer it not be), and novalis I like (and think of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower), and praise on cover from Andrew Goldbarth, whose Budget Travels thr Space & Time is pretty, I have a galley, I think he's good.
"Surrounded by new books of poems that seem increasingly thin and merely clever yes yes, Melissa Kwasny’s poems present a richly textured surface and a deeply thought interior, ..a lyricist’s gifts with a philosopher’s understandings. This is the real-deal stuff." —Albert Goldbarth, author of The Kitchen Sink
' she's the real deal ' I liked v m that WSDp wrote in short letter recommendatn for me.


and I'm liking Ta-Nehasis Coates's book (& his blog & his conversation on bloggingheads)
Spiegel & Grau | The Beautiful Struggle - by Ta-Nehisi Coates