Apologies for this prolonged hiatus — between the start of school and the onslaught of some rather vicious cold, I’ve been all but done in. School is settling into a pattern at least, but this nasty congestion has been persistent. Lately I’ve been on a steady diet of soups, herbal teas, and Theraflu. A lot of coughing and all round unpleasantness.
In any case, I’m back.
New additions to the 2005 First Book List.
Andrea Baker’s Like Wind Loves a Window. (Slope Editions)
Dunya Mikhail’s The War Works Hard. (New Directions)
If you’re a first book poet and would be interested in sending review copies of your book, please contact me by email and we can work out the details. I can be reached via the Boxcar Poetry Review website
Ok, by way of Peter’s blog and Kelli’s blog, the latest poet blog pastime — a new online program which lets you upload a picture of yourself and reports back the celebrity you most resemble. Try it here.
So Benicio del Toro and I are long lost brothers?
Perhaps it was the eyebrows.
How about Arthur Conan Doyle?
The plot thickens…
