Cody 🐻❄️ @bearable.bsky.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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They/he. Lewd, quiet, considering. Poetry and bears. Contributing writer for PoetryNW and the Colorado Review.

Hughes: Poems: Edited by David Roessel
Langston Hughes
@RosebudBenOni I taught a class following BPK’s “Song” -> Langston Hughes’ collected poems -> Jess’ “Olio” as a form of exploring lyric and musicality as a spectrum from metaphor to literal discovery. Olio was the perfect cap for it!!
Hardcover, 1999
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The Old Man Who Does as He Pleases: Selections from the Poetry and Prose of Lu Yu
Yu Lu
From Lu Yu’s “The Old Man Who Does As He Pleases” https://t.co/gDjGQwLddN
Hardcover, 1973
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Apricots of Donbas
Lyuba Yakimchuk
@bpmcgackin Poems that, within a broader publication, fall under some containing titular element. Like below, from one of the works I’m looking at Apricots of Donbas by Lyuba Yakimchuk. I also think Rachel’s multiple poems of the same name above works toward this principle. https://t.co/ZovhWQmlJM
Paperback, 2021
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Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief
Victoria Chang
Not exactly poetry but not really not, my constant favorite Victoria Chang’s Dear Memory https://t.co/WRj4d1Mvxr
Hardcover, 2021
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A Map of Signs and Scents: New and Selected Poems, 1979-2014
Amjad Nasser
Finished off the month with Amjad Nasser’s A Map of Signs and Scents! https://t.co/Txy8qxjRD0
Paperback, 2016
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Life in a Field: Poems
Katie Peterson
Really really ecstatic thinking about Katie Peterson’s latest I read over the weekend, Life in a Field. Fondest of memories to our “bougie summer picnic” themed donkey attire for hers and Young’s show. @lrnswft @queerbooksloth https://t.co/MmLAVN28O9
Paperback, 2021
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Synthetic Jungle: Poems
Michael Chang
Hi all, I have a review request for a forthcoming work by Michael Chang titled SYNTHETIC JUNGLE. Any poetry reviewers interested? I can put you in touch and get you a review copy. Some excerpts of Chang's poetry here: https://t.co/8DNJvXwItu https://t.co/9tKnA18lDH
Paperback, 2023
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Intuition of the Instant
Gaston Bachelard
“Our acts of attention are extraordinary episodes extracted from that continuity called duration.” Intuition of the Instant, Gaston Bachelard https://t.co/eugHy3hJjT
Paperback, 2013
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The Animal Too Big to Kill: Poems
Shane McCrae
And then Shane McCrae’s The Animal Too Big To Kill. I read in one sitting ferociously. https://t.co/xMMdYPyknq
Paperback, 2015
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Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works
Lorine Niedecker
Omitting collected works, who are the top 5 authors in your library by no. of books on your shelves? Elena Ferrante Alejandra Pizarnik Rebecca Seiferle Lorine Niedecker Toni Morrison https://t.co/lBpV91O553
Paperback, 2004
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