Peter Vertacnik Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods: Poetry in the Shadow of the Past
William LoganPeter Vertacnik@RichieHof Yes! William Logan has an excellent essay on both Ozymandias poems ("Shelley's Wrinkled Lip, Smith's Gigantic Leg") in his collection, Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods.
Paperback, 2021
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A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems
Mary Jo SalterPeter Vertacnik@adamclaypoet Mary Jo Salter has two fine elegiac sequences in her second book, Unfinished Painting: "Elegies for Etsuko" and "Dead Letters." I think both are reprinted in A Phone Call to the Future. Also Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend."
Paperback, 2009
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Flight Among the Tombs: Poems
Anthony HechtPeter VertacnikJust found out that Knopf is publishing a Collected of Anthony Hecht's poems in November! Same month as Yezzi's bio. 656 pgs that includes previously uncollected work. Edited by Philip Hoy. https://t.co/9GWAevmKvT
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Solving For X: Poems
Robert B. ShawPeter VertacnikI heard a good poetry rumor the other day that turned out to be true: Robert Shaw has a New & Selected Poems coming out later this month! https://t.co/HtrLqspLP0
Paperback, 2002
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Last Dream
Giovanni PascoliPeter Vertacnik@Archieislander Last Dream by Giovanni Pascoli (poems) and Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino. Geoffrey Brock is the translator of both books.
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After Earth: Poems
Michael LaversPeter VertacnikWhile the pace of the Sealey challenge is too great for me, I'm still discovering new poetry this month, including Michael Lavers' enthralling book, After Earth (2019), which won the 2018 Tampa Review Prize. https://t.co/J4JnRuWQU3
Paperback, 2019
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Venice: Poems
Ange MlinkoPeter VertacnikA poem from Ange Mlinko's latest (and beautiful) book, Venice. https://t.co/kUIButakc9
Paperback, 2023
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On Browsing
Jason GurielPeter VertacnikMy double review of @jasonguriel's On Browsing & @JamesPollockPhD's Durable Goods is out now in the latest issue of Literary Matters. Both are vital books. Here's the opening of the Guriel review plus a link to the whole thing. https://t.co/0UwZnw6NMV https://t.co/bXO93s0rd7
Paperback, 2022
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No Object
Natalie ShaperoPeter VertacnikThis is from her latest collection, Popular Longing (Copper Canyon, 2021), and every poem in that book is this good or better. Ditto for her previous two books (Hard Child & No Object). https://twitter.com/natalieshapero/status/1545084182543470592
Paperback, 2013
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The Survival Expo
Caki WilkinsonPeter Vertacnik@tindsaylurner I’ve taught Caki Wilkinson’s The Survival Expo (2021) three times now and it’s been a hit each time.
Paperback, 2021
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