October 20: Tracy K. Smith Life on Mars 2011 (www.graywolfpress.org)
“My God, It’s Full of Stars” (pp 8-12) This book is full of stars from celestial spheres to more mundane daily affairs.
November 17: W.S.Merwin The Shadow of Sirius 2009 (www.coppercanyonpress.org)
“I have only what I remember” Merwin writes about mysteries of earth, space, life and death with great wisdom.
December 15: Terrance Hayes Lighthead 2010 (www.penguin.com)
Hayes’ book of poems is both illuminating and scorching.
**January 19 & February 16: Alice Notley Culture of One 2011 (http://www.penguin.com)
**TWO MONTHS
A poetic novel or fantasy about Marie & ….. living in the dump outside Notley’s southwestern town. She writes “what poetry can be.”
March 16: Ilya Kaminsky Deaf Republic 2019 (www.graywolfpress.org)
“What I find in Deaf Republic is conscience, terror, silence and rage made to exist alongside moments of tenderness, piercing beauty and emphatic lyricism“ Tracy K. Smith
April 20: Sharon Olds Stag’s Leap 2012 (knopfdoubleday.com/knopf/)
‘…divorce, love, sex, sorrow, memory and new freedom’
May 17: C. D. Wright One With Others 2009 (www.coppercanyonpress.org)
A searing dissection of hate crimes and their vigilant challengers.
Bio:
A believer in the collective voice, I hope to gather a chorus of poetry lovers who love to read and reflect on contemporary poetry. As a family doctor, I delivered hundreds of babies, sutured lots of wounds and listened to many hearts literally and figuratively. I am quiet by nature and love getting transported by books and music. Favorite musicians are Jenny Hval, Zoe Keating, Phoebe Bridges and Arthur Russell. My current pile of poetry books include Jenny Xie, Simone White and Maggie Nelson. My leavening agents are my two sons and two year old grandson.