[New-Poetry] Nat'l Book Award 2007 nominees, Poetry

[David Graham]

Quite a worthy list of nominees, and I'm glad not to be judging.   
I've just been reading Hass's volume, and I agree with the reviewers  
who say it's the best, most varied collection he's put out in a long  
time.  Haven't seen Plumly's yet, but no doubt it's up to his usual  
standards.  It'd be nice to see Voigt get the recognition she's  
always deserved, too.

But my sentimental money is on David Kirby, whose book is the  
funniest, most charmingly readable thing I've seen in many years.   
He's put the ultra in ultra-talk for sure, and plenty of readers will  
think his stuff is just not poetry, which may be one mark of its  
distinction.


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On Oct 12, 2007, at 11:40 AM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2007.html
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> Linda Gregerson, Magnetic North (Houghton Mifflin Company)
> Robert Hass, Time and Materials (Ecco/HarperCollins)
> David Kirby, The House on Boulevard St. (Louisiana State University  
> Press)
> Stanley Plumly, Old Heart (W.W. Norton & Company)
> Ellen Bryant Voigt, Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006
> (W.W. Norton & Company)
>
> Poetry Judges: Charles Simic (chair), Linda Bierds, David St. John,
> Vijay Seshadri, and Natasha Trethewey.
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