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

[David Graham]

I do love Kirby's poetry, and so I don't think he's overrated.  But I  
certainly agree that New York isn't the center of literary quality,  
and that the university presses and little presses elsewhere are  
publishing a lot of the most interesting work these days.  I think  
not only of Pittsburgh & LSU, but also Graywolf, Sarabande, Tupelo,  
Four Way, Backwaters, Steel Toe, Ghost Road, & many others.

But I'd love to hear specific names & titles, from Al & anyone else:   
what books of prize quality were published in 2007 but do not appear  
on the nominee list?


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David Graham
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On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:58 PM, AlMaginnes at aol.com wrote:

> I say this every time it seems, but with most of the poetry in this  
> country being published by small presses, why are the prizes always  
> so loaded with New York presses. I don't have a quibble about any  
> of the nominees, although I think Kirby is way overrated, but did  
> Pittsburgh or Copper Canyon or Arkansas or any of the many, many  
> other small presses around the country not publish any books worthy  
> of being in the finalists. I'm just not ready to accept that New  
> York has cornered the quality in the poetry world.
>
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