[New-Poetry] POET'S BOOKSHELF II

[jforjames at aol.com]

I don't know if the rules changed for the # II edition. In the first version?the poets were asked to choose 5-10 books "that were most 'essential'?to you as a poet." And then they were asked to comment on their selections. Some (like Charles Bernstein, surprise surprise) had trouble staying?within the contraint of 10.


The list of poets asked to contribute was fairly?wide, I thought. But I'd have to agree with you that there were not a whole lot of surprises when it came to the books/authors they listed. It didn't immediately send me off to a?major library or to Amazon.

Finnegan


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How many books was each poet asked to name, James? ?
jforjames at aol.com wrote:?
> As in the Poet's Bookshelf I, the editor has really chosen a wide > array of poets to query.?
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Yeah, the amazing range of influences, most of them names I've never heard of, attests to that.?
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--Bob Predictable?
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