~W.S. Di Piero, Dog Star (U. Mass Press, 1990)

I really enjoyed this book (for anyone who is curious about Di Piero’s work and unsure where to start).  He really has a handle on the image.

          ~TM

~ Claudia Emerson, Pinion: An Elegy (LSU 2002)

I love Claudia Emerson.

            ~TM

          ~Franz Wright, God’s Silence (Knopf, 2006)

I’ve just started reading the work of Franz Wright, and I’m thoroughly convinced we share some kindred synaptic misfire.  He doesn’t help me to get to the page, but there’s no one else I’d prefer to read at this moment.

          ~TM

          ~Terrance Hayes, Wind in a Box (Penguin, 2006)

I admire his ability to incorporate very different styles (not mutually exclusive) into a single body of work.  It’s something that I’ve tried to do in my own humble patchworking.  Wind in a Box is a wonderful read.

          ~TM

            ~Kevin Prufer, The Finger Bone (Carnegie Mellon, 2002)

This poem is purely American.  It reaffirms my belief that the American poetic landscape provides unique and beautiful particulars (with 400 horsepower and a stick shift) for the universals to rub up against.

            ~T.M.