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Seeing Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Poetics by Nick Thurston

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Nick Thurston considers some unavoidable problems with reading Ian Hamilton Finlay, the Scottish poet-gardener, seriously as a poet.

The many faces of Mr. Carl Sandburg.

The many faces of Mr. Carl Sandburg.

Collage by Jess, Robert Duncan’s <3.

Collage by Jess, Robert Duncan’s <3.

Happy birthday, Robert Duncan.

Happy birthday, Robert Duncan.

via Gary Barwin

via Gary Barwin

Bab(b)el-On by Reid Wood, from The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008

Bab(b)el-On by Reid Wood, from The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008

Kulchur 5, edited by Lita Hornick.

Kulchur 5, edited by Lita Hornick.

(Source: mimeomimeo.blogspot.com)

Uncollected John Wieners poem.

Uncollected John Wieners poem.

Advice to a young poet, from Joyelle McSweeney

Advice to a young poet, from Joyelle McSweeney

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  1. The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral edited by Joshua Corey and G. C. Waldrep (Ahsahta Press)
  2. Nets by Jen Bervin (Ugly Duckling Presse)
  3. Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me by Mark Leidner (Factory Hollow Press)
  4. Pink Elephant by Rachel McKibbens (Cypher Books)
  5. Face by Sherman Alexie (Hanging Loose Press)
  6. The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You by Frank Stanford (Lost Roads Publishers)
  7. The Business of Fancydancing by Sherman Alexie (Hanging Loose Press)
  8. Fjords Vol.1 by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
  9. This Can’t Be Life by Dana Ward (Edge Books)
  10. Up Jump the Boogie by John Murillo (Cypher Books)
  11. I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women edited by Caroline Bergvall, Laynie Browne, Teresa Carmody, and Vanessa Place (Les Figues Press)
  12. Scary, No Scary by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
  13. The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
  14. Burning City: Poems of Metropolitan Modernity edited by Jed Rasula and Tim Conley (Action Books)
  15. you are a little bit happier than i am by Tao Lin (Action Books)
  16. Ascension by giovanni singleton (Counterpath Press)
  17. selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee by Megan Boyle (Muumuu House)
  18. Balloon Pop Outlaw Black by Patricia Lockwood (Octopus Books)
  19. Journey to the Sun by Brent Cunningham (Atelos)
  20. Goat in the Snow by Emily Pettit (Birds, LLC)