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scottwoods

24-Hour 2011 - Digging

Mar 01, 2011 14:48

I have ordered my first round of books to dig through for the 24-hour reading next month. Let the digging begin ( Read more... )

24-hour poetry feature

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twosnoos March 1 2011, 20:02:41 UTC

Do you have Kevin Young's "Ardency" yet? It's great -- as my epic Amazon review attests! ;) I know you've read a lot of Kevin in the past, so here's some fresh stuff to add to the mix!

My Coffee Bean poet suggestion is Matt Cook. He's got three books out on Manic D, so lots of poems to chose from, and his stuff is all (relatively) short, weird and funny, which is great if you are looking to full up some space!

Here's a link to a sampling of his work from the Writers Alamanac website:

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/author.php?auth_id=1988
(NOTE: This "On this day" stuff is NOT his poetry).

twosnoos March 2 2011, 04:24:06 UTC

Also, I recommend Mahogany Browne as your coffee bean poet! She's released two new books ("Swag" and "Dear Twitter") since your last 24 hour reading! Just saying!

scottwoods March 15 2011, 15:19:45 UTC

I like Cook's stuff here!
Read "Ardency", like it. Will likely read some of it. Still compiling!Recommendations are always welcome!

ballardstpoetry March 1 2011, 22:17:00 UTC

Hi Scott, I feel a bit silly asking this, but what do you mean by a 'coffee bean poet'? I've honestly never heard that before. Pardon my ignorance!

ballardstpoetry March 3 2011, 00:39:35 UTC

Okay. I just re-read the post.

scottwoods March 15 2011, 15:20:35 UTC

It's okay! I made up the term, so it's not really a common phrase outside of my mouth.

only1miouo March 3 2011, 02:33:58 UTC

Is it wrong that when you said "favorite loud ass" the first name that came to mind is Bill Campana? :-P

scottwoods March 15 2011, 15:20:46 UTC

He's my favorite loud ass too.