Further Reading

Recommended collections published in 1995 or later by American authors born after 1960 with no more than three books:

Arnold, Craig. Shells. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997.

Barnett, Catherine. Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2004.

Barry, Quan. Controvertibles. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.

—Asylum. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.

Belieu, Erin. One Above & One Below: Poems. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 2000.

—Infanta. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 1995.

Berrigan, Anselm. Zero Star Hotel. Washington, D.C.: Edge Books, 2002.

—Integrity and Dramatic Life. Washington, D.C.: Edge Books, 1999.

Blanchfield, Brian. Not Even Then. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2004.

Brown, Lee Ann. The Sleep That Changed Everything. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.

—Polyverse. Los Angeles, CA: Sun & Moon, 1999.

Brown, Stephanie. Allegory of the Supermarket. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998.

Carbó, Nick. Andalusian Down. Cincinnati, OH: Cherry Grove, 2004.

—Secret Asian Man. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 2000.

—El Grupo McDonald’s. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1995.

Carr, Julie. Mead: An Epithalamion. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2004.

Clark, Jeff. Music and Suicide. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004.

—The Little Door Slides Back. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon, 1997.

Clover, Joshua. Madonna Anno Domini. Baton Rogue, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.

Cooley, Nicole. The Afflicted Girls. Baton Rogue, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2004.

—Resurrection. Baton Rogue, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

Corey, Joshua. Selah. New York: Barrow Street Press, 2003.

Corless-Smith, Martin. Nota. New York: Fence Books, 2003.

—Of Piscator. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1997.

Day, Cort. The Chime. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2001.

de la Paz, Oliver. Names Above Houses. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.

Dhompa, Tsering Wangmo. In the Absent Everyday. Berkeley, CA: Apogee, 2005.

—Rules of the House. Berkeley, CA: Apogee, 2002.

Field, Thalia. Point and Line. New York: New Directions, 2000.

—Incarnate: Story Material. New York. New Directions, 2004.

Foust, Graham. Leave the Room to Itself: Poems. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press, 2003.

—As in Every Deafness. Chicago, IL: Flood Editions, 2003.

Gallaher, John. Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls. Brooklyn, NY: Spuyten Duyvil, 2001.

Genoways, Ted. Bullroarer: A Sequence. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 2001.

Gonzalez, Rigoberto. Other Fugitives and Other Strangers. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2006.

—So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Before It Breaks. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999.

Goodman, Joanna. Trace of One. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2002.

Gordon, Noah Eli. The Area of Sound Called the Subtone. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press, 2004.

—The Frequencies. Oakland, CA: Tougher Disguises, 2003.

Gridley, Sarah. Weather Eye Open. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005.

Gudding, Gabriel. A Defense of Poetry. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002.

Hamilton, Saskia. Divide These. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 2005.

—As For Dream. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 2001.

Hawkey, Christian. The Book of Funnels. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2004.

Hoch, James. A Parade of Hands. Eugene, OR: Silverfish Review Press, 2003.

Hong, Cathy Park. Translating Mo’um. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose, 2002.

Hummell, Austin. Poppy. Washington, D.C.: Del Sol Press, 2004.

—The Fugitive Kind. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996.

Israeli, Henry. New Messiahs. New York: Four Way Books, 2002.

Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne. Outlandish Blues. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.

—The Gospel of Barbecue. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000.

Jess, Tyehimba. leadbelly. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2005.

Johnston, Devin. Aversions. Richmond, CA: Omnidawn, 2004.

—Telepathy. Sydney, Australia: Paper Bark Press, 2002.

Jordan, Judy. Sixty-cent Coffee and a Quarter to Dance. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2005.

—Carolina Ghost Woods. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.

Katz, Joy. Fabulae. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002.

Landau, Deborah. Orchidelirium. Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2004.

Lerner, Ben. The Lichtenberg Figures. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 2004.

Lubasch, Lisa. To Tell the Lamp. Penngrove, CA: Avec Books, 2004.

—Vicinities. Penngrove, CA: Avec Books, 2001.

—How Many More of Them Are You? Penngrove, CA: Avec Books, 1999.

Mackowski, Joanie. The Zoo. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002.

Manguso, Sarah. Siste Viator. New York: Four Way Books, 2006.

—The Captain Lands in Paradise. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2002.

Mann, Randall. Complaint in the Garden. Omaha, NE: Zoo Press, 2004.

Mathys, Ted. Forge. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2005.

McCallum, Shara. Song of Thieves. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003.

—The Water Between Us. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

McCann, Anthony. Father of Noise. New York: Fence Books, 2003.

McCombs, Davis. Ultima Thule. New Haven, CT: 2000.

McDaniel, Raymond. Murder (a violet). Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2004.

Meier, Richard. Terrain Vague. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2000.

Meitner, Erika. Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore. Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2003.

Minnis, Chelsey. Zirconia. New York: Fence Books, 2001.

Moxley, Jennifer. Often Capital. Chicago: Flood Editions, 2005.

—The Sense Record and Other Poems. Washington, D.C.: Edge Books, 2002.

—Imagination Verses. New York: Tender Buttons, 1996.

Nelson, Maggie. Jane: A Murder. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, 2005.

—The Latest Winter. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose, 2003.

—Shiner. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose, 2001.

Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. Miracle Fruit. Dorset, VT: Tupelo Press, 2003.

Northrop, Kate. Back Through Interruption. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2002.

Nutter, Geoffrey. Water’s Leaves and Other Poems. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2005.

—A Summer Evening. Fort Collins, CO: Center for Literary Publishing, 2001.

O’Brien, Geoffrey G. The Guns and Flags Project. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.

Ossip, Kathleen. The Search Engine. Philadelphia, PA: American Poetry Review, 2002.

Pafunda, Danielle. Pretty Young Thing. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press, 2005.

Patterson, G.E. Tug. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 1999.

Pelizzon, V. Penelope. Nostos. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000.

Philpot, Tracy. Distance from Birth. Minneapolis, MN: Elixir Press, 2001.

—Incorrect Distances. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1997.

Richards, Deborah. Last One Out. Honolulu, HI: Subpress, 2003.

Richards, Peter. Nude Siren. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2003.

—Oubliette. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2001.

Roberts, Katrina. The Quick. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2005.

—How Late Desire Looks. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1997.

Rosemurgy, Catie. My Favorite Apocalypse. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 2001.

Samyn, Mary Ann. Purr. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues, 2005.

—Inside the Yellow Dress. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues, 2001.

—Captivity Narrative. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1999.

Schilpp, Margot. Laws of My Nature. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2005.

—The World’s Last Night. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1999.

Sharma, Prageeta. The Opening Question. New York: Fence Books, 2004.

—Bliss to Fill. Honolulu, HI: Subpress, 2000.

Singer, Sean. Discography. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002.

Su, Adrienne. Middle Kingdom. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 1997.

Szybist, Mary. Granted. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2003.

Teig, Michael. Big Back Yard. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2003.

Thompson, Tom. Live Feed. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2003.

Thorburn, Matthew. Subject to Change. Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues, 2004.

Wagner, Catherine. Macular Hole. New York: Fence Books, 2004.

—Miss America. New York: Fence Books, 2001.

Waltz, William. Zoo Music. Raymond, NH: Slope Editions, 2004.

Whitcomb, Katharine. Saints of South Dakota and Other Poems. Emporia, KS: Bluestem Press, 2001.

White, Sam. The Goddess of the Hunt is Not Herself. Raymond, NH: Slope Editions, 2005.

Wiman, Christian. Hard Night. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon, 2005.

—The Long Home. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 1998.

Winter, Jonah. Amnesia. Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College Press, 2004.

—Maine. Raymond, NH: Slope Editions, 2002.

Witt, Sam. Everlasting Quail. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2001.

Woodward, Jon. Mister Goodbye Easter Island. Farmington, ME: Alice James Books, 2003.

Yakich, Mark. Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross. New York: Penguin, 2004.

Recommended additional anthologies of contemporary American poetry:

Aizenberg, Susan and Erin Belieu, eds. The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women. New York, Columbia University Press, 2001.

Collier, Michael, ed. The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2000.

Costanzo, Gerald and Jim Daniels, eds. American Poetry: The Next Generation. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000.

Davis, Jordan and Sarah Manguso, eds. Free Radicals: American Poets Before Their First Books. Honolulu, HI: Subpress, 2004.

Jarnot, Lisa; Leonard Schwartz and Chris Stroffolino, eds. An Anthology of New (American) Poets. Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 1998.

LaFemina, Gerry and Daniel Crocker, eds. Poetry 30: Thirty-Something Thirty-Something American Poets. DuBois, PA: Mammoth Books, 2005.

Lauer, Brett Fletcher and Aimee Kelly, eds. Isn’t It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets. Florence, MA: Verse Press, 2004.

Prufer, Kevin, ed. The New Young American Poets: An Anthology. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.

Shepherd, Reginald, ed. The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2004.