Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Best Poetry Books of 2011 - Rob MacDonald

Rob MacDonald's selections:

The Kings of the F**king Sea by Dan Boehl (Birds, LLC)

Either Way I'm Celebrating by Sommer Browning (Birds, LLC)

The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle (Octopus)

Correct Animal by Rebecca Farivar (Octopus)

The Grief Performance by Emily Kendal Frey (Cleveland State University)

Ordinary Sun by Matthew Henriksen (Black Ocean)

Cursivism by Will Hubbard (Ugly Duckling)

Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me by Mark Leidner (Factory Hollow)

White-Collar Worker: I Am A Destiny by Dan Magers (H_NGM_N)

Polaroid Parade by Paige Taggart (Greying Ghost)

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Rob MacDonald lives in Boston and is the editor of the online journal Sixth Finch. His poems have appeared in Everyday Genius, notnostrums, No Tell Motel and other journals. Last New Death, a chapbook, is available from Scantily Clad Press.