The New York Times released its list of the 100 Notable Books of the Year. From this list, I've read one book. Maybe I'm a little behind.
Out of the 100 books listed, 4 were poetry. Since I've only read the mega-best seller on the list, I can't truly complain. But it would be nice to see more than 4% poetry.
Here are the poetry books that they highlighted, with links to their New York Times reviews.
THE COLLECTED POEMS, 1956-1998. By Zbigniew Herbert. Translated by Alissa Valles.
NEXT LIFE. By Rae Armantrout.
SELECTED POEMS. By Derek Walcott. Edited by Edward Baugh.
TIME AND MATERIALS: Poems, 1997-2005. By Robert Hass.
Looks like I need to do some book shopping, as if I needed an excuse.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
How Many Have You Read?
Posted by Jessica at 6:29 AM
Labels: famous writers, Lit Crit
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3 Comments:
Dude, like, none of them! I feel like such a schmuck!
Thanks for the list! I'll go see how many of them I've read. I usually browse their new and noteworthy lists for paperbacks. :P
Frankly I'm amazed that four made it that far......I don't recall seeing poetry books cited on such lists in the UK. Thanks for the tip-offs!
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