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reminding me, as did the story Barry alerted us to, that there are just too many poets, of far too many types, to ever keep up with: I know none of these. I didn't know more than about 3 of the names mentioned in the Reetika Vazirani story, including her. I would agree with anyone who said that that's my fault & failure, but it does go to show -- if nothing else, that most of us can't possibly keep up, & will make our choices about what we know, like, admire, etc, on the basis of what people we know, admire, etc, tell us, & on, in my case at least, what writers I have come to admire admire.... (or trough the ruminations of a list like this...). Doug On 17-Apr-07, at 4:09 AM, cooee wrote: > [from the NYTimes] > > POETRY: NATASHA TRETHEWEY > > “Native Guard” > > In her third volume of poetry, Ms. Trethewey, the daughter of a black > mother > and white father, takes inspiration from the life of her mother and the > history of Mississippi, where the poet was born. > > The title poem tells the story of a soldier who served in one of the > first > all-black regiments in the Union Army. > > Ms. Trethewey, 40, teaches creative writing at Emory University in > Atlanta. > > FINALISTS > > “The Republic of Poetry” by Martin Espada; > > “Interrogation Palace: New & Selected Poems 1982-2004” by David Wojahn. > > Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 lipsynching awe all the way to the grave of the unknown onus: memory stutter; one smidgen, one scantling of thank. Dennis Lee