Wondering what to give someone for the holidays? If you”ve still get a few people left on your holiday shopping list, head down to the nearest bookstore and fill their stocking with beautiful words. Here”s a quick selection of some of the best new books of poetry from the past year to help you decide. [...]

Most teaching hospitals feature a weekly Grand Rounds, during which any unusual and interesting medical cases from the week are presented. In many of them, the Grand Rounds includes a presentation of a provocative or interesting subject for contemplation. Often, outside surgeons and specialists are invited to present at Grand Rounds with the intent of [...]

…or Something Like It is the very appropos title of a new book of poetry written by members of the St. James Drop-In Center in Montreal. Having put in my time working in a homeless shelter with a drop-in center, this story from www.hour.ca caught my eye. I”ve seen other projects that gave those “marginalized” [...]

I dropped by Rus Bowden”s blog this morning for a totally unrelated reason and found that I”d missed a very big one in my last post about 9/11 poems. The book is Babylon Burning: 9/11 five years on, and it”s being distributed by nthposition.com. The pdf file is a free download, with a request to [...]

It”s the Fall – the time of year that the publishers put out the big books, the ones that they hope will make a splash in time to make it onto people”s gift-giving lists. Here”s what”s coming out this fall in the world of poetry (source: Publishers Weekly) My Pick Thirst (Oct., $22) by Mary [...]