Something I didn”t know about my favorite quick-fix for poetry news and views, GotPoetry, is that they also do book reviews. GotPoetry is a thriving community of poets who post their work, critique each other, publish finished poems on the site, offer a ratings facility (and John Powers, one of the site managers and the head code cruncher, is always making improvements to make it easier and more useful – you can, for instance, snag a quick-n-easy bit of html to put a “Rate My Poem” button on your own site to direct readers from your site to rate your poem at GotPoetry – without leaving your site). There are several great monthly/weekly/biweekly/sporadic columns (including Tony Brown”s Zero Point Zero, Victor Infante”s How To Succeed As a Failing Writer, Sou MacMillan”s Chrysanthemum, a serial novel, and columns by Ryk McIntyre, Scott Woods and Zork. It is bar none the single BEST source of news about the Spoken Word and Slam scene across the country – and apparently, they accept poetry books for review. If you”re interested in having your book or anthology of poetry reviewed at GotPoetry.com, you”ll find contact information and address at the Contact page for GotPoetry.

A few other sites that accept poetry books for review (check site for reading periods)

The Danforth Review (next reading period: November, 2006)
Absinthe Literary Review (next reading period, January 2007)
Boxcar Poetry Review (First books only. Query for instructions on submitting a review copy)