Charles Bukowski Black Sparrow Press ($16) by Mark Terrill It's astonishing just how many people, when they hear the name Bukowski, are ready to dismiss

Alpay Ulku BOA Editions ($12.50) by Camille-Yvette Welsch Born in Turkey, raised in Canada, educated in both America and England, Alpay Ulku roams the borders

Barry Wallenstein Ridgeway Press ($12.50) by Stephanie Rauschenbusch Sly, wry, ironic, pitch-perfect for off-rhymes, these new poems in Barry Wallenstein's fifth book play with and

Tom Devaney Banshee Press ($10) by Joanna Furhman Tom Devaney's first book of poems, The American Pragmatist Fell in Love, serves as an antidote to the

Kimberly Lyons Granary Books ($12) by Mark Wallace This enigmatic book of poems, quiet yet intense, draws on an intriguing range of influences to explore

Tom Sleigh University of Chicago Press ($12) by Jeffrey Shotts The Dreamhouse of the title of Tom Sleigh's fourth and latest collection of poems is

Cid Corman New Directions ($13.95) by Darrin Daniel Poetry becomes that conversation we could not otherwise have. Cid Corman's latest book, comprised of poems from

Dana Levin American Poetry Review ($14) by Melanie Figg Dana Levin's first poetry collection and winner of the 1999 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, In the Surgical

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