COUSIN REDWOOD:
Dead
-------and still
standing.
— JD Whitney, All My Relations
(Many Voices Press)
Nothing like a Sunday morning with Roberto Bolano, hangover and all. Start anywhere, he's ready for you. I was intrigued by the last story first: "Meeting With Enrique Lihn". You will, too.
Robert Bolano, The Return
(New Directions)
Then, there's nothing like reading aloud the snap and crackle of "Three-Ten To Yuma", as alive and full as the original film (skip the remake), read in what seems a matter of moments. This is the cheesy book club edition. A bang-up copy for the saddlebag.
Elmore Leonard, The Complete Western Stories
(Morrow)
Heading into the whole summer with Nathaniel Mackey's three in one volume cries to the 'Angel of Dust'. Now if I could only hook up with the Crossroads Choir.
Nathaniel Mackey, From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate
(New Directions)
