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Best Reads, 2010 (Translation, Anthology, Poetry, etc.)

Posted: Friday, December 31, 2010 in Best Books, Fiction, Highly Recommended, Poems, Prose Poems, Recommended
Tags: Alice Notley, Arthur Rimbaud, Donald Revell, Donald Westlake, Ellis Amburn, Evan Lavendar-Smith, Flash fiction, Jack Kerouac, Julian Barnes, Mark Doty, Maxine Chernoff., poetry

These are the best books Bat Terrier read this year. (Disclosure: no books by friends on this list.)

Translation

The Illuminations, Arthur Rimbaud, as translated by Donald Revell

Anthologies

Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories, James Thomas, ed.

Autobiography

Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac, Ellis Amburn

Nonfiction

Mystery/Thriller

The Ax, Donald Westlake

Poetry

Evolution of the Bridge, Maxine Chernoff
From Old Notebooks, Evan Lavendar-Smith
Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005, Alice Notley

Best Reads: 2010 So Far

Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 in Best Books, Classical Music, Drama, Dylan, Hybrid Literature, Jazz, Meaning, Poems, Prose Poems
Tags: Alex Ross, Evan Lavendar-Smith, Gertrude Stein, Jonathon Cott, Julian Barnes, logtherapy, Maxine Chernoff. Victor Frankl, poetry

These are the best books Bat Terrier has read this year. Of course, the year isn’t done, and this list might change. But so far, these books all look like contenduhs.

Click for reviews etc.

(Full disclosure: No books by friends listed here.)

Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes
The Evolution of the Bridge, Maxine Chernoff
Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews, ed. Jonathon Cott
From Old Notebooks, Evan Lavendar-Smith
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Alex Ross
The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, Gertrude Stein

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