Translation. Discovered Swir's work through an anthology edited by Milosz. Her short, lyric poems are emotionally intense, spiritually revealing and unpretentious. 5 stars.

His precision is something any writer can learn from--pungent language. Influenced by Basil Bunting. Urban quality, sensuous yet refined. Short, crystalline lyrics. No 'garden' poems.

My favorite Gluck collection. Emotionally raw yet restrained. Uses 'simple' language in fresh ways, context and progression very important in this book. Can be read like a novel.

Tight lyrics with wonderful music. Authentic eccentricity to the poems. Her fragments are like psychic aphorisms. Also a sense of humor and wit.

Edgy, street poetry that's right on the margin. Honestly, I think most of her poems fail. But she takes that risk where other poets won't or can't because they're so academically stuffy and sheltered.

Discovered Brown's work in the APR. She's a light, humorous poet. A good contrast to all the "oh-im-so-serious-and -poetic" Very human, inquisitive, laid-back, yet interesting poems.

Sexy, yet evenly handed and mature. Autobiographical poems with resonance. Excellent first book.

Well crafted poems, yet risky subject matter.

Translations. Excellent poems, diverse subjects, & formal approach. Yi Sang is experimental, Hahm Dong-seon traditional, and Choi Young-mi autobiographical. I can't find Young-mi's work anywhere else.

Wonderfully crafted poems, yet he really pushes the margin on sexual taboo.

Essays on poetry from a post-modern Buddhist sensibility.

She uses humor to attack serious subjects, neglected subjects, subjects thought "unpoetic" or unapproachable. A welcoming voice that lacks pretension.

Black Mountain poet. Connecting thread between beats, hippies, and post-moderns. Abstract. Spare. Compelling. Precise.