10.17.2007
List of Poetry Books Obsessed with or Organized around the Alphabet
[Criteria found here.]
Alphabetically (of course):
Additionally, some individual poems published in journals, but either from collections not yet published (as far as I can tell) or from published collections that, as a whole, are not obsessed with the alphabet:
[Also, FYI: You can download an essay written by Matthea Harvey (originally published in American Poet, Spring 2006) about the modern abecedarius--hers included--by clicking here. It's titled: “Don Dada On The Down Low Getting Godly In His Game: Between and Beyond Play and Prayer in the Abecedarius.” It's worth the download for the abecedarian cartoon at the end alone, although "Inbred Hillbillies" for the "I" is, well, let's just say, "Insensitive" and "Insulting" not to mention a few other choice words that start with other letters.]
[Thanks to Doug Cox for the suggestions so far.]
[Add to these lists in the comments, or email me with additions: sarapennington --at-- gmail --dot-- com.]
Alphabetically (of course):
Inger Christensen (trans. Susanna Nied), alphabet
Karl Elder, Mead: Twenty-six Abecedariums
Angie Estes, Voice-Over
Kathy Fagan, MOVING & ST RAGE (in part)
Carolyn Forché, Blue Hour
Barbara Hamby, Alphabet of Desire
Barbara Hamby, Babel
Matthea Harvey, Modern Life
John McKernan, Resurrection of the Dust
James Merrill, The Changing Light at Sandover
Harryette Mullen, Sleeping with the Dictionary
Robert Pinsky, Jersey Rain
Additionally, some individual poems published in journals, but either from collections not yet published (as far as I can tell) or from published collections that, as a whole, are not obsessed with the alphabet:
Mary Moore, "Door" in Poetry May 1994, and "Fontanel" in Poetry December 1993, both from the manuscript Dada Alphabet of Desire
Jennifer Perrine, "Coveting, with Pronunciation Guide" (originally published in Poems & Plays 11) from The Body is No Machine
[Also, FYI: You can download an essay written by Matthea Harvey (originally published in American Poet, Spring 2006) about the modern abecedarius--hers included--by clicking here. It's titled: “Don Dada On The Down Low Getting Godly In His Game: Between and Beyond Play and Prayer in the Abecedarius.” It's worth the download for the abecedarian cartoon at the end alone, although "Inbred Hillbillies" for the "I" is, well, let's just say, "Insensitive" and "Insulting" not to mention a few other choice words that start with other letters.]
[Thanks to Doug Cox for the suggestions so far.]
[Add to these lists in the comments, or email me with additions: sarapennington --at-- gmail --dot-- com.]
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