Among the Erratics (on Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser; The Morning of the Red Admirals by Robert Dana; From the Meadow: Selected and New Poems by Peter Everwine; Tristimania by Mary Ruefle; The Orchard by Brigit Pegeen Kelly; Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems by Lola Haskins; Invisible Bride by Tony Tost; & Goldbeater’s Skin by G. C. Waldrep)
Old New Critics (on Speaking of Beauty by Denis Donoghue; Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry by Anthony Hecht; & To Sound Like Yourself: Essays on Poetry by W. D. Snodgrass)