[Joseph Bottum]

The new issue of First Things just reached my desk and should be on newsstands shortly. Eight poets in this issue, picked by Paul Lake, including a slew of Eratospherians. The list is:

Maryann Corbett, "Prophesying to the Breath"
Mark Jarman, "Drinking Stars"
Timothy Murphy, "Wisdom 13:5-9"
Frederick Turner, "Missing Mass"
Robert B. Shaw, "The Better Part of Valor"
Samuel Menashe, "Safekeeping"
Joseph S. Salemi, "Charity's Gift"
R.S. Gwynn, "American Crust"

A great selection by Paul.

JB

[Maryann Corbett]

Thanks for this announcement, Jody.

I hope I'm allowed to say I'm just blown away to be on this list, and I can't wait to get my copy.

Maryann

[David Landrum]

I used to subscribe to First Things but then got tired of the heavy religous rap all the time. This will be an occasion to buy a single issue.

Congratulations to everyone. They do publish high quality poetry--as the list of those being published amply illustrates.

dwl

[John Hutchcraft]

Maryann, you absolutely belong in the company of Murphy, Gwynn, Jarman, and Menashe (to limit myself to those poets whose work I know and admire). Congrats to you, to them, and to First Things.

[Tim Murphy]

I send work to publications based on the company I know I'll be keeping. But even by First Things' standards, this is an exceptional list, and a lot of poems. Maryann is a natural for FT, and so is Rose, who will be joining our merry band very soon.

[Rose Kelleher]

Congrats all around - sounds like a good issue.

[Paul Lake]

Heck, I'm impressed by this bonanza of poems myself. This issue of First Things is practically a poetry magazine!

[Tim Murphy]

I just got my copy of First Things, and it has an extraordinarily good selection of eight poems. Congratulations to Paul and Jody. Herding cats?