[Janice D. Soderling]

Thanks everyone. Very interesting. FWIW I've found that by buying secondhand over the net one can get some wonderful books by wonderful poets for 65 cents plus postage or thereabouts. The libraries are being shut down you know, and their books are going for a song. And sometimes the so-called secondhand books are brand-new.

Also from my local library I've acquired a large number of international poets in translation for about the same price without postage. They don't have room for books that no one checks out, so they sell them off after a year of no activity. Needless to say, I'm in pig heaven when I come home with ten new books of poetry for ten dollars or less. I get access to many international poets I wouldn't otherwise be able to afford, and even buy English writers in translation sometimes. It is interesting to see how the translation compares with the original. I learn a lot that way.

John, I agree about James Fenton. He is marvelous. I recently bought his Title correction: Yellow Tulips : Poems 1968-2011. It is very good. I discovered his work via an essay. And I just ordered (new) the collected works of Stanley Kunitz (thanks to Wells mentioning him). I've always loved his writing and found a hardcover Collected at a reasonable price. An early Christmas present. Or something.

Thanks again, all. The door is still open, if anyone else cares to share.