Vera, thanks for the news about getting good responses from Amazon by calling. I had not done so yet, not being optimistic about seeing results, but I think I will give it a try. I confess that because I have access to a very large and well-stocked university library, I read many poetry books from that collection. However, the University of Iowa Library does not tend to order formalist poetry, so I find that I have to buy many of the books that I most want to read, and most of those are also not carried in the local bookstores. I buy a large selection of books when I attend poetry conferences (such as West Chester and Poetry by the Sea), but still wind up getting some books through Amazon.
For poetry reviews, I am always disappointed by the short "I liked this" sort of review one often gets on Amazon. I always want to know why someone liked it and even to get some idea of the kind of poems that the collection contains. I am trying to write the sort of short but informative review that I want to read.
Susan
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