Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.
Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.
Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English is a book by “Dr. Goodword (Robert Beard)” that claims to – you guessed it – tell you the 100 most ravishing words in the English language:
Moreover, the list is provided to us. Poets, break out your pencils. Let the loveliness wash through you.
***
UPDATE: “Pyrrhic” makes the list – and the iamb? Left out in the cold. Where is justice?
Some very interesting-looking books on James Mustich’s best of 2009 list, including Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist, which I’m told has some charming meditations on poets and poetry. Amazon does Saturday delivery now, you know. And really, why buy presents for other people when you can buy books for yourself?
It’s been a long week here, kids.