I Like What You Like

Every year since 2003, Steve Evans asks poets from all walks of post-avant poetry life to contribute a list of their favorite books of the year. The project, called Attention Span, is like a snapshot of current trends and interests. The books mentioned range from poetry to philosophy to fiction and beyond, but most poets choose to limit their lists to recent poetry. Evans furthermore creates overviews of the most frequently mentioned titles and the most frequently mentioned publishers. It’s a fun browsing experience—our answer to the year-end movie and music lists. This year’s contributors are:

Elizabeth Treadwell, Bill Berkson, Patrick F. Durgin, Meredith Quartermain, Joshua Edwards, John Palattella, Daniel Bouchard, G.C. Waldrep, Peter Quartermain, Pam Brown, Dan Beachy-Quick, Jordan Stempleman, Patrick Pritchett, Andrew Schelling, Megan London, Keith Tuma, Stephen Collis, Allyssa Wolf, Craig Dworkin, John Sakkis, Erín Moure, Robert Stanton, Vanessa Place, Susan Holbrook, Michael Scharf, David Dowker, Philip Metres, Rodney Koeneke, Cathy Wagner, Pattie McCarthy, Tara Betts, Barbara Jane Reyes, Eric Baus, Suzanne Stein, Benjamin Friedlander, Paul Stephens, Sarah Riggs, Kevin Killian, C.E. Putnam, James Wagner, Tim Conley, Michael Hennessey, Marcella Durand, Joel Bettridge, Nada Gordon, Thomas Devaney, Harold Abramowitz, Matvei Yankelevich, Jennifer Scappettone, Julie Carr, Anselm Berrigan, Dana Ward, Brent Cunningham, Kit Robinson, Susana Gardner, and Steve Evans.