Book of the Week #13

Under the Legislature of Stars: 62 New Hampshire Poets. Rick Agran, Hildred Crill, Mark DeCarteret, editors. (Oyster River Press, 1999)

Since National Poetry Month begins this week, a collection of poems by Granite State poets seemed an obvious choice for this week's book. From a review in UNH Magazine: "It would be impossible and beside the point to draw wide-sweeping conclusions or make generalizations about what it is to be a poet and live in New Hampshire, or to be New Hampshire and live in poetry. It is enough to say that the book contains remedies for anything that might ail you ..."