But a Storm Is Blowing From Paradise by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Begginng with packed, syntatctically jacked language, the poems pull the rader into understanding by the time the last poem has been read.  The ideas pull easily into images, to the point the book feels as if it has been illustrated.  The strength of the book is achieved in the moments of discussion and self relation which leads the reader to fully understand the issues the speaker continually discusses.

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

Upon reading a synopsis I assumed the book would follow the  "this is my dirt bag father>> I became a savior for the homeless>> I had to deal with my dirt bag father>> I am marvelous" format, and I could not be happier that this was not the case.  This book shows the beautiful horror of looking like where you come, when where you come from is your nightmare.  Per the afterward, the book is shaped as Moby-Dick, and I am still trying to decide who was the whale.

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

His discussion of place punches Willa Cather in the balls.  The strongest stories in the collection discuss how patriarchy passes down frightening mentalities, and caused me to question how I view myself, as person raised in a rural area.  The men described in the stories are so real, I want to touch them, if only to punch them in the face.