An even hazier definition of pastoral than mine links the books in this rare poetry review in the NYTBR by Steve Burt. Some good poets, though. I've been a fan of Doug Powell's for a while now and he deserves all the attention he gets. I'm also happy to learn about John Taggart's book.

What am I still doing up? A long Sunday's nap was the culprit. Nice weekend, though. It hardly rained at all.