December 18th, 2009 / 7:00 pm
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Small Press Distribution’s Top-Selling Poetry of 2009

Thanks to John Sakkis for the heads up. Click here for the full list of SPD’s Top Selling Poetry of 2009, and click after the break for the Top 20.

1 FACE by Sherman Alexie (Hanging Loose Press)
2 BREAKING POEMS by Suheir Hammad (Cypher Books)
3 ZAATARDIVA by Suheir Hammad (Cypher Books)
4 THE MAN SUIT by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
5 CLAMPDOWN by Jennifer Moxley (Flood Editions)
6 THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE THE MOON SAYS I LOVE YOU by Frank Stanford (Lost Roads Publishers)
7 YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM by Tao Lin (Action Books)
8 RADI OS by Ronald Johnson (Flood Editions)
9 SCARY, NO SCARY by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean)
10 HUMANIMAL: A PROJECT FOR FUTURE CHILDREN by Bhanu Kapil (Kelsey Street Press)

11 THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING by Sherman Alexie (Hanging Loose)
12 FOUR LETTER WORDS by Truong Tran (Apogee Press)
13 THE LAST 4 THINGS by Kate Greenstreet (Ahsahta Press)
14 NIGHT SCENES by Lisa Jarnot (Flood Editions)
15 CASE SENSITIVE by Kate Greenstreet (Ahsahta Press)
16 LYRIC POSTMODERNISMS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY INNOVATIVE POETRIES edited by Reginald Shepherd (Counterpath Press)
17 FROM UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY by Craig Santos Perez (Tinfish Press)
18 TO AFTER THAT (TOAF) by Renee Gladman (Atelos)
19 FALLING ANGELS: CUENTOS Y POEMAS by Olga García Echeverría (Calaca Press/Chibcha Press)
20 PINK ELEPHANT by Rachel McKibbens (Cypher Books)

22 Comments

  1. December 18th, 2009 / 11:32 pm KevinS—

      Schomburg wins!

  2. December 18th, 2009 / 7:32 pm KevinS—

      Schomburg wins!

  3. December 18th, 2009 / 11:53 pm L.—

      How many did each sell?

  4. December 18th, 2009 / 7:53 pm L.—

      How many did each sell?

  5. December 19th, 2009 / 12:18 am audri—

      i ADORE truong tran. read truong tran else i will spit infectious disease in your coffee.
      violent today

  6. December 18th, 2009 / 8:18 pm audri—

      i ADORE truong tran. read truong tran else i will spit infectious disease in your coffee.
      violent today

  7. December 19th, 2009 / 12:24 am claybanes—

      Each book sold circa 10-20 thousand copies. Every copy sold was intact with no missing pages.

  8. December 18th, 2009 / 8:24 pm claybanes—

      Each book sold circa 10-20 thousand copies. Every copy sold was intact with no missing pages.

  9. December 19th, 2009 / 12:32 am john sakkis—

      vouch.

  10. December 18th, 2009 / 8:32 pm john sakkis—

      vouch.

  11. December 19th, 2009 / 1:31 am Sean Lovelace—

      You just had to get Tao Lin in here.

  12. December 18th, 2009 / 9:31 pm Sean Lovelace—

      You just had to get Tao Lin in here.

  13. December 18th, 2009 / 10:48 pm Sean—

      Oh, Schomburg is the best book, about by a factor of 4. So buy that one.

  14. December 19th, 2009 / 7:28 am Matt Cozart—

      so you’ve read all 20 then huh.

  15. December 19th, 2009 / 3:28 am Matt Cozart—

      so you’ve read all 20 then huh.

  16. December 19th, 2009 / 12:05 pm Todd Colby—

      Zounds!

  17. December 19th, 2009 / 8:05 am Todd Colby—

      Zounds!

  18. December 19th, 2009 / 10:37 am Sean—

      No, just Schomburg

  19. December 19th, 2009 / 3:37 pm mike young—

      hey it’s todd colby. your poetry is terrific, todd colby. hi hi.

  20. December 19th, 2009 / 11:37 am mike young—

      hey it’s todd colby. your poetry is terrific, todd colby. hi hi.

  21. December 21st, 2009 / 2:07 am Paul—

      everyone started wearing log cabins on their heads

  22. December 20th, 2009 / 10:07 pm Paul—

      everyone started wearing log cabins on their heads