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2008 Shortlists

International Shortlist

John Ashbery, USA

Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems International Winner

HarperCollins/Ecco, USA
Elaine Equi, USA

Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems

Coffee House Press, USA
Clayton Eshleman, USA

The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition

translated from the Spanish written by
Cesar Vallejo, Peru
University of California Press, USA
David Harsent, UK

Selected Poems: 1969–2005

Faber & Faber, UK

Canadian Shortlist

Robin Blaser, USA

Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser Canadian Winner

University of California Press, USA
Robert Majzels and Erín Moure, Canada

Notebook of Roses and Civilization

translated from the French written by
Nicole Brossard, Canada
Coach House Books, Canada
David W. McFadden, Canada

Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems

Insomniac Press, Canada