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2008 Shortlist

International Shortlist

John Ashbery

Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems

HarperCollins/Ecco
USA Winner
Elaine Equi

Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems

Coffee House Press
USA
Clayton Eshleman

The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition

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

Selected Poems: 1969–2005

Faber & Faber
UK

Canadian Shortlist

Robin Blaser

Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser

University of California Press
Winner
Robert Majzels and Erín Moure

Notebook of Roses and Civilization

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

Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems

Insomniac Press
Canada