Sandhills Press has put out a collection of essays on Nebraskan poets called On Common Ground: The Poetry of William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Greg Kuzma, and Don Welch, which offers background and critical insight into a group of neglected writers.

Dana Gioia's Can Poetry Matter? is a collection of essays which offers critiques on the state of contemporary poetry in America as well as reviews of some modern poets such as Weldon Kees, Robinson Jeffers, and Ted Kooser. This is an uneven collection, but the title essay is well worth reading, as it tackles issues immediately relevant to today's poetry, as well as poetry of the past. Gioia's essay on Kooser is the most substantive evaluation of Kooser's work to date.

The Poetry of Business Life: An Anthology, contains poetry from seventy poets who also work in the business world...