Poetic Power Rankings

On the bubble: Eric Baus [Any enemy of Houlihan must have a lot going on...reads tonight at Zinc.]

x. Elizabeth Marie Young [Makes splash in The Poker. Josh Corey calls poems "sizzlingly strange." Curiosity piqued.]
9. Jessica Smith [Current queen of the comment fields. Starts new press. Causes blog-suitor riot with appearance at #1 on the crush list.]
8. Stephanie Young [Tougher Disguises book *sold out* at spdbooks.org. That's hot.]
7. Joshua Clover [smart review of Reznikoff in New York Times Book Review 1/22. UCal book to follow. No mention of Neo in forever.]
6. CAConrad [His "Neglectorinos" blog meme best thing since sliced bread. Soft Skull book to come.]
5. Kaia Sand [Zinc reading last Sunday still buzzing in the ears.]
4. Jordan Davis [BPC & the Church in the same Wednesday night. That's big.]
3. Billy Collins [Revealed as the Secret Editor of the BAM 2006. Working on killer mullet hairpiece.]
2. Tao Lin [wins first ever December Prize from Action Books, immediately starts getting creepy comments on his weblog. Also has a novel. Also might be Spiderman.]
1. Ange Mlinko [Starred Wire has mad cross-over appeal: wins the hearts of anonymous blog comment losers, Ashbery, Holman, you, me, the mailman...]