Once again, the Sunday New York Times has failed me, because another week has gone by where the book reviews failed to review a single book of poetry.

The NYT, in this respect, is the master of the tokenism. But the tokens are getting more tenuous. This Sunday last, for example, they review a posthumous novel by the New York Poet Jim Carroll. Even worse, they reviewer admitted that the novel was not terribly good and suggested a reader would be better off reading some of his excellent poetry. Which begs the question, why not just review some poetry?

This Sunday last, they also did their yearly “Best of” for 2010. The best books – the best fiction and the best non-fiction. But no room for a top ten list of poetry.

This year saw the publication of The Collected Works of Larry Eigner, the stunning Nox by Ann Carson, and Terrance Hayes’ Lighthead. But apparently, none of these, nor any other books of poetry were worth mentioning.

New York Time – you suck.