ATTENTION SPAN 2008

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The fifty contributors to Attention Span 2008 referred to a total of 519 books, chapbooks, songs, films, magazines, websites, exhibits, and other cultural phenomena in their lists (the number increases significantly if titles embedded in comments are counted).

Below is a list of publishers mentioned more than once in the roundup, sorted by total number of mentions and including the number of different titles mentioned. Results from previous years can be consulted here. A key to contributor abbreviations is here.

Publisher
Mentions
Titles
Contributors
New Directions
20
12
DD, JP, SN, ML, JP, ML, DD, MK, KP, ML, GCW(2), MS, MQ(3), RD, BF, TC, LS
California
14
9
TD, SS, JP, RA, MK, JR, KSM, GWC, MS, BF, TC, EM, PQ, PP
Penguin
14
8
KR(2), DD, AW, KSM, SS, ET, EM, TO, JC, BF, MQ, GCW, JoWi
Edge
10
3
MB, DD, JC, DW, RS, RK, SZ, MS, DMB(2)
Coffee House
9
6
KT, KR, SS, KP, GCW, DMB, PP, RA, MD
Copper Canyon
8
7
RA, PM(2), JW, JL, TC, EM, JL
Omnidawn
8
5
KR, TO, KT, MK PP MD, GWC, PQ
Wesleyan
8
6
SN, JS, SS, LS, RS, MS, RK, SZ
Coach House
7
3
MT, JB, KP, MK, SA, SZ, TC
Combo
7
2
RS, SA, RA, RK, BF, KSM, PM
Iowa
7
2
KT, MB, PB, PP, SZ, TO(2)
Kenning
7
4
JS, SN, MB, RK, AR, SN, BrFl
Subpress
7
2
SA, DD, AW, SS, TO, JoWi, RK
Atelos
6
3
KSM, RA, ML, MK, SZ(2)
Chax
6
5
JR, KT, JB, MK, DD(2)
Roof
6
3
DW, PM, SA, MK, DD, RK
Flood
5
4
JP, JB(2), RA, KR
Oxford
5
5
RD, PQ, MQ(2), TO
Shearsman
5
3
ET, MK, JoWi, PP, JB
Ugly Duckling
5
5
RD, MB, PM, MT, TD
BlazeVox
4
4
GM, RD(2), BrFl
Counterpath
4
3
PP, MD, JS, MT
Knopf
4
4
JP(3), JR
Make Now
4
4
BrFl, SA, SZ(2)
MIT
4
4
JS, MT, ES(2)
New Star
4
2
JC, MS, BF, JL
Picador
4
2
SA, MK, KP, TO
Salt
4
3
BrFl, KP, PB, EM
Shoemaker & Hoard
4
1
JB, KR, BF, TC
Siglio
4
1
GM, RD, CEP
The Gig & New Writers' Press
4
1
JL, KT, MT, DD
Verso
4
4
JC, JR(2), KP
Barque
3
2
KT, JoWi, DMB
Critical Documents
3
2
KT(2), RS
Dalkey Archive
3
3
GSW, MS, PP
FSG
3
2
SS, AW, GM
Grove
3
3
ES, ML(2)
Krupskaya
3
2
BrFl, KR, JoWi
Lil Norton
3
2
BrFl, MB, SA
Mountaineers
3
3
JaWa(3)
National Poetry Foundation
3
2
MB, KR, RS
Nightboat
3
3
LS(2), GCW
O Books
3
2
SN, CEP, JL
Overlook
3
2
GM, GCW, PM
Random
3
3
TO, JB, JR
Talonbooks
3
2
MT, MQ, PQ
Wave
3
3
JP, PB, JL
Zasterle
3
3
KT, PM, MD
Action
2
2
ET, JW
Adventures in Poetry
2
1
KR, MB
Ahsahta
2
2
JW, SN
Alice James
2
2
TD, PP
Atticus Finch
2
2
JS, AR
Belknap
2
2
AW, DW
Belladonna
2
2
DW, TD
BookThug
2
2
PQ, EM
City Lights
2
2
ET, PP
Cuneiform
2
1
BrFl, SZ
Da Capo
2
2
CS(2)
Duke
2
2
SA, BrFl
Ecco
2
2
RS, PM
Fence
2
2
TD, JL
Futurepoem
2
1
KSM, SA
Grievous Pictures
2
1
TD, MS
Hanging Loose
2
2
TD, SS
Harcourt
2
2
MQ, ET
Harper
2
2
PB, ML
Harvard
2
2
KSM, SS
ingirumimusnocteetcomsumimurigni
2
2
JC, KSM
Interscope
2
1
JC, JoWi
Kelsey Street
2
2
ET, SZ
Leon Works
2
2
JC, MD
Les Figues
2
2
Sn, PB
Lyons
2
2
JaWa(2)
Metropolitan
2
1
RA, JC
Mitzvah
2
1
GM, BF
North Point
2
2
ES, MB
Palm
2
1
RK, TO
Pressed Wafer
2
2
RD, PP
Reality Street
2
2
DW, RD
Slack Buddha
2
2
RS, DW
Talisman
2
2
LS, ML
Tuumba
2
2
KSM, DW
tÿpøgrafika
2
2
AW, JL
Vintage
2
2
JR(2)