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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) |