The St. Louis Book Fair provides its wondrous bounty again this year:

“Arcadia” and “The Real Thing” by Tom Stoppard

“Collected Poems, 1953-1993” by John Updike

“The Wild Party” by Joseph Moncure March and illustrated by Art Spiegelman

Best American Poetry; ’89, ’92, ’97, ’15, ’16 and ’18

Best American Short Stories; ’86, ’87, 09, ’14, ’16, ’18 and ’20

And like 25 “Magic Tree House” books for my kids

Since I’m slowly amassing most of the Best American Short Stories collection (between 1986 and 2020 I’m missing four volumes), I saw several Best American Poetry books and thought I’d start a new quest.