Myristicaceae Myristicaceae The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, "Myristica fragrans", the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are "Myristica" in Asia and "Virola" in the Neotropics. The family consists of about 21 genera with about 520 species of trees, shrubs and rarely lianas ("Pycnanthus") found in tropical forests across the world. Most of the species are large trees that are valued in the timber industry. They
From the Other Side of the Century From the Other Side of the Century From the Other Side of the Century: "A New American Poetry, 1960-1990" is a poetry anthology published in 1994. It was edited by American poet and publisher Douglas Messerli – under his own imprint Sun and Moon Press – and includes poets from both the U.S. and Canada. It joined two other collections which appeared at that time: Paul Hoover's "Postmodern American Poetry" (Norton, 1994) and Eliot Weinberger's "American Poetry Since 1950" (Marsilio, 1993). All three perhaps seeking to be for that time what Donald Allen's The New American Poetry (Grove Press, 1960)