Knopf, April 2022. Hardcover. In an illuminating collection of selected poems over thirty-five years, one of our most essential American poets casts a clear eye on our politics, our places, and our heart's hidden stories. D. Nurkse's immigrant parents met on a boat out of Europe in 1940; he was..... More
Ecco, April 2022. Hardcover. A bold, mesmerizing debut collection exploring womanhood, the body, mental illness, and what it means to move between cultures Renowned for her storytelling and spoken-word artistry, Ama Asantewa Diaka is also an exultant, fierce, and visceral poet whose work leaves a lasting impact. Touching on themes..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2022. Hardcover. A prophetic new collection of poems from Shane McCrae, "a shrewd composer of American stories (Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker) Writing you I give the death I take I know I should feel wounded by your death I write to you to make..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2022. Hardcover. Ange Mlinko alchemizes art and life into a dazzling collection of poetry in Venice In Venice, Ange Mlinko dissolves the boundaries between the sublime and the ordinary, the mythic and the rational, the past and the present. She sees a Roman tablet, scratched..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 2022. Hardcover. This central collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs--newly translated from the German by Joshua Weiner (with Linda B. Parshall)--reveals the visionary poet's remarkable power of creation and transformation So far out, in the open, cushioned in sleep. In flight..... More
New Directions, March 2022. Paper Back. By one of Greece's foremost contemporary poets, Cicada is Phoebe Giannisi's second collection in English. The cicada signifies metamorphosis in this breathtaking, lyrical book, which evokes the spirits of Archilochus, Plato, Empedocles, and Heraclitus. As the translator Brian Sneeden remarks: "The 'I' in Giannisi's..... More
Wake Forest University Press, March 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Clean and tight. Just a few turned page corners. Signed and dedicated on the title page. More
Beacon Press, April 2022. Hardcover. From the New York Times best-selling author of Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín's first collection of poetry explores sexuality, religion, and belonging through a modern lens Fans of Colm Tóibín's novels, including The Magician, The Master, and Nora Webster, will relish the opportunity to re-encounter Tóibín in..... More
Knopf, February 2022. Hardcover. From the widely acclaimed poet, novelist, critic, and scholar, a lucid and edifying exploration of the building blocks of poetry and how they've been used over the centuries to assemble the most imperishable poems - "Anyone wanting to learn how to remodel, restore, or build a...... More
Library of America, April 2022. Hardcover. An acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American tradition We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that..... More
New Directions, October 2009. Trade Paperback. Although admired by D. H. Lawrence, this modern classic went generally unnoticed during the years after its publication in 1925. Yet it is "a fundamental book, essential if one proposes to come to terms with American literature" (Times Literary Supplement). William Carlos Williams was..... More
Wave Books, January 2004. Soft Cover. Dara Wier's poems call to mind the philosophical comedy of Wallace Stevens and Wislawa Szymborska . . . [and] draw a reader away from a recognizable world into one in which women waltz with bears, houseflies chat with colonels, and the absence of sound..... More
Copper Canyon Press, February 2020. Hardcover. "By some literary magic--no, it's precision, and honesty--Brown manages to bestow upon even the most public of subjects the most intimate and personal stakes."--Craig Morgan Teicher, "I Reject Walls: NPR 2019 Poetry Preview" "A relentless dismantling of identity, a difficult jewel of a poem."--Rita..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, September 2021. Paper Back. One of America's most celebrated poets challenges us with this powerful and deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society while illuminating the depths of her own heart. For more than fifty years, Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and..... More
Harvard University Press, December 1963. Hardcover. Second printing. Jacket clipped an a bit edgeworn; spine titles somewhat smudged. More
Copper Canyon Press, April 2019. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award 100 Notable Books of the Year, The New York Times Book Review One Book, One Philadelphia Citywide Reading Program Selection, 2021 By some literary magic--no, it's precision, and..... More
Copper Canyon Press, September 2014. Paper Back. Honored as a Best Book of 2014 by Library Journal Honored as a Standout Book of 2014 by American Poet magazine Winnner of the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry Paterson Award for Literary Excellence, 2015 NPR.org writes: "In his second collection, The..... More
Beacon Press, March 2020. Paper Back. A timely and moving collection from the renowned inaugural poet on issues facing our country and people--immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more. Through an oracular yet intimate and accessible voice, Richard Blanco addresses the complexities and contradictions of our nationhood and the..... More
Knopf, March 2022. Hardcover. The timeless and timely intersect in poems about our unique historical moment, from the prizewinning poet. In Zoom Rooms, Mary Jo Salter considers the strangeness of our recent existence, together with the enduring constants in our lives. The title poem, a series of sonnet-sized Zoom meetings--a..... More
Modern Library, January 1924. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. {4 & 1/2' x 7'} In chipped, darkened, damp stained DJ. Front flap is not clipped. 408 Modern Library titles listed on verso of dustjacket. Grey cloth covered boards with green rectangles with tooled gold borders containing small gold lettering on spine and..... More
Penguin Press, April 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. An instant New York Times bestseller! The highly anticipated collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2021. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A haunting new book by a poet whose voice speaks of all our lifetimes Louise Glück's thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in the Wild Iris there is a chorus, but the speakers..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2021. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A haunting new book by a poet whose voice speaks of all our lifetimes Louise Glück's thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in the Wild Iris there is a chorus, but the speakers..... More
Sarabande Books, July 1997. Soft Cover. Waring has worked as a neo-natal intensive care nurse and as Writer-in-Residence at Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. Her first collection of poetry, Refuge, won the Associated Writing Program's Award for Poetry in 1989, the Washington Prize in 1991, and was cited..... More
