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Poetry


2008 Holiday Catalog

Poetry

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New Arrivals

  1. New Collected Poems with CD (Audio)
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  2. Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey
    $16.95 Hardcover add to wishlist
  3. Bucolics
    $14.00 Trade Paper add to wishlist

    Bucolics

    Maurice Manning
  4. John Donne: The Reformed Soul
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  5. Abstraktion Und Einfuhlung
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    Abstraktion Und Einfuhlung

    Percival Everett
  6. Oblivio Gate (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
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  7. The Mad Farmer Poems
    $25.00 Hardcover add to wishlist

    The Mad Farmer Poems

    Wendell Berry
  8. My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge
    $23.95 Hardcover add to wishlist
  9. Biogeography
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    Biogeography

    Sandra Meek
  10. Stranger's Notebook: Poems
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  11. The Romantic Dogs: 1980-1998
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  12. Eavan Boland: A Critical Companion
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A to Z

Ballistics: Poems
by Billy Collins
Powells.com Staff Pick
In poem after poem, Collins's trademark honesty, insight, and playfulness shine through. Recommended by Tessa, Powells.com... (read more)
List Price $24.00
Your Price $16.80
Sale - Hardcover

Sale Books

Love is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977 Love is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977
by Charles Bukowski
Synopsis
Poems rising from and returning to Bukowski's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back.... (read more)
Your Price $9.80
(Sale - Trade Paper)

Used Books

The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder
by Ginsberg And Snyder
Publisher Comments
One of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Ginsberg introduced Snyder to the East Coast Beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, while Snyder himself became the model for the serious... (read more)
Your Price $25.00
(Used - Hardcover)

Featured Titles

The Niagara River (Grove Press Poetry Series)
by Kay Ryan
Publisher Comments
Bafflingly effective, this new collection of poetry from the winner of the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize seems too brief and blithe to pack so much wallop. Intense and relaxed, buoyant and rueful, the singular music of Kay Ryan's poetry appeals to a wide... (read more)
Your Price $14.00
New - Trade Paper

Anthologies

Japanese Death Poems
by Yoel Hoffman
Publisher Comments
Although the consciousness of death is in most cultures very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing jisei, or the "death poem" written in... (read more)
Your Price $7.98
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African American

Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (94 Edition)
by Maya Angelou
Publisher Comments
For the first time, the complete collection of Maya Angelou's published poems-including "On the Pulse of Morning"-in a permanent collectible, handsome hardcover edition.... (read more)
List Price $25.95
Your Price $14.00
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Haiku and Tanka

Haiku
by David Cobb
Publisher Comments
ganjitsu ya kino ni toki asaborake The dawn of New Year's Day-- yesterday how far off! Ichiku In Japan, the natural scene and the details of human life are the common focus of the haiku poet and many artists. The inspiration of this book is to bring them... (read more)
Your Price $9.98
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Signed Editions

Kindle Signed
by Paulann Petersen
Synopsis
"This rich collection will help readers orient themselves in this volatile world while also giving them the pleasures of savoring a deft and vibrant exploration of language." from the Introduction by Vern... (read more)
Your Price $14.00
New - Trade Paper

Criticism and Discussion

Why Poetry Matters (Why X Matters)
by Jay Parini
Publisher Comments
Poetry doesn’t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the... (read more)
Your Price $24.00
New - Hardcover

Locked Case

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
by Websters
Publisher Comments
Webster's Third New International Dictionary is a landmark in lexicography, one that sets the standard for scholarship and excellence. Its unsurpassed quality and reliability reflects 150 years of accumulated scholarship and makes this the premier... (read more)
Your Price $129.00
New - Hardcover

A to Z

Letter to My Daughter
by Maya Angelou
Publisher Comments
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path... (read more)
List Price $25.00
Your Price $17.50
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The Gift
by Hafiz And Ladinsky
Publisher Comments
More than any other Persian poet, it is perhaps Hafiz who accesses the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. With this collection of 250 of Hafiz's most intimate poems, Daniel Ladinsky has succeeded in capturing the essence of one of Islam's greatest... (read more)
Your Price $10.95
Used - Trade Paper

Bestsellers

Thursday December 4, 2008
Ballistics
  1. Ballistics
    by Billy Collins
  2. Letter to My Daughter
    by Maya Angelou
  3. The Gift
    by Hafiz
  4. All-American Poem (Apr Honickman 1st Book Award)
    by Matthew Dickman
  5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    by Maya Angelou
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