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Poetry



Poetry

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    The Strange House Testifies

    Ruth Irupe Sanabria
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    Eavan Boland
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    The Bell Jar (P.S.)

    Sylvia Plath

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The Bride of E: Poems
The Bride of E: Poems
by Mary Jo Bang
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Poems by the author of Elegy, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry The goblet mouth on the table speaks To your thirst, saying, Longing, your longing, is infinite. -from H Is Here Is a Song, Now Sing In her sixth collection, The... (read more)

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Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds
by Billy Collins
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Poet laureate Billy Collins joins David Sibley, world-renowned author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds, to celebrate the singular muse that has inspired so much poetry since the invention of the form. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert... (read more)

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Duino Elegies & the Sonnets to Orpheus (Vintage International)
Duino Elegies & the Sonnets to Orpheus (Vintage International)
by Rainer Maria Rilke and Stephen Mitchell
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Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke's two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century's most significant and compelling poet of romantic... (read more)

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    Painter of Songs

    Louise Carmack
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    Inside You and Far

    Eduardo Alexa Pinto
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    Do the Math

    Emily Galvin

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Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
by Daniel Ladinsky
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In this transcendent collection, Daniel Ladinsky-best known for his gifted and best-selling translations of the great Sufi poet Hafiz-brings together the timeless work of twelve of the world's finest spiritual writers, six from the East and six from the... (read more)

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Dearest Creature
Dearest Creature
by Amy Gerstler
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A surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a... (read more)

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Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds
by Billy Collins
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Poet laureate Billy Collins joins David Sibley, world-renowned author and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds, to celebrate the singular muse that has inspired so much poetry since the invention of the form. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert... (read more)

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Bird Eating Bird (National Poetry Series Books)
Bird Eating Bird (National Poetry Series Books)
by Kristin Naca
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The 2008 National Poetry Series MTVU Prize Selected by Yusef... (read more)

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The World's Wife: Poems
The World's Wife: Poems
by Carol Ann Duffy
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Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me, stray from home. So better by far for me if you were stone. --from "Medusa" Stunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau... (read more)

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The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present
The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present
by Peter Constantine
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This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry-more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy, from the romances, hymns, and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative... (read more)

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The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
by Wallace Stevens
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A collection that all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career. Edited by Holly Stevens, it includes some poems not printed in his earlier Collected Works.... (read more)

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Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990
Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990
by Eavan Boland
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'Eavan is a marvelous poet, and Outside History is the best possible introduction to her work. Love and anxiety, memories and mysteries-she's woven them all into a rich verse fabric, thrown like a flowered shawl over her shoulders as she stands out under... (read more)

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Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds
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    by Billy Collins
  2. Lit: A Memoir
    by Mary Karr
  3. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
    by Emily Dickinson
  4. All the World
    by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
  5. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
    by Pablo Neruda

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Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Contributors, Book to Film, Poetry | Today, 1:32pm

Chris Faatz: IMG 'Tis the Season for Poetry



Well, it's that time of year again. Let's see if I can recommend a few books to make your shopping easier... First of all, let me bring to your... Continue »
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    Beautiful Soon Enough

    Margo Berdeshevsky
Small Press, Interviews | December 9, 2009

Chris Faatz: IMG Interview with Joseph Bednarik of Copper Canyon Press



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    The Shadow of Sirius

    W. S. Merwin
Review-a-Day | October 16, 2009

Congenial Disorder: Why Should We Look for Comfort in Poetry?



Why Poetry Matters (Why X Matters) by Jay Parini Reviewed by Denis Donoghue Harper's Magazine If you were to write a book called Why Poetry Matters,... Continue »
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    Why Poetry Matters

    Jay Parini
Review-a-Day | October 10, 2009

Motet for Seven Voices



7 Poets, 4 Days, 1 Book by Marvin Bell Reviewed by Kelly Lenox Powells.com In October 2007, an international group of poets -- Istvan Laszlo Geher... Continue »
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    Seven Poets, Four Days, One Book

    Christopher Merrill
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