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Alphabet
by Inger Christensen
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My engagement with Danish poet Inger Christensen's work was pretty limited prior to her death last year — I liked the few poems I'd read and had the recurrent recognition that I'd do well to read more. Then I encountered her 1981 work Alphabet... (read more)

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Poems and Prose (Penguin Classics)
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Staff Pick
The poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, grand purveyor of sprung rhythm (a complex poetic rhythm based on the patterns of speech natural to Welsh and Old English), are poems that beg to be read aloud. Strange diction, fervent sound-play, and an inimitable... (read more)

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by Robert Hass and Stephen Mitchell
Staff Pick
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Selected Poems
by William Carlos Williams
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Lichtenberg Figures
by Ben Lerner
Staff Pick
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Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems
by Robinson Jeffers
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by Patricia Hampl
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The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands
by Nick Flynn
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After spending time in Turkey interviewing former Abu Ghraib detainees, it is clear the experiences there had a profound and lasting effect not only on Nick Flynn himself but also upon his writing. As was the case in his memoir, The Ticking Is the Bomb,... (read more)

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Figures for a Darkroom Voice
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Outlaw: The Collected Works of Miguel Pinero
by Miguel Pinero
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Twenty-two years after his death, the collected writings of the great Miguel Piñero are finally back in print. Best known for his award-winning play Short Eyes, the influential Nuyorican poet, playwright, and actor had a short yet remarkable life... (read more)

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Louise in Love (01 Edition)
by Mary Jo Bang
Staff Pick
"Mary Jo Bang (her name, perfect for a poet, must be envied) won the prestigious 1996 Bread Loaf Bakeless Literary prize for Apology for Want, her previous book of poems. Louise in Love employs the same elegant, intelligent language and extends it... (read more)

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