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The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
by Andrew (edt) Jewell
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This first publication of the letters of one of America’s most consistently admired writers is both an exciting and a significant literary event. Willa Cather, wanting to be judged on her work alone, clearly forbade the publication of her letters... (read more)

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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
by Mahmoud Darwish
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"These translations of Mahmoud Darwish's marvelous poems reveal the lifelong development of a major world poet. The book is a gift to other poets and lovers of poetry. It's also an important contribution to current and future discourse on culture and... (read more)

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We Learn Nothing: Essays
We Learn Nothing: Essays
by Tim Kreider
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In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesnt change you? Why do... (read more)

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The Letters of William Gaddis (American Literature)
The Letters of William Gaddis (American Literature)
by Steven (edt) Moore
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Now recognized as one of the giants of postwar American fiction, William Gaddis (1922-98), author of The Recognitions and J R, shunned the spotlight during his life, which makes this collection of his letters a revelation: an intimate look at one of the... (read more)

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English-Language Poetry from Wales, 1789-1806 (Wales and the French Revolution)
English-Language Poetry from Wales, 1789-1806 (Wales and the French Revolution)
by Elizabeth Edwards
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This anthology presents a selection of poetry from Wales written in English in the years following the French Revolution of 1789. Arranged chronologically, it brings together a wide selection of little-known texts, some of which are published here for... (read more)

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Literary Pasadena: The Fiction Edition
Literary Pasadena: The Fiction Edition
by Patricia O'sullivan
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The historic, handsome city in the shadow of Los Angeles has been a creative hotbed since the Arroyo Arts and Crafts scene of the early twentieth century. This literary journal gathers short fiction by such Pasadena-area writers as Michelle Huneven... (read more)

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Red Spectres: Russian Gothic Tales from the Twentieth Century
Red Spectres: Russian Gothic Tales from the Twentieth Century
by Muireann Maguire
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In the first decades of the twentieth century, gothic fiction flourished in Russia, despite official efforts to stamp it out. Yet few of these stories have been translated or published outside Russia. This rare collection includes eleven vintage tales by... (read more)

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Alive at the Center: Contemporary Poems from the Pacific Northwest (Pacific Poetry Project)
Alive at the Center: Contemporary Poems from the Pacific Northwest (Pacific Poetry Project)
by Bonnie Nish
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The Pacific Northwest’s vast and varied contemporary poetry scene is on display in Alive at the Center, a community-based anthology drawing from Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. A collection of more than 200 poems from a wide spectrum of poets,... (read more)

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Selected Translations
Selected Translations
by W. S. (com) Merwin
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"Mr. Merwin is an undisputed master."—The New York Times "Merwin writes that the act of translation is 'plainly impossible and nevertheless indispensable.' We can be grateful that he feels compelled to master the impossible. . . . And that gift... (read more)

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Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now available in a beautiful hardcover Penguin edition At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on... (read more)

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Two American Scenes
Two American Scenes
by Lydia Davis
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Part of our revived "Poetry Pamphlet" series, Two American Scenes features two masters of the essay discussing "found material."... (read more)

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Poems for All the Annettes (List)
Poems for All the Annettes (List)
by Al Purdy
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Originally published by Contact Press in 1962, then later by House of Anansi in 1967, and again in a revised, expanded edition in 1972, Poems for All the Annettes stands as one of the essential documents of the great Al Purdys career. So many beloved... (read more)

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The Golden Book of Bovinities
The Golden Book of Bovinities
by Robert Moore
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If cows could talk, what would they say? This book represents the collective wisdom of centuries of bovine self-awareness. On its surface, Robert Moores fourth collection is a running ledger of aphorisms, maxims, and injunctions that lay bare the mystery... (read more)

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American Short Story Masterpieces
American Short Story Masterpieces
by Clarence C. Strowbridge
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An affordable compilation of more than a dozen of the best American short stories features tales by Hawthorne, Twain, James, Cheever, Wharton, and Cather. Contents include "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The... (read more)

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All Souls'
All Souls'
by Rhea Tregebov
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Bluesy, opinionated, sly, self-chastising, and tender, Rhea Tregebovs first collection since 2004 commands a range of tones wider and bolder than anything in her previous books. Inspired by crises both personal (divorce, adult children, aging parents... (read more)

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Of Woodland Pools, Spring-Holes and Ditches: Excerpts from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau
Of Woodland Pools, Spring-Holes and Ditches: Excerpts from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau
by Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau has long been revered for his writings and observations on the natural world. His words evoke his environment with stunning clarity as well as his own innate sense of wonder. His journal, from which the text of Of Woodland Pools... (read more)

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White Piano
White Piano
by Nicole Brossard
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"White Piano holds an acute sense of what poetry is, its danger. . . . Brossard knows well that 'life is only good for living' and that living is incarnated in the material of language, that sounds, those carriers of sense, can propel it in front of the... (read more)

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Water Chasing Water
Water Chasing Water
by Koon Woon
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Described by Bob Holman as Li Po in drag, the voice of New America, Koon Woon exploded onto the poetry scene in the late 1990s. Largely self-taught, and struggling with both mental illness and homelessness, Seattle-based Woon wrote about the back alleys... (read more)

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The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth
by Jacqueline Turner
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A poetic guide for Armageddon, this poetry collection moves through technological disasters, environmental nightmares, and broken relationships to find love cast away at the end of days. The urban settings are counterbalanced with the idea of escape... (read more)

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Lawren Harris: Contrasts: In the Ward - A Book of Poetry and Paintings (Exile Classics)
Lawren Harris: Contrasts: In the Ward - A Book of Poetry and Paintings (Exile Classics)
by Lawren Harris
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Presented for the first time in this beautiful, genre-crossing collection is Lawren Harriss original book of poems and 16 color images of the artists early urban painting. In 1922, while the Group of Seven was emerging as a national phenomenon, Harris... (read more)

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