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One Today: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration
One Today: A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration
by Richard Blanco
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One Today is a commemorative chapbook of Richard Blanco’s inaugural poem, presented January 21, 2013 during President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony.... (read more)

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The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers: New Poems
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers: New Poems
by Alice Walker
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In this luminous collection of poems, Walker casts her eye on history, politics, and nature, as well as world figures. In tributes to such people as Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem, and the Dalai Lama, she reminds us of the urgency of our times and of our... (read more)

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Speaking Wiri Wiri
Speaking Wiri Wiri
by Dan Vera
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Winner of the inaugural Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize, Dan Vera’s Speaking Wiri Wiri is a wry and insightful meditation on the lost history of Latinos in the United States, a lyric guidebook for navigating the complex realities of the... (read more)

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Collected Poems
Collected Poems
by Robert Hayden
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Robert Hayden was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of work, collected in this definitive edition, including A Ballad of Remembrance, Words in the Mourning Time, The Night-Blooming Cereus,... (read more)

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New Collected Poems
New Collected Poems
by Wendell Berry
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In New Collected Poems, the poet revisits for the first time his immensely popular Collected Poems, which The New York Times Book Review described as “a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament and family... (read more)

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The Messenger (Iowa Poetry Prize)
The Messenger (Iowa Poetry Prize)
by Stephanie Pippin
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In thrilling poems of metamorphosis and birth, death and dissolution, Stephanie Pippin’s debut collection returns us to a world unshorn of wildness. Delivering accident and hunger, love and grief, nature in these poems is beautiful and brutal... (read more)

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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and Clive James’s new translation—decades in the making—presents Dante’s entire epic poem in a single song. While many poets and translators have attempted to capture the... (read more)

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American Reader #20: The Winged Seed: A Remembrance
American Reader #20: The Winged Seed: A Remembrance
by Li-young Lee
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"It has true spiritual importance for contemporary American literature."—Edward Hirsch Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Before... (read more)

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Diving Into the Wreck : Poems 1971-72 (13 Edition)
Diving Into the Wreck : Poems 1971-72 (13 Edition)
by Adrienne Rich
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"I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail." These provocative poems move with the power of Rich's distinctive voice.... (read more)

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Mezzanines
Mezzanines
by Matthew Olzmann
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Poetry. There is no place Matthew Olzmann doesn't visit in his poignant debut. From underwater to outer space, MEZZANINES is a contained universe, constantly shifting through multiple perceptions of the surreal and the real. A lyrical conversation with... (read more)

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The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977
The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977
by Adrienne Rich
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“The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman’s heart and mind in language for everybody—language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more... (read more)

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Metaphysical Dog: Poems
Metaphysical Dog: Poems
by Frank Bidart
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A vital, searching new collection from one of finest American poets at work today In “Those Nights,” Frank Bidart writes: “We who could get / somewhere through / words through / sex could not.” Words and sex, art and flesh... (read more)

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Grains of the Voice: Poems
Grains of the Voice: Poems
by Christina Pugh
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Christina Pughs Grains of the Voice exhibits a pervasive fascination with sound in all its manifestations. The hu­man voice, musical instruments, the sounds produced by the natural and man-made worlds—all serve at one time or another as... (read more)

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Obscenely Yours
Obscenely Yours
by Angelo Nikolopoulos
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Poetry. This fearless debut transcends the obscene with its self-conscious probing of sexual identity. Navigating each line with a tender awareness and a luminous honesty, Angelo Nikolopoulos exposes the complex worlds of forbidden desire and... (read more)

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Poemas de Amor y Locura/Poems Of Love And Madness: Traducciones Escogidas/Selected Translations
Poemas de Amor y Locura/Poems Of Love And Madness: Traducciones Escogidas/Selected Translations
by Carlos Reyes
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This stunning bilingual collection contains poems of passion, longing, and wonder by some of the greatest poets ever to write in the Spanish language, including Pablo Neruda, Josefina de la Torre, Gaston Baquero, Luis Cernuda, Jorge Carrera Andrade... (read more)

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The Cineaste
The Cineaste
by A. Van Jordan
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A. Van Jordan, an acclaimed American poet and the author of three previous volumes, “demonstrates poetry’s power to be at once intimate and wide-ranging” (Robert Pinsky, Washington Post Book World). In this penetrating new work he takes... (read more)

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All Sins Forgiven: Poems for My Parents
All Sins Forgiven: Poems for My Parents
by Charles Coe
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"Coe writes about his parents with warmth, insight, and grace . . . with celebration as well as regret. A collection that captures the tenderness and intimacy within the black family. His words construct a path from the innocence of childhood into the... (read more)

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The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders
The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders
by Jared (edt) Hawkley
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The Strangest of Theatres explores how poets who are willing to venture beyond our borders can serve as envoys to the wider world and revitalize American poetry in the process. What are they looking for when they leave? What do they find? How does their... (read more)

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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
by Christian Wiman
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A passionate meditation on the consolations and disappointments of religion and poetry. Christian Wiman, an award-winning poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, has had two constants in his life, two things that have defined him and given him... (read more)

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The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders
The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders
by Jared (edt) Hawkley
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The Strangest of Theatres explores how poets who are willing to venture beyond our borders can serve as envoys to the wider world and revitalize American poetry in the process. What are they looking for when they leave? What do they find? How does their... (read more)

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