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Eros the Bittersweet (American Literature)
by Anne Carson
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Beginning with Sappho's description of Eros as "sweetbitter," Anne Carson traces the treatment and understanding of Eros in philosophy and literature, both classical and contemporary. Written in accessible, smart, and lyrical prose, Eros the Bittersweet... (read more)

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Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
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Pale Fire consists of a long, elegiac poem written by John Shade and a rambling commentary on the poem produced by a Professor Charles Kinbote. Shade's poem is a touching, emotional work portraying the poet's attempt to understand and confront death... (read more)

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Meditations in an Emergency
by Frank O'Hara
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I simply love Frank O'Hara's writing — it's expansive and enthusiastic, with wonderful insight and humor. Meditations in an Emergency is a modest, but great, introduction to O'Hara's work.... (read more)

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The Dream Songs
by John Berryman
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Nightwood - With New Preface ((Rev)06 Edition)
by Djuna Barnes
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To write a single poem about grief and loss without slipping into sentimentality or self-pity is a rare achievement. To write a book of poems that not only avoids these pitfalls but demonstrates a brave loyalty to the truth is Mary Jo Bang's Elegy... (read more)

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Sestets: Poems
by Charles Wright
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Here is another worthy addition to Charles Wright's extensive and impressive body of work. Written in a voice that is at times prophetic, at times desolate, the poems in Sestets carry much more weight than space upon the page.... (read more)

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Behind My Eyes: Poems with CD (Audio)
by Li-Young Lee
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Li-Young Lee has the rare gift of being able to write about the personal and the communal in a humble and truthful voice that lends his poems great authority and reach. Behind My Eyes, his fourth book, demonstrates again his ability to allow the sublime... (read more)

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Facts about the Moon: Poems
by Dorianne Laux
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In her powerful fourth collection, Dorianne Laux once again strikes fire from neighborhood moments: a quiet street at dusk, a pool hall, a bare tree. Focusing on the grace of working people, she captures the pain and beauty of women in all their variety,... (read more)

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My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer (Wesleyan Poetry)
by Jack Spicer
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Chronic: Poems
by D A Powell
Staff Pick
I had the good fortune of hearing D. A. Powell read from his latest book, Chronic, and it was one of the better poetry readings I've ever been to. He was intelligent, witty, funny and sincere — and luckily his poems are, too. Powell shies away from... (read more)

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Madeleine Is Sleeping
by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
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