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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound This important and much-disputed essay edited by Ezra Pound from the manuscript of Ernest Fenollosa (and published in Instigations, London, 1920) has since gone through several editions, despite the ridicule of such sinologists as Professor George...

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Whatsaid Serif Nathaniel Mackey Whatsaid Serif, Nathaniel Mackey's third book of poems, is comprised of installments sixteen through thirty-five of Song of the Andoumboulou, an ongoing serial work whose first fifteen installments appear in Eroding Witness and School of Udhra, his...

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Poetry As Insurgent Art Lawrence Ferlinghetti After a lifetime, this (r)evolutionary little book is still a work-in-progress, the poet's ars poetica, to which at 88 he is constantly adding. From the groundbreaking (and bestselling) A Coney Island of the Mind in 1958 to the "personal epic" of...

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Who's to Say What's Obscene? Politics, Culture and Comedy in America Today Paul Krassner Satirical essays by a countercultural icon about the moral obscenity of contemporary politics, culture, and comedy

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The Poetry Deal San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5 Diane di Prima Rest in Peace. Diane di Prima (1934 - 2020)

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Incidents of Travel in Poetry New and Selected Poems Frank Lima, Garrett Caples, Julien Poirier New and selected work by a major Latino poet, the best kept secret of the New York School.

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Of Poetry and Protest From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin This extraordinary volume collects the poems of forty-four of America's most talented African American wordsmiths, including Pulitzer Prize– winning poets Rita Dove, Natasha Tretheway, Yusef Komunyakaa and Tracy K. Smith, as well as the work of other luminaries such as Elizabeth Alexander, Ishmael Reed, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez.

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Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Stories Kathleen Collins Miraculously unearthed from the past, it is unimaginable now to think that we lived so long without this cinematic and daring collection of stories. —Recommended by Cassie, City Lights Books

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What We Know Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System Daryl Atkinson, Vivian Nixon A thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America's criminal justice system, from those most impacted by it.

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What Red Was A Novel Rosie Price A sophisticated and conversation-starting novel of modern love, sexual violence, and toxic inheritance from a brilliant new literary voice.

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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song A Library of America Anthology Kevin Young A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the present.

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What's Good Notes on Rap and Language Daniel Levin Becker A love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, "What's Good", is a work of passionate lyrical analysis

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