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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author Pagan Selected Poems Kaye McDonough Kaye McDonough's Pagan reverberates with a loving touch that spares nothing. Within its pages the impressions of a poet who focuses on lovers, friends and family comes to life. The deft artistry of Vermeer, the splendid pathos of Beat legend Bob Kaufman, and the lives of many women are among the themes handled with grace and craftsmanship. Stray Poems San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 6 Alejandro Murguía Just Arrived! New work from San Francisco's first Latino Poet Laureate! "In the city of poets, Murguía has become the activist voice of refugees and exiles—as so many of us are, even as natives—at the center of the Americas. Disguised by its sensuous intimacy, soothing and ennobling, his is a poetry that arms the resistance."—Dagoberto Gilb Ghost Tantras Michael McClure New from City Lights/Grey Fox! 50 years since its first publication, we present Michael McClure's signature work, Ghost Tantras, back in print. Grahhr! Cold Mountain Poems Twenty-Four Poems by H'an-sh'an In 1953, Gary Snyder returned to the Bay Area and, at age 23, enrolled in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, to study Asian languages and culture. He intensified his study of Chinese and Japanese, and taking up the challenge of one of his professors, Chen Shih-hsiang, he began to work on translating a largely unknown poet... I'm Your Man The Life of Leonard Cohen Sylvie Simmons Beautifly written, impossible to put down, and an absolute must for any Cohen fan! Or, for that matter, for any fan of the worlds of travel, religion and poetry, as well as the inner workings of the music industry. Cohen was such an interesting man... The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia Philip Lamantia, Garrett Caples, Andrew Joron, Nancy J. Peters Many poets have contributed to the greatness of City Lights, but few more so than North Beach's own Philip Lamantia (1927-2005). Lamantia published his earliest work in avant-garde magazines when he was 15, then at 16 went to NYC to join the war-exiled Paris surrealists. Known as the foremost American surrealist, he also... Here Come the Warm Jets City Lights Spotlight No. 10 Alli Warren "Warren's first book of poems is highly self-reflective, interestingly interrogative, and a lot of fun."—Booklist Catching Light Collected Poems of Joanna McClure Joanna McClure Joanna McClure's poems reveal the story of a central woman writer of the San Francisco Beat generation counterculture. Married to Beat poet Michael McClure soon after she arrived in San Francisco in 1954, Joanna McClure became a significant figure in the Beat poetry scene. Poems Retrieved Frank O'Hara A reissue of the classic, essential companion to O'Hara's "Collected Poems," with a new foreword by Bill Berkson. Joie de Vivre Selected Poems 1992-2012; City Lights Spotlight No. 9 Lisa Jarnot A selection from twenty years of poetry from one of the key avant-garde women poets of the post-Language generation. Red Doc > Anne Carson Some years ago I wrote a book about a boy named Geryon who was red and had wings and fell in love with Herakles. Recently I began to wonder what happened to them in later life. Red Doc> continues their adventures in a very different style and with... The Beautifully Worthless Ali Liebegott Back in print! Ali Liebegott's award-winning epic road poem has been compared to Jack Kerouac and David Wojnarowicz. Robert Duncan in San Francisco Michael Rumaker A revealing portrait of a major poet of the SF Renaissance and a gripping account of late '50s gay life. Time of Useful Consciousness Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti's first book since Poetry as Insurgent Art, a new call to action and a vivid picture of civilization moving towards its brink. New Directions is proud to announce a riveting and galvanizing new book by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>