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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author 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. Berkson and Richard O. Moore will join us on Thursday, May 2nd, 7pm at City Lights to discuss the remarkable life and work of Frank O'Hara. Joie de Vivre Selected Poems 1992-2012 Lisa Jarnot New Spotlight Poetry: 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. Incarnadine Poems Mary Szybist The anticipated second book by the poet Mary Szybist, author of Granted, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award 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. Nervous Device Catherine Wagner With Nervous Device, Catherine Wagner explores the boundary the poem marks between poet and audience, questioning the potential for human connection. A Time of Angels Homero Aridjis A poetic fable, illustrated by one of Mexico's most prominent artists, describes a dreamy contemplation of the reign of angels. A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, Oliver shares the wonder of dawn... Everything Indicates Bay Bridge Poems & Portraits Thomas Michael Alleman, Ben Davis, Elissa Perry, Tamsin Smith Local poets were hoisted up into the windy towers of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in April 2011 to observe and map its progress and something of its soul. Their words, enhanced by the luminous photographs of... Mayakovsky's Revolver Poems Matthew Dickman From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark. At the center of Mayakovsky's Revolver is the suicide of Matthew Dickman’s older brother. "Known for poems of universality of feeling, expressive... Sister Spit Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road Michelle Tea The inaugural book of the new City Lights/Sister Spit Series! A collection of writing and artwork from Sister Spit, the hilariously feminist, gender-bending, genre-busting literary roadshow. What Light Can Do Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World Robert Hass Renowned for his magisterial verse, Robert Hass is also a brilliant essayist. the New York Times hailed him as a writer who "is so intelligent that to read his poetry or prose, or to hear him speak, gives one an almost visceral pleasure." Now, with... 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>