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1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by title | author In Search of Small Gods Jim Harrison Now in paperback, Jim Harrison's best-selling poetry book In Search of Small Gods is where birds and humans converse, autobiographies are fluid, and unknown gods flutter just out of sight. Diwata Barbara Jane Reyes Tagalog is a language spoken by twenty-two million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical being who resides in nature, and who human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease... Stranger in Town Cedar Sigo Redolent of Wieners, Whalen, and Lamantia, Stranger in Town is the second coming of the SF Renaissance. In Danger A Pasolini Anthology Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jack Hirschman In Danger reveals the literary life of internationally renowned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini From Unincorporated Territory Craig Santos Perez Using a replica of the native Chamorros' outrigger boats as his figurative vessel, these poems explore the personal, historical, cultural, and natural elements of the poet's native Guam. Combining and contrasting the fragmentary myths of the author's... Byron in Love A Short Daring Life Edna O'Brien "How long it's taken for these two mad, bad and dangerous writers to get together!"—Alan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O’Brien has written a “jaunty” (The New Yorker) biography that suits her fiery and... Love Poems by Pedro Salinas My Voice Because of You and Letter Poems to Katherine Pedro Salinas When Pedro Salinas's 1933 collection of love poems, La voz a ti debida, was introduced to American audiences in Willis Barnstone’s 1975 English translation, it was widely regarded as the greatest sequence of love poems written by a man or a woman, in... Where I Live New & Selected Poems 1990-2010 Maxine Kumin “The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible.”—Booklist Here is a landmark collection celebrating the remarkable range of Maxine Kumin, one of America’s greatest living poets. Where I Live gathers... The God of Loneliness Selected and New Poems Philip Schultz Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, has been celebrated for his singular vision of the American immigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierce and tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotous... Complete Poems Dorothy Parker The firecracker verse of a true American original Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literary coterie, Dorothy Parker built a reputation as one of the era's most beloved poets. Parker's satirical wit and... I Was the Jukebox Poems Sandra Beasley The winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize—“fresh, crisp, and muscular.” “These poems are fresh, crisp, and muscular. They are decisive and fearless. Every object, icon, or historical moment has a soul with a voice. In these poems these soulful... My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge Poems Paul Guest My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet. At the age of twelve, Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him... Poems of the Night A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text Jorge Luis Borges, Efrain Kristal, Suzanne Jill Levine An initial offering from a new series of thematically edited collections of Borges' poems & prose that is certain to bring English readers much deeper into the universe of the Head Librarian. The poems of this volume span Borges' lifetime and focus on... Lighthead (Poets, Penguin) Terrance Hayes From an award-winning poet, a new collection in which the political and the personal converge in innovative and beautiful ways In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the... 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>