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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>>     sort list by title | author All That's Left San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 4 Jack Hirschman Poems for social justice by San Francisco's Poet Laureate Tau by Philip Lamantia and Journey to the End by John Hoffman Pocket Poets Number 59 Philip Lamantia, John Hoffman, Garrett Caples Two new books from the classic Beat period: mystical poems by Philip Lamantia and the long-lost "Six Gallery" poems by legendary hipster John Hoffman. State of Exile Pocket Poets Number 58 Cristina Peri Rossi A tender, moving, and multi-layered portrait of the pain, loneliness and permanent nostalgia of exile. 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross The Border Undocuments 1971-2007 Juan Felipe Herrera Herrera provides a fresh and accessible perspective on the crucial human rights issue of immigration through his poetry, prose, and performance. Catch the 187 Express! The Island of My Hunger Cuban Poetry Today Francisco Morán A dramatic selection of work by a new generation of Cuban poets to whom North American readers have as yet had little or no access. Howl on Trial The Battle for Free Expression Bill Morgan, Nancy J. Peters The inside story of the publication and defense of Howl in correspondence, documents and photographs. The Yage Letters Redux Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris In January 1953, William Burroughs began a seven-month expedition into the jungles of South America, ostensibly to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. But Burroughs also cast his anthropological-satiric eye over the local regimes... The Other Side of the Postcard devorah major In conjunction with the San Francisco Public Library, poet laureate devorah major made a public appeal for poems that explored the realities of people's lives in a city as tough and tragic as it is beautiful and exhilarating. This anthology collects... The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamau Daáood Pocket Poets Number 57 Kamau Daaood A long-awaited collection from a pioneer of the spoken word movement, these poems soar and sway with the syncopation and melodies of jazz. Portraits, chronicles, incantations and invocations, drawn from a lifetime of prolific activity. From his early... The Book of Jon Eleni Sikelianos With a seamless weave of letters, reminiscences, poems and journal entries, Sikelianos creates a loving portrait-and an unblinking indictment-of her father. Jon, a multitalented, eccentric visionary, emerges as a brilliant, charming, irresponsible... Written In Water The Collected Prose Poems Luis Cernuda While Cernuda's verse is vivid testimony to various aspects of his biographical itinerary, it is in his prose poems that he traces more explicitly an outline of his life's journey. Reviewing this work, Octavio Paz wrote: "In these memories and... The Essential Neruda Selected Poems Pablo Neruda This collection of Neruda's most essential poems will prove indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's... Where River Meets Ocean San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 3 devorah major This collection of poetry begins with the poet's inaugural address as Laureate of San Francisco, a sparkling essay that shows how poetry can please and empower. Strong, introspective and caring, major's poems capture the challenge and joy of being an... Nine Alexandrias Pocket Poets Number 56 Semezdin Mehmedinovic Following his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated Sarajevo Blues, Semezdin Mehmedinovic´ now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>>