Poetry
BASHO: THE COMPLETE HAIKU OF MATSUO BASHO
Written by Basho
This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō. Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all.
EXILEE AND TEMPS MORTS: SELECTED WORKS (FIRST EDITION, REISSUE)
Written by Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung
In her radical exploration of cultural and personal identity, the writer and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha sought "the roots of language before it is born on the tip of the tongue." Her first book, the highly original postmodern text Dictee, is now an internationally studied work of autobiography.
COTTON CANDY: POEMS DIPPED OUT OF THE AIR
Written by Kooser, Ted
"Poems dipped out of the air" describes the manner in which Ted Kooser composed the poems in Cotton Candy, the result of his daily routine of getting up long before dawn, sitting with coffee, pen, and notebook, and writing whatever drifts into his mind. Whether those words and images are serious or just plain silly, Kooser tries not to censor himself.
SONNETS AND SELECTED POEMS
Written by De Quental, Antero
Grappling with metaphysical questions of suffering, death, and infinity, Antero de Quental's sonnets have been widely celebrated by writers and intellectuals around the world, with Fernando Pessoa calling him "one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century." Irreverent and nonconformist, Antero became the ideologue and moving spirit behind the group of progressive intellectuals known as th
HAPPY POEM TO END EVERY DAY
These days we're all in need of a little nugget of happiness to help soothe our weary souls at the end of the day. A Happy Poem to End Every Day provides just that: one sublimely happy poem for every day of the year, from cosy fireside idylls in winter to outdoor adventures in summer, encounters with the beauty of nature in spring and moments of quiet reflection in autumn.
HOW TO MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT
Written by Lynn, Robert Wood
How to Maintain Eye Contact takes readers through a journey of uncertainty and what we make of it.
SWEET, YOUNG, & WORRIED
Written by Baird, Blythe
Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird
GREETING OF THE SPIRIT: SELECTED POETRY OF JOHN KEATS WITH COMMENTARIES
Written by Wolfson, Susan J
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A renowned Keats scholar illuminates the poet's extraordinary career, in a new edition featuring seventy-eight verse selections with commentary. John Keats's career as a published poet spanned scarcely more than four years, cut short by his death early in 1821 at age twenty-five.
NOMENCLATURE: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS
Written by Brand, Dionne
Spanning almost four decades, Dionne Brand's poetry has given rise to whole new grammars and vocabularies. With a profound alertness that is attuned to this world and open to some other, possibly future, time and place, Brand's ongoing labors of witness and imagination speak directly to where and how we live and reach beyond those worlds, their enclosures, and their violences.
UNSHUTTERED: POEMS
Written by Smith, Patricia
An award-winning author presents a portrait of Black America in the nineteenth century Over the course of two decades, award-winning poet Patricia Smith has amassed a collection of rare nineteenth-century photographs of Black men, women, and children who, in these pages, regard us from the staggering distance of time.
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