New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2017. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A new essay collection by the noted Polish poet For Adam Zagajewski—one of Poland’s great poets—the project of writing, whether it be poetry or prose, is an occasion to advance what David Wojahn has characterized as..... More
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Offers a pragmatic account of the effects achieved by the poetic use of rhetorical tropes and schemes. More
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Paperback. This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings..... More
New York: Persea Books, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. More
Singapore: National University of Singapore, 1986. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Inscribed and signed by author. About the author: Angeline Yap is the author of one collection of poetry, "Collected Poems", where the first three poems here were first published. Her poems have been included in many anthologies. Recent publication..... More
Amherst: Verse Press, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by poet. Much anticipated in poetry circles, this debut poetry collection by the well-known younger poet and critic rises to the occasion, at once bold and tender, experimental and clear. Jean Valentine writes: "New consciousnesses shine here in delicate, angry, ecstatic, funny..... More
Hong Kong: Arts and Culture Outreach, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. “A mosquito barges into your sweet dreams, a gecko hides itself at home, a whale sweeps the town, a wild boar intrudes a kid’s wear shop in a mall, a bat feasts on apples in a supermarket…to these underwhelming animals..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 2005. Reprint. Paperback. More
WordTech Communications, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Missing title page. In her debut, Barbara Duffey challenges the love lyric's confidence, whether in its speaker, its object, or its methods. These poems turn instead to popular culture, history, and science -- from biology to nuclear physics -- for answers, often returning frustrated..... More
Selangor: Vinlin Press, 2019. First Printing. Paperback. Incantations/Incarcerations is a rumination on ageing, menopause, losing one's children to the world, climate change, and the slow decline of the body. In this collection, Bernice Chauly will once again chart the unsayable and the confessional, and speak from places where few dare..... More
Richmond: Omnidawn Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. More
Rochester: Boa Editions, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. More
Oakland, California: O Books, 2004. Leslie Scalapino (cover design). First Edition (presumed). Paperback. Brenda Iijima grew up in North Adams, Massachusetts, and studied visual arts at Skidmore College. After teaching in China for a year, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches and edits for Portable Press at..... More
Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. More
Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. Mira Nenonen (cover design). First Printing. Softcover. Winner of the 2003 Brittingham Prize in Poetry An architecture equally poetry, fairy-tale, autobiography, and fiction, The Room Where I Was Born rebuilds the house of the lyric from fragments salvaged from experience and..... More
New York: The Viking Press (A Studio Book), 1982. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
New York: Penguin Books, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999. Tullio Pericoli (jacket design). First Edition (stated), First Printing. Hardcover. In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a...... More
London: Humpty Dumpty Publishing, 2012. Laura Hyde (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. 1. Quest of The Head 2. The Girl with Liquid Eyes 3. Chester the Oyster 4. The Man with the Stolen Heart Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith is a London-based writer, represented by Casarotto Ramsay. Her compelling work is..... More
Chicago: Chicago Review, 2004. Paperback. Chicago Review 49:3/4 & 50:1. More
Hong Kong: Musical Stones Publishing Ltd, 2019. Steven Schroeder (cover art). Softcover. In Issue 47 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (May 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Loneliness in the City". What are some of the possible relationships between the individual and a city? What are cultural..... More
Hong Kong: Musical Stones Publishing Ltd, 2020. September 2019. Softcover. Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine is a Hong Kong-based print poetry publication. In each issue, we publish Chinese-language poems and critique pieces on poetry. We also have a section of English-language poems. 本刊為雙月刊，創作園地包括詩作、評論、專欄。全年公開徵稿；風格、字數不拘。 https://vvpoetry.com/ 第49期 No. 49..... More
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