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: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2003. Trade Paperback. "An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."—Anthony Hecht In this stunningly inventive collection—a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in poetry—Ali excavates the devastation wrought upon his childhood home, Kashmir, and reveals a more personal devastation: his mother's death..... More
New York: Persea Books, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. More
London: Penguin Classics, 2000. First Edition thus. Paperback. More
Hong Kong: A Renditions Book/The Chinese University Press, 2003. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The song lyric (ci), which began as a form of minor divertissement in the urban pleasure quarters of eighth and ninth century China, evolved into a major, and then dominant, poetic form over the four centuries that..... More
New York: Viking, 2021. Oprah Winfrey (foreword). First Edition. Hardcover. The instant #1 New York Times bestseller and #1 USA Today bestseller Amanda Gorman’s electrifying and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition, perfect for Mother’s..... More
North Adams: Tupelo Press, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Darktown Follies, Amaud Jamaul Johnson's daring and surprising new collection of poems, responds to Black Vaudeville, specifically the personal and professional challenges African American variety performers faced in the early twentieth century. Johnson is fascinated by jokes that aren't funny -- particularly..... More
London: Pushkin Press, 2019. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Exile lies at the root of our earliest stories. Charting varied experiences of people forced to leave their homes from the ancient world to the present day, The Heart of a Stranger is an anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction that journeys..... 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
New York: Penguin Classics, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. From civil rights to free love, JFK to LSD, Woodstock to the Moonwalk, the Sixties was a time of change, political unrest, and radical experiments in the arts, sexuality, and personal identity. In this anthology of more than one hundred selections of essays..... 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
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981. Richard Neal (book design). First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Translated with an Introduction by Giovanni Gullace Benedetto Croce KOCI, COSML (Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and politician, who wrote on numerous topics, including..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. Second Edition. Paperback. “This scrupulous new translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh manages to convey much of the archaic power and even something of the occasional humor of the ancient Mesopotamian poem. What is especially valuable is that the translators, by collating passages..... 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
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