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Earth House Hold Earth House Hold
by Gary Snyder

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Both Pound and Williams have shown a good poet can revitalize prose style. Earth House Hold (a play on the root meaning of 'ecology') drawn from Gary Snyder's essays and journals, may prove a landmark for the new generation.... (read more)

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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
by Nick Flynn

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"Sometimes I'd see my father, walking past my building on his way to another nowhere. I could have given him a key, offered a piece of my floor. But if I let him inside the line between us would blur, my own slow-motion car wreck would speed up... (read more)

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Stories of God (63 Edition) Stories of God (63 Edition)
by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Rainer Maria Rilke felt that the world and all its joys most truly belonged to the young, and in 'Stories of God' he captured for them the magic, charm and wisdom of fairy and folk tales.... (read more)

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Run with the Hunted: Charles Bukowski Reader, a Run with the Hunted: Charles Bukowski Reader, a
by Charles Bukowski

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"And the great white horses come up & lick the frost of the dream" The first thing I remember is being under something. It was a table, I saw a table leg, I saw the legs of the people, and a portion of the tablecloth hanging down. It was dark under... (read more)

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Wu Wei: Poems Wu Wei: Poems
by Tom Crawford

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Tom Crawford's words paint familiar landscapes -- Seattle's coastline, New York's public spaces, rural China, and Western mobile homes -- in a new light. In poems as humorous as they are revelatory, sea birds careen off cliff walls "Then back/to the... (read more)

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The Collected Poems The Collected Poems
by Sylvia Plath

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Containing everything that celebrated poet Sylvia Plath wrote after 1956, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of her work. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Ted Hughes.... (read more)

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The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
by Wallace Stevens

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A collection that all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career. Edited by Holly Stevens, it includes some poems not printed in his earlier Collected Works.... (read more)

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The Lives of the Heart: Poems The Lives of the Heart: Poems
by Jane Hirshfield

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Jane Hirschfield, the award-winning author of "The October Palace" and editor of "Women in Praise of the Sacred", presents a scintillating new volume of poems that will be published to coincide with the hardcover release of "Nine Gates", the author's... (read more)

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Measured by Stone Measured by Stone
by Sam Hamill

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What to say about Sam Hamill? The legendary founder of Copper Canyon Press is a gifted poet in his own right, and this fine collection will only go to further his reputation. Whether writing of love or politics, Hamill hones in on his subject and... (read more)

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Famous (Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) Famous (Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)
by Kathleen Flenniken

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She “became famous, finally, to herself,” Kathleen Flenniken writes. This is the kind of fame at the heart of most lives and at the center of Flenniken’s first collection, the winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Here... (read more)

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100 More Poems from Chinese 100 More Poems from Chinese
by Kenneth Rexroth

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This is a collection of translations from Chinese done down the years solely to please myself. It is offered with no pretense to scholarship or to mastery of that complex subject, Sinology.... (read more)

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Paradise Lost :Norton Critical Edition Paradise Lost :Norton Critical Edition
by John Milton

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The second edition of the "Norton Critical Edition" of Milton's "Paradise Lost". The poem, the 1674 version, retains the original punctuation but the spelling has been modernized. The book now includes selected early work, and material for the study of... (read more)

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The Life of Poetry The Life of Poetry
by Muriel Rukeyser

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Observing that poetry is a natural part of our pastimes and rituals, Rukeyser opposes elitist attitudes and confronts Americans'fear of feeling. Multicultural and interdisciplinary, this volume makes an irrefutable case for the centrality of poetry in... (read more)

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What Work Is (91 Edition) What Work Is (91 Edition)
by Philip Levine

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"What Work Is ranks as a major work by a major poet. It is very accessible and utterly American in tone and language." Library... (read more)

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Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
by Byron

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Byron is regarded today as the ultimate Romantic, whose name has entered the language to describe a man of brooding passion. Although his private life shocked his contemporaries his poetry was immensely popular and influential, especially in Europe. This... (read more)

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A Little Book on the Human Shadow A Little Book on the Human Shadow
by Robert Bly

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Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow -- the dark side of the human personality -- and the importance of confronting it.... (read more)

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Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry
by Billy Collins

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A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America?s Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins?s poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who... (read more)

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American Poets Project #3: Karl Shapiro Selected Poems American Poets Project #3: Karl Shapiro Selected Poems
by Karl Shapiro

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and index.... (read more)

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Different Hours : Poems (00 Edition) Different Hours : Poems (00 Edition)
by Stephen Dunn

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In his 11th volume of poetry, Dunn explores the "different hours" not only of a life but also of the historical and philosophical landscape beyond the personal.... (read more)

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Letters to a Young Poet Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke

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These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the 20th century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon subjects that will interest writers, artists, and... (read more)

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