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William Cowper's Olney HymnsThese hymns were written in Olney, England and were originally published in 1779. This collection includes William Cowper's 68 Olney hymns, and twelve other sacred works. All of Cowper's most loved hymns are found here: "God Moves in Mysterious Ways," "There Is a Fountain...
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Soul's Night OutAuthor: Nedra RogersPublisher: Woodley PressPublished: 06/19/2009Pages: 84Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 6.00h x 9.02w x 0.20dISBN: 9780981733432This title is not returnable
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Junkyard Ghost RevivalThis book contains poetry from a small team of wildly unique, talented and award-winning authors who have been touring the world for years. They have united for a once in a lifetime tour to perform their work and to charge the hearts of America...
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Grammar of the CagePoetry. Gay and Lesbian Studies. What words made this world of captivity and extinction? If written language is a biological adaptation, how can a text reshape the environment? These are the questions at the heart of GRAMMAR OF THE CAGE, a startling first collection...
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Born Palestinian, Born Black: & the Gaza SuiteUpSet Press has restored to print Suheir Hammad's first book of poems, Born Palestinian, Born Black, originally published by Harlem River Press in 1996. The new edition is augmented with a new author's preface, and new poems, under the heading, The Gaza Suite, as...
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Beat PoetryThis is the poetry of the San Francisco Renaissance of the 50s, reconsidered as literature: Lawrence Ferlinghetti's lyrical cityscapes, Jack Kerouac's blues and haikus, Allen Ginsberg's saxophone prophecies, Gregory Corso's obsessive odes, John Wieners' true confessions, Michael McClure's physical hymns, Philip Lamantia's surreal passions,...
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Birds Without Sky: Poems from exileAuthor: Malka Al-HaddadPublisher: Harriman HousePublished: 02/05/2018Pages: 106Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25dISBN: 9780955493997This title is not returnable
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The Drop That Became the SeaThis collection of poems introduces a general readership to Yunus Emre (1240-1321), called the "greatest folk poet in Islam." An unlettered Turkish shepherd who sang mystical songs that are still popular today, he was the first in a great tradition of Turkish Sufi troubadours...
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Whispering to Fool the Wind: PoemsWinner of the translation prize from the American Academy of Poets.Author: Alberto RiosPublisher: Sheep Meadow PressPublished: 06/01/1982Pages: 72Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.03h x 6.00w x 0.37dISBN: 9780935296310Award: Walt Whitman Award - WinnerAbout the AuthorAlberto Rios is the author of several collections of poetry, including...
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ExtratransmissionPoetry. LGBTQIA Studies. EXTRATRANSMISSION is a poetic critique of nationalism, patriarchy & gender embedded in an explosive & unapologetic trauma narrative. It begins with an exhaustive loud, & unapologetic section on killing bros, the perpetrators of patriarchy before entering a narrative of how traumatic...
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Inside the Money MachineInside the Money Machine is poetry for the immense majority for those who work for a living, out of the house or at home, from the laundromat to the classroom, from blue-collar construction sites to white-collar desk jobs. These fresh, gritty and passionate poems...
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The Poetry of Louis Dudek: Definitive CollectionWhen Dudek selected and arranged the poems in the book he intended this to be the definitive collection of his poems. Tis contains selections from 20 of his previous book between 1944 and 1997. Louis Dudek ... prolific poet, critic and literary activist ......
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Red Riding Hood's DilemmaAuthor: Orfhlaith FoylePublisher: Arlen HousePublished: 01/03/2011Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.30dISBN: 9780905223643
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Snow Lit Rev, No. 11Eleventh issue of annual print-only literary and arts review.Fiction, poetry, essays, art, music, film, from UK, USA, Italy, France, Kenya, Japan, China. Includes essay by Pierre Crépon on Black Cultural Nationalism and music, and by Léa Dreyer on Franco-Swedish sound artist Lars Fredrikson; poems...
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Li Sao: And Other Poems of Qu YuanAuthor: Qu YuanPublisher: University Press of the PacificPublished: 01/01/2001Pages: 116Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.30h x 5.70w x 0.36dISBN: 9780898751673This title is not returnable
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Blackbird SongAn exquisite series of meditations on memory, evanescence and the land Randy Lundy draws deeply from his Cree heritage and equally from European and Asian traditions. Readers will be reminded by turns of Simon Ortiz, Pӓr Lagerkvist, and Jane Hirshfield. This is the mind...
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Honouring the Strength of Indian Women: Plays, Stories, PoetryThis critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, daughter of prominent Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and George Manuel. A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene, Vera was at the forefront of...
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Common Critters: The Wildlife in Your NeighborhoodDan Tavis's humorous illustrations crank up the delight, and a child wanting to learn more will find it in the natural-history backmatter. Pat Brisson employs a variety of verse forms in the book, and she shows how it's done in a back-of-book feature called...
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Worshipful Company of FletchersMasterfully drawing on a variety of voices and characters, James Tate joyfully offers his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his "Selected Poems."Author: James TatePublisher: Ecco PressPublished: 12/01/1995Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.28h x 5.48w x 0.32dISBN: 9780880014311Award: National Book...
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Mudra: Early Songs and PoemsA mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. This book of poetry and songs of devotion, written by Ch gyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional...
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