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Our AndromedaHonored as a New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2013Honored by Cosmopolitan as the one poetry title on their list of "Best Books of the Year For Women, by Women"A heady, infectious celebration.--The New YorkerShaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip...
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Collected BodyMort is a fireball. . . . Personal, political, and passionate, Mort's poetry will surely sustain many reading audiences. Highly recommended.--Library JournalA one-of-a-kind work of passion and insight.--Midwest Book ReviewMort's style--tough and terse almost to the point of aphorism--recalls the great Polish poets Czeslaw...
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Space, in ChainsKasischke's intelligence is most apparent in her syntactic control and pace, the way she gauges just when to make free verse speed up, or stop short, or slow down.--The New York Times Book ReviewKasischke's poems are powered by a skillful use of imagery and...
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The Silk Dragon: Translations from the ChineseArthur Sze has rare qualifications when it comes to translating Chinese: he is an award-winning poet who was raised in both languages. A second-generation Chinese-American, Sze has gathered over 70 poems by poets who have had a profound effect on Chinese culture, American poetics...
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A Longing for the Light: Selected Poems of Vicente Aleixandre"For the Nobel Prize to come to Aleixandre now is fitting, not only because of the energy and intensity of his own poetry, but because it comes at this moment in Spanish history."--The New York Times A Longing for the Light is the only...
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The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf JacobsenNorway's Rolf Jacobsen is one of Europe's most acclaimed writers yet, as Robert Bly points out in his introduction: This magnificent poet is so little known in the United States. This bilingual edition, which selects the best work from Jacobsen's ten volumes, will help...
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The Second Four Books of PoemsW.S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He worked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca, and has translated from French, Spanish, Latin and Portugese. He has published more than a dozen...
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Donkey Gospel: PoemsWinner of the 1997 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets In Donkey Gospel, his second collection of poems, Hoagland's generous effervescence and a jujitsu cleverness sparkle through line after line confronting negotiation and compromise, gender and culture, sex and rock music,...
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Owl in the Mask of the DreamerAuthor: John HainesPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 10/01/1996Pages: 280Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.88h x 5.46w x 1.00dISBN: 9781555972462About the AuthorBorn in Norfolk, Virginia in 1924, John Haines studied at the National Art School, the American University, and the Hans Hoffmann School of Fine Art....
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Cinema of the PresentRobertson proves hard to explain but easy to enjoy. . . . Dauntlessly and resourcefully intellectual, Robertson can also be playful or blunt. . . . She wields language expertly, even beautifully.--The New York TimesWhat if the cinema of the present were a M...
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KingswayA collection of linked poems inspired by Kingsway, Vancouver's oldest thoroughfare, which is neither a "street" nor an "avenue" but a "way" of thinking?about cities, people, and different points of view. It demarcates the community of the living: a thoroughfare that is repeated in...
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House Built of RainRussell Thornton has the rare ability to be both keenly observant of the minute details of his environment and intensely introspective. His poetry is full of startling images that will stay with you long after turning the final page.In House Built of Rain, Thornton...
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Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996A selection of poems by the man described by the Globe & Mail as the greatest of our poets. Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets includes three decades' worth of thought-provoking work, including poems from the Governor-General's Award-winning The Cariboo Horses to Naked...
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Uncaged Wallflower - Extended EditionAn extended edition off of the best selling poetry book, Uncaged Wallflower. This edition has over 120 new poems, along with the 60 poems previously published, and over 40 images. Uncaged Wallflower is for those who feel trapped in the thoughts their minds produce,...
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Majmoueye Kamele Ashare Forough Farrokhzad (Complete Poems of Forough Farokhzad)This edition is a complete collection of the poems of Forough Farrokhzad (1935 - 1967), the celebrated Iranian poet and film maker. It collates Farrokhzad's five poetry books in Farsi: assir, divar, ossyan, tavalodi digar, and iman biyavarim be aghaze fasle sardAuthor: Forough FarrokhzadPublisher:...
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BreadfruitJanet Stewart born June 1st, 1944 on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Her beloved grandmother a direct descendant the Caribs. When she was a small child the family moved to her fathers' island of St. Vincent West Indies It would be he home...
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The Beautiful LifeThis poetry book is about letting go of the past, healing, and moving on to find lasting love. This is the poetry of positive affirmations, and sound advice. These are poems of hope, romantic love, and all the beautiful things that will help remind...
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Hollow Hearts: A Poetry Book About Healing Yourselfa collection of heartfelt poems written by a fourteen year old teenager in her early years of experiencing trauma and mental illness.Author: Leen AliPublisher: Partridge Publishing SingaporePublished: 01/23/2018Pages: 60Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14dISBN: 9781543744668This title is not returnable
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Lighter Than Air: Peotry CollectionLighter than air is a collection of Miss. Azita Ghahraman's poesy which is translated by Mrs. Nadiya Vishnevska to Ukrainian language and Mr. Sergey Dzyuba to Russian. In this collection the reader can find yourself as the poet and feel what she felt during...
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Let's Learn German! German Learning for KidsThis book is perfect for the really little ones who are only beginning to learn a new language. Designed to catch and maintain their interests in the German language, this book is heavily loaded with creative lessons and activities to make the learning fun....
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