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The Works of Stefan GeorgeThis translation of all the poems in the main body of the work of George extensively revises the first publication of The Works of Stefan George which appeared in 1949. The editors have also expanded the volume, adding a number of George's early poems...
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Smoke and Souvenirs: The Essence of Charles DemuthAlready, Demuth is a legend. Funny how a man can disappear.... There is left only the smoke, the souvenir--the essence, I suppose you could call it." -- Marcel Duchamp, January 21, 1956In 1922, William Carlos Williams reimagined what a book of poetry could be...
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Factory GirlsPoetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Women's Studies. Translated by Jeffrey Angles, Jen Crawford, Carol Hayes, Rina Kikuchi, You Nakai, Sawako Nakayasu. This first English-language volume from Japanese poet, performer and publisher Takako Arai collects engaging, rhythmically intense narrative poems set in the silk...
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Cuentos from the SwampAuthor: Michelle Lizet FloresPublisher: Finishing Line PressPublished: 10/02/2019Pages: 38Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.09dISBN: 9781646620449About the AuthorFlores, Michelle Lizet: - Michelle Lizet Flores is a native Floridian and current resident. A graduate of FSU and NYU creative writing programs, she currently...
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Love and KumquatsAuthor: Kathi WolfePublisher: Brickhouse Books, Inc.Published: 09/01/2019Pages: 70Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30dISBN: 9781938144646This title is only available via back order
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Last Words: Poetry & ReadingsThis collection brings together verses that mark the last moments of life, the passing of one stage to another. At a time of grief, we often search for the right words to say, words which will help us come to terms with death, with...
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Poems From a PoemA collection of poetry by Jordon L. Stanley.Author: Jordon L. StanleyPublisher: Salt Water Media, LLCPublished: 08/05/2019Pages: 82Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781628062298
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Haiku History: The American Saga Three Lines at a TimeFor the past nine years, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has been tweeting the history of the United States. But this has been no ordinary version of the American tale. Instead, Brands gives his 5,000-plus followers a regular dose of history and poetry combined:...
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Why Not ParadiseLiterary Nonfiction. Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Of all the Buddhists in China, Japan, and Korea, the vast majority follow teachings centered on rebirth in the Pure Land, or Western Paradise, of Amitabha Buddha. All Buddhist sutras are about the mind, the mind...
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Seeing the Body: PoemsPoems and photographs collide in this intimate collection, challenging the invisible, indefinable ways mourning takes up residence in a body, both before and after life-altering loss.In radiant poems--set against the evocative and desperate backdrop of contemporary events, pop culture, and politics--Rachel Eliza Griffiths reckons...
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Ode to My Mother's Voice: and other poemsLoretta Diane Walker's latest collection of poetry takes readers on a journey through grief. These are a daughter's heartfelt and poignent elegies for her mother set alongside powerful odes to the joy and love they shared. These lyrical poems are the perfect salve for...
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Horse-ManWe are losing everything. In the second decade of the 21st century, loss and grief have become our daily bread, but we do not know how to chew it. Horse-Man is an invitation to reacquaint ourselves with the lost skill of collective awakening; to...
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World'd Too Much: The Poetry of Russell AtkinsPoetry. African & African American Studies. Edited by Kevin Prufer and Robert E. McDonough. Russell Atkins is a phenomenon, and his writing is phenomenal. Its existence requires us to simultaneously rethink the received histories of the avant-garde and of African American literature, and to...
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Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic WritersDaughters of the Diaspora features the creative writing of 20 Hispanophone women of African descent, as well as the interpretive essays of 15 literary critics. The collection is unique in its combination of genres, including poetry, short stories, essays, excerpts from novels and personal...
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Eclogues and Other PoemsThis new book contains new translations of a selection of poems by the modern magyar poet Radn ti Mikl s, a 1935 graduate of the University of Szeged. Born in Budapest in 1909, Radn ti began publishing his poems and translations while still a...
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The Guerrilla Is Like a PoetThis book is titled after the world-renowned poem of Jose Maria Sison, "The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet," which celebrates with natural imagery and in a lyrical way the Filipino people's revolutionary struggle for national liberation and democracy against foreign and feudal oppression and...
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Man'yōshū (Book 1): A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and CommentaryBook one of the Man'yōshū ('Anthology of Myriad Leaves') continues Alexander Vovin's new English translation of this 20-volume work originally compiled between c.759 and 785 AD. It is the earliest Japanese poetic anthology in existence and thus the most important compendium of Japanese culture...
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My Wondrous World: The Art Book of InspirationThis full-spread illustrated art book includes the pictures created by a talented Ukrainian traveler and artist Alexey Khomych within a decade. All of the paintings have been inspired by the artist's travels in South America and are full of mystery and magic; they may...
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Writing For PleasureThis booklet is third in a series about reading, writing and responding to literature. It focusses on how to make writing pleasurable and interesting and would be ideal as part of teacher training, staff discussion, curriculum development or just reading and using. Author: Michael...
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Spells: 21st Century Occult PoetrySpells brings together thirty-six contemporary voices exploring the territory where justice, selfhood and the imagination meet the transformative power of the occult. These poems unmake the world around them, so that it might be remade anew. Kaveh Akbar, Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Khairani Barokka,...
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