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Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches
Written by Audre Lorde
Foreword by Cheryl Clarke
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Crossing Press
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-1-58091-186-3 (1-58091-186-2)
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change... Read more >
Essays and Speeches
Written by Audre Lorde
Foreword by Cheryl Clarke
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Crossing Press
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-1-58091-186-3 (1-58091-186-2)
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change... Read more >
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Zami A New Spelling of My Name: A New Spelling of My Name
A Biomythography
Written by Geraldine Audre Lorde
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Crossing Press
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-89594-122-0 (0-89594-122-8)
“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of... Read more >
A Biomythography
Written by Geraldine Audre Lorde
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Crossing Press
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $16.99
ISBN: 978-0-89594-122-0 (0-89594-122-8)
“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of... Read more >
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Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems
Written by John Milton
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich and Stephen M. Fallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-8371-5 (0-8129-8371-8)
Derived from the Modern Library’s esteemed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this new volume, extensively revised and updated by its editors, contains Milton’s two late masterpieces, the brief epic Paradise Regained and the tragic drama Samson Agonistes. Age after age, these works have inspired new controversy and... Read more >
Written by John Milton
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich and Stephen M. Fallon
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-8371-5 (0-8129-8371-8)
Derived from the Modern Library’s esteemed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this new volume, extensively revised and updated by its editors, contains Milton’s two late masterpieces, the brief epic Paradise Regained and the tragic drama Samson Agonistes. Age after age, these works have inspired new controversy and... Read more >
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Sparrow
Poems
Written by Carol Muske-Dukes
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6748-7 (0-8129-6748-8)
Sparrow, a luminous new volume of poetry by acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Carol Muske-Dukes, draws the reader into a mesmerizing world of love and loss. In the wake of personal tragedy, the death of her husband, Muske-Dukes asks herself the questions that undergird all of art, all of elegy. “What... Read more >
Poems
Written by Carol Muske-Dukes
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6748-7 (0-8129-6748-8)
Sparrow, a luminous new volume of poetry by acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Carol Muske-Dukes, draws the reader into a mesmerizing world of love and loss. In the wake of personal tragedy, the death of her husband, Muske-Dukes asks herself the questions that undergird all of art, all of elegy. “What... Read more >
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New and Selected Poems, Volume One
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2004
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6877-9 (0-8070-6877-2)
When New and Selected Poems, Volume One was originally published in 1992, Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume... Read more >
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: April 15, 2004
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6877-9 (0-8070-6877-2)
When New and Selected Poems, Volume One was originally published in 1992, Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume... Read more >
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Swan
Poems and Prose Poems
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6914-1 (0-8070-6914-0)
Widely regarded as the “rock star” of American poetry, Mary Oliver is a writer whose words have long had the power to move countless readers. Regularly topping the national poetry best-seller list and drawing thousands to her sold-out readings across the country, Oliver is unparalleled in her impact. As noted in... Read more >
Poems and Prose Poems
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: March 27, 2012
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-6914-1 (0-8070-6914-0)
Widely regarded as the “rock star” of American poetry, Mary Oliver is a writer whose words have long had the power to move countless readers. Regularly topping the national poetry best-seller list and drawing thousands to her sold-out readings across the country, Oliver is unparalleled in her impact. As noted in... Read more >
The Cinnamon Peeler
Selected Poems
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 28, 1997
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77913-1 (0-679-77913-2)
The poems that have been brought together in this electrifying volume are stylish, yet endlessly surprising explorations of friendship and passion, family history and personal mythology. Spanning twenty-seven years and representing the best poems from Ondaatje's hard-to-find earlier collections, The Cinnamon Peeler is a masterpiece of intelligence and ardor, informed by... Read more >
Selected Poems
Written by Michael Ondaatje
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 28, 1997
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77913-1 (0-679-77913-2)
The poems that have been brought together in this electrifying volume are stylish, yet endlessly surprising explorations of friendship and passion, family history and personal mythology. Spanning twenty-seven years and representing the best poems from Ondaatje's hard-to-find earlier collections, The Cinnamon Peeler is a masterpiece of intelligence and ardor, informed by... Read more >
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Zoland Poetry
An Annual of Poems, Translations and Interviews-No. 4
Edited by Roland Pease
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Zoland Books
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 978-1-58195-233-9 (1-58195-233-3)
Zoland Poetry's fourth edition includes new poems and translations from 2009 Zoland Fellowship winners Roxanne Beth Johnson and Joshua Edwards. It also features new work by such authors as Jean Day, Jordan Davis, Ronaldo Wilson, Marcella Durand, Tom Raworth, Tracy Smith, Ye Mimi, and writing from noted translators Steve Bradbury, Carol... Read more >
An Annual of Poems, Translations and Interviews-No. 4
Edited by Roland Pease
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Zoland Books
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $17.99
ISBN: 978-1-58195-233-9 (1-58195-233-3)
Zoland Poetry's fourth edition includes new poems and translations from 2009 Zoland Fellowship winners Roxanne Beth Johnson and Joshua Edwards. It also features new work by such authors as Jean Day, Jordan Davis, Ronaldo Wilson, Marcella Durand, Tom Raworth, Tracy Smith, Ye Mimi, and writing from noted translators Steve Bradbury, Carol... Read more >
The Annotated Milton
Complete English Poems
Edited by Burton Raffel
Format: Paperback, 864 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: September 7, 1999
Price: $6.95
ISBN: 978-0-553-58110-2 (0-553-58110-4)
Milton’s English poetry–complete and fully annotated–including “Paradise Lost,” “Paradise Regained,” and “Samson Agonistes.” Read more >
Complete English Poems
Edited by Burton Raffel
Format: Paperback, 864 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: September 7, 1999
Price: $6.95
ISBN: 978-0-553-58110-2 (0-553-58110-4)
Milton’s English poetry–complete and fully annotated–including “Paradise Lost,” “Paradise Regained,” and “Samson Agonistes.” Read more >
The Black Poets
Written by Dudley Randall
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-27563-6 (0-553-27563-1)
The Black Poets is a definitive anthology of Black American poetry from the slave songs through the poems of the 1960s. Editor Dudley Randall presents the full range of Black poetry-early folk verses and the full sweep of the rich literary poetic tradition that arose from it. It is a comprehensive... Read more >
Written by Dudley Randall
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: April 1, 1985
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-27563-6 (0-553-27563-1)
The Black Poets is a definitive anthology of Black American poetry from the slave songs through the poems of the 1960s. Editor Dudley Randall presents the full range of Black poetry-early folk verses and the full sweep of the rich literary poetic tradition that arose from it. It is a comprehensive... Read more >
Letters to a Young Poet
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64232-9 (0-679-64232-3)
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing... Read more >
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64232-9 (0-679-64232-3)
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing... Read more >
A Season in Hell & Illuminations
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $11.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-64327-2 (0-679-64327-3)
Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason
“The definitive translation for our time.”
—Edward Hirsch
From Dante’s Inferno to Sartre’s No Exit, writers have long been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell--written when the poet was nineteen--provides an astonishing example of... Read more >
Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $11.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-64327-2 (0-679-64327-3)
Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Wyatt Mason
“The definitive translation for our time.”
—Edward Hirsch
From Dante’s Inferno to Sartre’s No Exit, writers have long been fascinated by visions of damnation. Within that rich literature of suffering, Arthur Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell--written when the poet was nineteen--provides an astonishing example of... Read more >
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The Stray Dog Cabaret
A Book of Russian Poems
Afterword by Honor Moore
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Introduction by Catherine Ciepiela
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-191-2 (1-59017-191-8)
A New York Review Books Original
A master anthology of Russia’s most important poetry, newly collected and never before published in English
In the years before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Stray Dog cabaret in St. Petersburg was the haunt of poets, artists, and musicians, a place to meet, drink, read, brawl, celebrate... Read more >
A Book of Russian Poems
Afterword by Honor Moore
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Introduction by Catherine Ciepiela
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-191-2 (1-59017-191-8)
A New York Review Books Original
A master anthology of Russia’s most important poetry, newly collected and never before published in English
In the years before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Stray Dog cabaret in St. Petersburg was the haunt of poets, artists, and musicians, a place to meet, drink, read, brawl, celebrate... Read more >
After Nature
Written by W.G. Sebald
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75658-0 (0-375-75658-2)
After Nature, W. G. Sebald’s first literary work, now translated into English by Michael Hamburger, explores the lives of three men connected by their restless questioning of humankind’s place in the natural world. From the efforts of each, “an order arises, in places beautiful and comforting, though more cruel, too, than... Read more >
Written by W.G. Sebald
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75658-0 (0-375-75658-2)
After Nature, W. G. Sebald’s first literary work, now translated into English by Michael Hamburger, explores the lives of three men connected by their restless questioning of humankind’s place in the natural world. From the efforts of each, “an order arises, in places beautiful and comforting, though more cruel, too, than... Read more >
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The Golden Gate
Written by Vikram Seth
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 18, 1991
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73457-4 (0-679-73457-0)
"At once a bittersweet love story, a wickedly funny novel of manners and an unsentimental meditation on mortality and the nuclear abyss. Always witty--and still profound--the book paints a truthful picture of our dreadful, comic times."--Vanity Fair
"A splendid achievement, equally convincing in its exhilaration and its sadness."--The New York Times
"The great... Read more >
Written by Vikram Seth
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 18, 1991
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73457-4 (0-679-73457-0)
"At once a bittersweet love story, a wickedly funny novel of manners and an unsentimental meditation on mortality and the nuclear abyss. Always witty--and still profound--the book paints a truthful picture of our dreadful, comic times."--Vanity Fair
"A splendid achievement, equally convincing in its exhilaration and its sadness."--The New York Times
"The great... Read more >
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf
Zen Poems of Ryokan
Translated by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-108-1 (1-59030-108-0)
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character.
Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems... Read more >
Zen Poems of Ryokan
Translated by John Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 120 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-108-1 (1-59030-108-0)
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character.
Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems... Read more >
Looking for Poetry
Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Rafael Alberti and Songs from the Quechua
Translated by Mark Strand
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-70988-3 (0-375-70988-6)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a native-born Brazilian, is universally recognized as the finest and most accessible modern Portugese-language poet and, along with Pablo Neruda, a poet of the common man, writing of home, family, friends, and love.
Rafael Alberti—an elegist primarily—came to Argentina (where he wrote many of his poems) in exile... Read more >
Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Rafael Alberti and Songs from the Quechua
Translated by Mark Strand
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-70988-3 (0-375-70988-6)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a native-born Brazilian, is universally recognized as the finest and most accessible modern Portugese-language poet and, along with Pablo Neruda, a poet of the common man, writing of home, family, friends, and love.
Rafael Alberti—an elegist primarily—came to Argentina (where he wrote many of his poems) in exile... Read more >
The Weather of Words
Poetic Inventions
Written by Mark Strand
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-70970-8 (0-375-70970-3)
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a brilliant and witty collection of writings on the art and nature of poetry—a master class both entertaining and provocative.
The pieces have a broad range and many levels. In one, we sit with the teenage Mark Strand while he reads for the first time a poem... Read more >
Poetic Inventions
Written by Mark Strand
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-70970-8 (0-375-70970-3)
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a brilliant and witty collection of writings on the art and nature of poetry—a master class both entertaining and provocative.
The pieces have a broad range and many levels. In one, we sit with the teenage Mark Strand while he reads for the first time a poem... Read more >
Sadhana
Written by Rabindranath Tagore
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-51047-9 (0-385-51047-0)
Written by Nobel Prize Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and available in paperback for the first time, Sadhana is a profound, highly accessible introduction to India’s ancient spiritual heritage.
Few figures in history have been as important as Rabindranath Tagore in bringing Indian philosophy and spiritual teachings to the West. Although he was... Read more >
Written by Rabindranath Tagore
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-51047-9 (0-385-51047-0)
Written by Nobel Prize Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and available in paperback for the first time, Sadhana is a profound, highly accessible introduction to India’s ancient spiritual heritage.
Few figures in history have been as important as Rabindranath Tagore in bringing Indian philosophy and spiritual teachings to the West. Although he was... Read more >
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A Poet's Mind
Collected Interviews with Robert Duncan, 1960-1985
Edited by Christopher Wagstaff
Contribution by Robert Duncan
Foreword by Gerrit Lansing
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-454-7 (1-58394-454-0)
Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of the major postwar American poets, was an adulated figure among his contemporaries, including Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Denise Levertov. Lawrence Ferlinghetti remarked that Duncan “had the best ear this side of Dante.” His stature is increasingly recognized as comparable to that of Ezra Pound, William... Read more >
Collected Interviews with Robert Duncan, 1960-1985
Edited by Christopher Wagstaff
Contribution by Robert Duncan
Foreword by Gerrit Lansing
Format: Hardcover, 488 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-58394-454-7 (1-58394-454-0)
Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of the major postwar American poets, was an adulated figure among his contemporaries, including Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Denise Levertov. Lawrence Ferlinghetti remarked that Duncan “had the best ear this side of Dante.” His stature is increasingly recognized as comparable to that of Ezra Pound, William... Read more >
The Beat Book
Writings from the Beat Generation
Edited by Anne Waldman
Foreword by Allen Ginsberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-455-6 (1-59030-455-1)
REVISED AND UPDATED
The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were “real architects of change. There is no doubt that we’re living in... Read more >
Writings from the Beat Generation
Edited by Anne Waldman
Foreword by Allen Ginsberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-455-6 (1-59030-455-1)
REVISED AND UPDATED
The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were “real architects of change. There is no doubt that we’re living in... Read more >
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
New Poems
Written by Alice Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7105-7 (0-8129-7105-1)
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple gives us her first new collection of poetry in more than a decade, poems that reaffirm her as “one of the best American writers of today” (The Washington Post).
The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in... Read more >
New Poems
Written by Alice Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7105-7 (0-8129-7105-1)
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple gives us her first new collection of poetry in more than a decade, poems that reaffirm her as “one of the best American writers of today” (The Washington Post).
The forces of nature and the strength of the human spirit inspire the poems in... Read more >
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Earth, My Likeness
Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman
Written by Walt Whitman
Edited by Howard Nelson
Introduction by Howard Nelson
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-910-0 (1-55643-910-5)
While Walt Whitman is best known as America’s first great urban poet, he was also a gifted nature poet, as the selections in this book show. Here his celebration of the “body electric” from Leaves of Grass expands into a celebration of an equally electrifying nature as he memorializes the seashore... Read more >
Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman
Written by Walt Whitman
Edited by Howard Nelson
Introduction by Howard Nelson
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-55643-910-0 (1-55643-910-5)
While Walt Whitman is best known as America’s first great urban poet, he was also a gifted nature poet, as the selections in this book show. Here his celebration of the “body electric” from Leaves of Grass expands into a celebration of an equally electrifying nature as he memorializes the seashore... Read more >
Leaves of Grass
The "Death-Bed" Edition
Written by Walt Whitman
Introduction by William Carlos Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-78342-8 (0-679-78342-3)
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice... Read more >
The "Death-Bed" Edition
Written by Walt Whitman
Introduction by William Carlos Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-78342-8 (0-679-78342-3)
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice... Read more >
Leaves of Grass
Written by Walt Whitman
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: June 1, 1983
Price: $5.95
ISBN: 978-0-553-21116-0 (0-553-21116-1)
One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the wonderful... Read more >
Written by Walt Whitman
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: June 1, 1983
Price: $5.95
ISBN: 978-0-553-21116-0 (0-553-21116-1)
One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the wonderful... Read more >
