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Vintage Hughes
Written by Langston Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $10.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature . . . a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Arguably the most important writer to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance... Read more >
Written by Langston Hughes
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $10.95
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
“Langston Hughes is a titanic figure in 20th-century American literature . . . a powerful interpreter of the American experience.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Arguably the most important writer to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance... Read more >
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Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, and healed our hearts. Whether offering hope in the darkest of nights or expressing sincere joy at the extraordinariness of the everyday, Maya Angelou has served as our common... Read more >
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, and healed our hearts. Whether offering hope in the darkest of nights or expressing sincere joy at the extraordinariness of the everyday, Maya Angelou has served as our common... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Haiku Mind
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $14.95
Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment—and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her... Read more >
108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart
Written by Patricia Donegan
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $14.95
Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest moment—and for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Hopkins: Poems
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $13.50
These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content. Poems: Hopkins contains a full selection of Hopkins's work, including selected verse, prose, and letters, and an index of first lines. Read more >
Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $13.50
These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content. Poems: Hopkins contains a full selection of Hopkins's work, including selected verse, prose, and letters, and an index of first lines. Read more >
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The Living Fire
New and Selected Poems
Written by Edward Hirsch
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $21.00
A comprehensive selection of one of our most beloved poet’s rich and signifi cant body of work alongside a gathering of “brilliant, deeply pleasurable” new poems (Booklist). Read more >
New and Selected Poems
Written by Edward Hirsch
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $21.00
A comprehensive selection of one of our most beloved poet’s rich and signifi cant body of work alongside a gathering of “brilliant, deeply pleasurable” new poems (Booklist). Read more >
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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
Written by Wallace Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: February 19, 1990
Price: $18.95
This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains:
- "Harmonium"
- "Ideas of Order"
- "The Man With the Blue Guitar"
- "Parts of the World"
- "Transport Summer"
- "The Auroras of Autumn"
- "The Rock" Read more >
Written by Wallace Stevens
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: February 19, 1990
Price: $18.95
This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthday, contains:
- "Harmonium"
- "Ideas of Order"
- "The Man With the Blue Guitar"
- "Parts of the World"
- "Transport Summer"
- "The Auroras of Autumn"
- "The Rock" Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Nine Horses
Poems
Written by Billy Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $14.95
In Nine Horses, Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate for 2001–2003, continues his delicate negotiation between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac. The poems in this collection reach dazzling heights while being firmly grounded in the everyday. Traveling by train, lying on a beach, and listening to jazz... Read more >
Poems
Written by Billy Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $14.95
In Nine Horses, Billy Collins, America’s Poet Laureate for 2001–2003, continues his delicate negotiation between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac. The poems in this collection reach dazzling heights while being firmly grounded in the everyday. Traveling by train, lying on a beach, and listening to jazz... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Inferno
Written by Dante
Edited by Matthew Pearl
Translated by Henry W. Longfellow
Introduction by Lino Pertile
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.00
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of Inferno and thus introduced Dante’s literary genius to the New World. In the Inferno, the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his journey toward Heaven. Along the... Read more >
Written by Dante
Edited by Matthew Pearl
Translated by Henry W. Longfellow
Introduction by Lino Pertile
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2003
Price: $13.00
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of Inferno and thus introduced Dante’s literary genius to the New World. In the Inferno, the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his journey toward Heaven. Along the... Read more >
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Love in Verse
Classic Poems of the Heart
Compiled by Kathleen Blease
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1997
Price: $12.00
The world for me, and all the world
can hold, is circled by your arms. . . .
--James Weldon Johnson [p. 48]
True love is eternal--and in poetry, it speaks across the ages to both men and women, reminding us of its power, constancy, and depth. In this lovely literary valentine, nearly... Read more >
Classic Poems of the Heart
Compiled by Kathleen Blease
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 29, 1997
Price: $12.00
The world for me, and all the world
can hold, is circled by your arms. . . .
--James Weldon Johnson [p. 48]
True love is eternal--and in poetry, it speaks across the ages to both men and women, reminding us of its power, constancy, and depth. In this lovely literary valentine, nearly... Read more >
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Inferno
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.00
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences. Read more >
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.00
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences. Read more >
