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They Carry a Promise
They Carry a Promise
Written by Janusz Szuber, Translated by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307267535
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They Carry a Promise
Selected Poems
Written by Janusz Szuber
Translated by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough


Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00

This bracing collection marks the first appearance in English of the Polish poet Janusz Szuber, hailed as the greatest discovery in Polish poetry of the late twentieth century when, in his late forties, he began publishing the work he’d been producing for almost thirty years. Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska has called... Read more >
Figurehead
Figurehead
Written by John Hollander
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307556110
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Figurehead
And Other Poems
Written by John Hollander


Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $15.00

In a major review in The New Republic of John Hollander's two earlier books, Tesserae and Selected Poetry (both 1993), Vernon Shetley said, "John Hollander's poetry has shown a visionary power just often enough to secure him a place as one of the major figures of our moment."

Figurehead, a lively, varied... Read more >
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Paradiso
Paradiso
Written by Dante, Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400031153
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Paradiso

Written by Dante
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander


Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $19.95

With his journeys through Hell and Purgatory complete, Dante is at last led by his beloved Beatrice to Paradise. Where his experiences in the Inferno and Purgatorio were arduous and harrowing, this is a journey of comfort, revelation, and, above all, love-both romantic and divine.

Robert Hollander is a Dante scholar... Read more >
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In Praise of the Unfinished
In Praise of the Unfinished
Written by Julia Hartwig, Translated by John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307267207
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In Praise of the Unfinished
Selected Poems
Written by Julia Hartwig
Translated by John Carpenter and Bogdana Carpenter


Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $25.00

Hailed by Czeslaw Milosz as “the grande dame of Polish poetry” and named “one of the foremost Polish poets of the twentieth century” by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Julia Hartwig has long been considered the gold standard of poetry in her native Poland. With this career-spanning collection, we finally have a book of... Read more >
Rimbaud Complete
Rimbaud Complete
Written by Arthur Rimbaud, Edited by Wyatt Mason, Translated by Wyatt Mason, Introduction by Wyatt Mason
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375757709
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Rimbaud Complete

Written by Arthur Rimbaud
Edited by Wyatt Mason
Translated by Wyatt Mason
Introduction by Wyatt Mason


Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $16.95

Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this state of affairs is Rimbaud Complete,... Read more >
Epigrams
Epigrams
Written by Martial, Translated by James Michie, Introduction by Shadi Bartsch
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375760426
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Epigrams

Written by Martial
Translated by James Michie
Introduction by Shadi Bartsch


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $14.95

Martial, the father of the epigram, was one of the brilliant provincial poets who made their literary mark on first-century Rome. His Epigrams can be affectionate or cruel, elegiac or playful; they target every element of Roman society, from slaves to schoolmasters to, above all, the aristocratic elite. With wit and... Read more >
Purgatorio
Purgatorio
Written by Dante, Translated by W.S. Merwin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375708398
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Purgatorio
A New Verse Translation
Written by Dante
Translated by W.S. Merwin


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $22.00

At the pinnacle of a grand and prolific career, W. S. Merwin has given us a shimmering new verse translation of the central section of Dante's Divine Comedy -- the Purgatorio.
  
Led by Virgil, inspired by his love for Beatrice, Dante makes the arduous journey up the Mountain of Purgatory, where souls... Read more >
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Figurehead
Figurehead
Written by John Hollander
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375704338
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Figurehead
And Other Poems
Written by John Hollander


Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: August 15, 2000
Price: $15.00

In a major review in The New Republic of John Hollander's two earlier books, Tesserae and Selected Poetry (both 1993), Vernon Shetley said, "John Hollander's poetry has shown a visionary power just often enough to secure him a place as one of the major figures of our moment."

Figurehead, a lively, varied... Read more >
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