“Taha Muhammad Ali speaks with an emotional forthrightness. . . . He has developed a style that seems both ancient and new, deceptively simple and movingly direct.”—The W
“Chris Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength.”—Pride Hands Washing Water is Chris Abani's fourth poetry collection—a mischievous book o
“There are only two passions in art; there are love and hate—with endless modifications.”—Theodore RoethkeAt his death, Theodore Roethke left behind 277 spiral notebooks full of poetry fragments, apho
Winner of the Hayden Carruth Award Radio Crackling, Radio Gone is a debut collection of poetry that explores multiple logics of perception, association, and interpretation. Navigating the edges where
Sergei Yesenin was a Russian poet who, in 1925, hanged himself after writing his farewell poem in blood. Jim Harrison's "correspondence" with Yesenin is an American masterwork.In the early 1970s, Harr
“Chris Martin . . . takes the O’Hara city poet eye in his own direction, showing a sweet vision for the distance between public and private spaces.”—Jacket American Music, selected by C. D. Wright fro
Named to the Notable Books of the Year lists from The Kansas City Star and the Michigan Library Association. “Jim Harrison is a writer with immortality in him.”—The Times (London) &
The poetry of Zen masters such as Ikkyu, Basho, and Dogen has haunted and nourished readers and poets for centuries. Poet-translator-editor Stephen Berg has wrestled with these poets and their ideas
“One of the best-read men in the Western world” is how Poetry Review describes Irish poet-critic Dennis O’Driscoll. Quote Poet Unquote, his compilation of contemporary quotations on all things poetry-
Known throughout Europe for her live performances, Valzhyna Mort is a dynamic young poet who writes in Belarusian, working explicitly to reestablish the traditional language of her homeland. Mort's p
"Schafer makes Huerta, who might be seen as 'difficult,' accesible to readers without sacrificing any of the startling images, leaps of meaning, and emotional resonance the poet uses to great effect..
"...spare, psalmlike poems....Together, the poems in this beautifully translated selection...provide us with the autobiography of a poet who felt most at home during winter, in solitude. Hauge deserve
One of the best-selling English-language translations of the Taoteching.?A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended.”?Library Journal?With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of
“Connie Wanek . . . is superb, mature [and] a master of mood and language.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press“No poet I know, with the exception of Jane Kenyon, is as able to discover the magic and depth in ordi
