Long neglected or scoffed at by poetry "purists," the prose poem is now taking its rightful place as a distinct and accepted genre in American letters. Johnson’s work as founder and editor of The Pros
These Coyote tales are funny, profound, sometimes sad, and always wise. Blue Cloud’s style and power have made this book a classic. These tales take coyote from his mythic beginnings to the present in
Poems from the Straight Path reflects, chronicles and tries to make sense of Joel Hayward's conversion to Islam after two decades as a fish-out-of-water Unitarian within trinitarian Christianity. The
The first collection of poetry by noted travel writer Lawrence Millman."Tent Dwellers—Okak, Labrador"Inside this licheny ring of stones that once held down a sealskin tent, I pitch my own domed aquama
“Montague explores dark emotions and thoughts with wonderful subtlety; he has a deliciously wicked wit and great range.”—Publishers Weekly“An Occasion of Sin is not to be missed.”—Small Press
“Wright’s poems, with their grace and intelligence, not only stand as a rebuke to most of the glib work of his time, but remain among the finest examples of the midcentury American lyric.”—J.D. McClat
Winner of the 2016 Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation"In Returnings, we are treated to an essay on the imaginative possibilities of a great poet, long exiled from his native land, turning mem
"Gilliam chronicles a coming of age and sustains a fine (and difficult) balance between the child's immediacy of experience and the adult's analytical recollection. The setting is Appalachia, but
"Harbors of Light celebrates 'the call of the lighthouse' in all its many variations. From Ulysses and Penelope to the angel of dreams to the girl who fell in love with the lighthouse keeper, thi
White Pine Press Poetry Prize Winner"Rainer Maria Rilke said that there are two inexhaustible sources for poetry, childhood and dreams, and Kim Garcia drinks deeply from both wells in these magic
A Korean voice from a new generation of cutting-edge poets that will appeal to younger writers and readers. Shim includes deeply personal poems, lyric experiments, and strong social statements that re
"Prose was always meant for colloquy, risk, and intimacy. With these rich and conversant prose poems, Marvin Bell and Christopher Merrill return spoken language to sportsometimes competitive, but
"One of the few poets whose work remains accessible to both scholars of poetry and the casual reader. . . . Her finely wrought free-form verse reads as easily as prose despite its dense, lush imagery.
?Every poem in this book is a like a heart in a jar. Kathleen’s superb eye and exacting craft rides on the power of images that throttle the reader off the page, yet one foot is so firmly rooted in th
“Iron Moon is a monumental achievement. It redraws the boundaries of working-class poetry for the new millennium by incorporating at its center issues like migration, globalization, and rank-and-file
A hybrid incorporating archival material from the 1600s, Bright Advent gives flesh to a ghost of Early American history largely forgotten, specifically the dark and complicated story of the Massachuse
As a poet, Perquin is able to get into the minds of others. Whether they are the delinquents presented to us in Cell Inspections or the nameless, strange, but extremely recognizable figures in her oth
A diverse anthology of prose shorts by both canonized and under appreciated writers, Spring Phantoms traces the little-known history of this form in Britain and America throughout the 19th century. Th
These poems balance between the harrowing and the beautiful, hovering at the precipice where women are both horseback riding heroines and battered mothers striving to protect their homes, their childr
