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Testimony: The United States, 1885-1915: Recitative
Charles Reznikoff - 1965
Throw the Damn Ball: Classic Poetry by Dogs
R.D. Rosen - 2013
A hilarious collection of poetry by dogs- perfect for lovers of literature and pups alike.
Pandemonium
Armando Iannucci - 2021
It tells the story of how Orbis Rex, Young Matt and his Circle of Friends, Queen Dido and the blind Dom'nic did battle with 'a wet and withered bat' from Wuhan.
Heaven Is All Goodbyes
Tongo Eisen-Martin - 2017
The much-awaited second book by a truly revolutionary poet, in the lineage of Gil Scott Heron, Allen Ginsberg, Audre Lorde.
Alien vs. Predator
Michael Robbins - 2012
Since his poems first began to appear in the pages of The New Yorker and Poetry, there has been a lot of excited talk about the fresh and inventive work of Michael Robbins. Equal parts hip- hop, John Berryman, and capitalism seeking death and not finding it, Robbins's poems are strange, wonderful, wild, and completely unlike anything else being written today. As allusive as the Cantos, as aggressive as a circular saw, this debut collection will offend none but the virtuous, and is certain to receive an enormous amount of attention.
The Best Cigarette
Billy Collins - 1997
33 poems, over 70 minutes, very high quality recording on cassette or CD.
A Brief History of Time
Shaindel Beers - 2008
These poems, many of them award-winning, span a wide range of styles-from plainsong free verse to sestinas to nearly epic works. The characters/speakers in Beers' poems range from the rural working class to mythological characters. These poems look at the world with an honest, unflinching eye. She is one of the up-and-coming poets from Generation X we will be hearing a great deal from in the future.
Jimmy & Rita
Kim Addonizio - 1996
Haunted by their childhoods of material and emotional poverty, Jimmy and Rita float through days in urban San Francisco.
Collected Works Of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay - 2008
This collection includes: Aria da Capo, A Few Figs from Thistles, Second April, Renascence and Other Poems
Fireflies at 3 am
Danni Thomas - 2020
It’s a book with the flow of poetry but the ebb of short stories – rightfully called “Shoetry”. This creation takes you to the roots of humanity - stripping back the veneers of life, society and interaction to see people and their ways in an entirely new light.
The Last 4 Things
Kate Greenstreet - 2009
Includes DVD. What happens when a person loses hope and yet still has the urge to make a photograph or draw with a stick in the dirt? Kate Greenstreet would like you to read this book as if you had found it left behind on the empty bus seat next to you--a document not directly addressing the question Why do we make art, but one that notices that one does make art, despite conditions, and that one would regardless. THE LAST 4 THINGS comes with a DVD of two movies created by the author. A poem is made by composition, by putting things together, and when you read this book your hands tingle. THE LAST 4 THINGS brings craftsmanship to reverie; it turns dreaming into meaningful work. It is a serious approach to the grammar of our emotions and you do well to read it with your hands--Thomas Basboll.