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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey collaborated to help achieve the biggest electoral success for socialism in recent British history. The two men share a passionate belief in a fairer, more equal Britain, encapsulated in Labour's election slogan "For the many, not the few."
That slogan, inspired by Shelley's famous poem The Masque of Anarchy, points to something else the two have in common: a lifelong enthusiasm for poetry. In this sparkling anthology...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Raised by Wolves is a unique and vibrant gathering of poems from Graywolf Press's fifty years. The anthology is conceived as a community document: fifty Graywolf poets have selected fifty poems by Graywolf poets, offering insightful prose reflections on their selections. What arises is a choral arrangement of voices and lineages across decades, languages, styles, and divergences, inspiring a shared vision for the future. Included here are established...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Asking opens with new and urgent poems by Jane Hirshfield, in which she faces again the contradictions that have shaped her work: "Some take/ in witnessed suffering, pleasure," she writes. "Some make, of witnessed suffering, beauty." The volume then returns to the beginning, carrying us from her earliest volumes (including Of Gravity and Angels; Given Sugar, Given Salt; and After), up through the important recent work (Come, Thief; The Beauty;...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jenny Xie's award-winning debut, Eye Level, takes us far and near, to Phnom Penh, Corfu, Hanoi, New York, and elsewhere, as we travel closer and closer to the acutely felt solitude that centers this searching, moving collection. Animated by a restless inner questioning, these poems meditate on the forces that moor the self and set it in motion, from immigration to travel to estranging losses and departures. The sensual worlds here--colors, smells,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"LVOE. Volume II" is an expanded exploration of self-love, meditation, meaning, loss, and romance from the internet's favorite poet. Atticus implores his instantly recognizable lyrical style, gorgeous illustrations, and relatable themes to once again dazzle readers, inspiring them to look within. This collection will feature all-new poems, each paired with beautiful sketches that bring the words alive from the page. "LVOE. Volume II" looks forward,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Atticus, has captured the hearts and minds of nearly 700k followers (including stars like Karlie Kloss, Emma Roberts, and Alicia Keys). In his second collection of poetry, The Dark Between Stars, he turns his attention to the dualities of our lived experiences--the inescapable connections between our highest highs and lowest lows. He captures the infectious energy of starting a relationship, the tumultuous realities of commitment, and the agonizing...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A rich collection of Dylan Thomas' best-loved poems and stories, such as Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, and pieces he wrote for radio and magazines, including the celebrated radio play Under Milk Wood. The Dylan Thomas Omnibus highlights the full range and genius of this tempestuous and meticulous artist.
9) Home body
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present, and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself - reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. Illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here."--Amazon.com
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Series
Library of America volume 88
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Description
"After a brilliant literary career in Russian, Vladimir Nabokov came to the United States and went on to an even more brilliant one in English-- earning a place as one of the greatest writers of his adopted home. Here he published the autobiography and eight novels now collected in an authoritative three-volume set. Lolita-- one of the most controversial and widely read books of its time-- is the satiric, poignant "confession" of a middle-aged European's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this selection of poems Harjo, a three-term US Poet Laureate, celebrates her fifty years as a poet. While musical, intimate, political and wise, they intertwine ancestral memory and tribal histories with resilience and love. From her early discoveries for her own voice to moving reflections of our contemporary movement, she offers poems on birth, death, love, and resistance-- and everything they encompass."--Adapted from jacket.
A magnificent...
13) Pillow thoughts
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. it is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A greatest-hits selection from some of the most popular poets of the Romantic movement, including Goethe, Schiller, Schlegel, and Heinrich Heine, in a gorgeously jacketed small hardcover.
Unlike the more earnest English Romantic poets, the followers of the Romantic movement in Germany valued wit and humour along with beauty. Admiration for nature is also prominent in their poetry, and in particular the dramatic forests which still cover large areas...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Becoming Poetry focuses on helping readers grasp how poetry works upon our understanding and our imagination. A model of practical criticism, this volume of essays by the poet Jay Rogoff prizes the specific example over theoretical generalization and performs close critical examination of texts from a diverse range of poets, classical and contemporary. "Formalities," the first section, deals with formal elements in works by poets ranging historically...
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