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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (1 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Originally privately published in Paris, Three Stories and Ten Poems holds an interesting history. The three stories "Up in Michigan," "Out of Season," and "My Old Man" were first seen in this collection, but "Up in Michigan" was banned and not considered publishable in America until 1938 because of its blatant sexuality. In addition, this original publication of the three stories is all that remains of Hemingway's early works after his suitcase containing...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance-- paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. Taking inspiration from the unsung women poets of the era, Grimes uses the "Golden Shovel" poetry method to create original poems drawn from the words of ... groundbreaking...
87) On Cats
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 audio discs (4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A raw and tenderly funny look at the human-cat relationship, from one of our most treasured and transgressive writersThe cat is the beautiful devil.Felines touched a vulnerable spot in Charles Bukowski's crusty soul. For the writer, there was something majestic and elemental about these inscrutable creatures he admired, sentient beings whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Bukowski considered cats to be unique forces of nature, elusive...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
xxiii, 518 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
This book collects all of Pattiann Rogers's published work, plus 40 new poems. Her subject matter is at once broad -- defining divinity, achieving serenity -- and specific, as she sees with a keen eye "the neon needle of a damsel fly hovering and vanishing."
92) Animal poems
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Each of the exquisite twenty-three poems in this posthumous collection by Valerie Worth carefully distinguishes one animal from all other creatures and captures it in all of its wonderful singularity - from wasp to snake to wren. The way Worth perfectly illuminates the uniqueness of each animal in her precise and elegant free verse will delight both fans of her celebrated Small Poems and readers encountering her poetry for the first time. Breathtakingly...
94) Selected poems
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
xvi, 220 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Presents a selection of poems by twentieth-century poet Denise Levertov, composed over the course of six decades.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
xvi, 189 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Days of Wonder collects verse spanning nearly three decades, including ten new poems and selections from the poet's four previous collections. Schulman's well-crafted lyrics contain equal portions of reverence and lament, praise and joy.
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
liii, 617 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"This landmark anthology brings together for the first time more than three hundred poems by over seventy African American poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Ai, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, Natasha Tretheway, Major Jackson, and Kevin Young. Angles of Ascent looks to the immediate past of contemporary African American poetry, including the influence of Modernism in the 1950's and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's,...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
viii, 72 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"With Rising Venus Kelly Cherry reveals the fearsome beauty, vulnerability, and complexity of women’s experience. Cherry masterfully re-creates the full spectrum of the female psyche, from looming madness to harrowing self-knowledge made bearable, even exhilarating, through the poet’s remarkable range and skill." - publisher's website
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Old Growth gathers a generous selection of the best of Mike O'Connor's original lyric poetry along with a sampling of new and uncollected poems. Long-time readers of O'Connor's poetry can now access the arc of his poetic offerings in a single volume. Readers new to O'Connor's work will discover the poignancy, humor, insight, and compassion that illuminate his most enduring poems. Old Growth is essential reading from one of the Northwest's most engaging...
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