Donnelly's first book. Intense and pristine lyrics by a poet living in the age of AIDS. He takes his subject head-on without a shred of sentimentality or self-pity.
Miniature critical essays on contemporary poets and fiction writers. Originally written as introductions to public readings, these essays are unabashedly celebratory, a welcome relief from the usual c
The first book by a poet who finds the numinous in ordinary things. At first glance the poems seem to concern ordinary domestic life--but they also take us deeply into the spiritual realm. Whaley show
The linguistically fascinating first book by a poet who has been compared to Wallace Stevens. Her extreme precision and extraordinary diction distinguish this book from the crowd. Matthew Rohrer has c
“Startling in their mystery, these poems are entirely original; abstract and passionate, sensual and otherworldly, trance-like and exciting . . . . The Ardors is a book that takes us beyond ourselves,
Interglacial: New and Selected Poems & Aphorisms includes 50 new poems and 150 new aphorisms as well as a generous selection of poems and aphorisms from all of Richardson's previous books, many of whi
