“This book contains over thirty years of work. Without ever intending it, I wrote a spiritual autobiography in poetry. I once was a young poet who practiced Zen; over the years I became a formally ord
From “Heartsong”:And I say come like a stranger, like a featherfalling on an old woman’s shoulder, like a hawkthat comes to feed from her hands, come like a mystery,like sunlight rain, a blessing, a b
“We want a book—be it a work of fiction or poetry—to remind us how varied and complex our experience of the world can be at times. And yet when we encounter such a book, we realize how rarely we come
The Monster Loves His Labyrinth offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of the poet. Passionate, witty, tender, and curious, these notebook entries range from casual jottings to profound observati
"Few... could have predicted the delayed depth-charge of this explosive second book, motored by vividly earthly language and disguised philosophical sophistication." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"(Lilley's) verse brings beauty to the almost-failed world it creates."—Rain Taxi"Lilley's power comes partly from his sound: syncopated, densely compacted, defiantly resigned."—The BelieverAlpha—the
Working within the frame of her native New England, Julie Agoos positions herself in her new book, Property, less as a first-person lyric speaker than as an acute listener to the layered history of sm
"Fans of an earlier generation of American poets, such as Elizabeth Bishop, A.R. Ammons, and Robert Bly, will find much to enjoy in this large volume of poetry that showcases an acute poetic prowess,
"She has, like all good poets, created a music of her own, one suited to her concerns. When denizens of the 22nd century, if we get there, look back on our era and ask how we lived, they will take an
Something has happened here: An empire has gone to seed, an entire country goes on strike, people begin eating dirt and flowers, and a couple lives on a riverboat to avoid the ground. In Mine, Tung-Hu
Beginning with a harrowing account of her childhood in a Belgian convent, where she was placed at the age of four, Laure-Anne Bosselaar shows us how early emotional and physical deprivation can be ove
“Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via performances and recordings, as often as not with integral musical set
Taking its title from the cult horror movie classic, Jonathan Aaron’s third book, Journey to the Lost City, is a work of sharp wit, irony, and disarming tenderness. Cool, metaphysically quizzical, alm
“Keith Althaus has the kind of straightforward voice that commands attention: He makes a series of seemingly calm statements and wham!, you’re hit by the fact that he’s telling the truth, the beautifu
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
This book gathers under one roof poems from all of Richardson’s earlier collections, a number of which are out of print: Reservations (1977), Second Guesses (1984), As If(1992), A Suite for Lucretians
Gardening in the Dark, Kasischke’s sixth book of poetry, continues to explore the transformative power of imagination. Her poems take us to the flip side of human consciousness, where anything can hap
“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,
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
Winner of the 2004 Kate Tufts Award. In wild, zany, often hilarious language, this new poet writes about what it's like to be a woman, a mother, and ex-wife in 21st centuray America. Linda Gregerson h
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.
Jahan Ramazani has written that “These dazzling lyrics and sequences create one of the most compelling portraits we have of a mind, a sensibility, a language emerging from the hybridization of culture
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 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
500 aphorisms. Our best-seller. In Boston Review, Brenda O’Shaughnessy wrote, “Readers will be obsessed by this book; they will memorize passages, give copies to friends, proselytize. That’s because V
Twenty tear-out postcards of the beautiful Ausable River Valley in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. The images are alternately scenic, comical, and of documentary interest. Marla Merante
