Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, finished writing The Captain's Verses in 1952 while in exile on the island of Capri--the paradisal setting for the blockbuster film Il Postino (The Postman). Surrounded by sea, sun, and Capri's natural splendors, Neruda addressed these poems to his lover Matilde Urrutia before they were married, but didn't publish them publicly until 1963. This complete, bilingual collection has become a classic for love-struck readers around the world--passionately sensuous, and exploding with all the erotic energy of a new love.

The Captain's Verses

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007

"Albert Goldbarth is . . . a contemporary genius with the language itself . . . There is simply no contemporary poet like him." --David Baker, The Kenyon Review

Now his, the only
overhead turned on. Now nothing else existed:
only him, and the book, and the light thrown over his shoulders
as luxuriously as a cashmere shawl.
--from "Shawl"

Albert Goldbarth has created an unmistakable signature style--learned, copious, hilarious, and heartbreaking--which has so far spanned an award-winning career of thirty-five years. The Kitchen Sink brings together forty new poems with a rich selection of earlier poetry, ranging from the brief, flickering lyric to the long, narrative sequence. In both forms, Goldbarth exerts a wild showmanship and an ever-widening scope to illustrate the complex character and interconnectedness of humanity, history, and art. The Kitchen Sink is the definitive book by one of America's most original and entertaining poets.

The Kitchen Sink

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California

Yesterday I Was the Moon

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

A Self-Portrait in Letters

An expression of this extraordinary poet's life story in her own words. The letters--brilliant, lyrical, caustic, passionate, angry--are a consistently revealing index to her quixotic and exuberant personality.

Anne Sexton

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From the beloved author of Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel comes the first volume in an all new series. r.h. Sin returns with a force in Planting Gardens in Graves: a powerful collection of poetry that hones in on the themes dearest to his readers. This original volume celebrates connection, mourns heartbreak, and above all, empowers its readers to seek the love they deserve.

Planting Gardens in Graves

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Louisiana

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North Carolina

The Selected Works of Jorge Luis Borges

This book includes 118 earlier pieces never before translated, and moves through his more fantastic work to a later realism

Borges - A Reader

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New York

A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

The author interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up the brief life of Sylvia Plath.

Your Own, Sylvia

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Virginia

Love that dog

Idaho

A Personal History

A New York City writer shares episodes from her life that reflect the cyclical nature of the past and her relationships with a range of people and places, from an energetic tailor and a twice-married mom to literary co-workers and the patrons of vanishedrestaurants.

An Enlarged Heart

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World Languages

Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Donne's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by rarely published letters and extracts from Donne'ssermons - to give the essence of his work and thinking.John Donne (1572-1631) is today celebrated as one of the greatest of the metaphysical poets, whose verse was daringly original and whose use of imagery and conceits marked a new, intellectual approach to poetry. His Satires, Elegies, and Songs and Sonnets, which contain his most famous love poems,were complemented by his religious writing, both verse and prose. He was one of the most renowned preachers of his day, and this volume does equal justice to the full range of his work. In addition to nearly all his English poetry this volume includes over 130 extracts from Donne's sermons, aswell as the full text of his last sermon, 'Death's Duel'. A distinguishing feature of the selection is that the works are arranged in the chronological order of their composition.

John Donne - the Major Works

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Iowa

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A richly emotional portrait of love, loss & transformation, this unique work has much to teach us...about Robbi...about each other...about ourselves...

Unstrung Heart

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Ohio

#poet #memoir #grief #motherhood #widowhood 

A Memoir

A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.

In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid price, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on the beauty of her married life, the trauma resulting from her husband's death, and the solace found in caring for her two teenage sons, Alexander universalizes a very personal quest for meaning and acceptance in the wake of loss.
The Light of the World is at once an endlessly compelling memoir and a deeply felt meditation on the blessings of love, family, art, and community. It is also a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived and a paean to the priceless gift of human companionship. For those who have loved and lost, or for anyone who cares what matters most, The Light of the World is required reading.

The Light of the World

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A Life

This fascinating reassessment of America's most popular and famous poet reveals a more complex and enigmatic man than many readers might expect. Jay Parini spent over twenty years interviewing friends of Robert Frost and working in the poet's archives at Dartmouth, Amherst, and elsewhere to produce this definitive and insightful biography of both the public and private man. While he depicts the various stages of Frost's colorful life, Parini also sensitively explores the poet's psyche,showing how he dealt with adversity, family tragedy, and depression. By taking the reader into the poetry itself, which he reads closely and brilliantly, Parini offers an insightful road map to Frost's remarkable world.

Robert Frost

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Connecticut

Sorry I haven't texted you back, I've been so anxious and depressed I haven't had time to catch my breath! Returning to the form of Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately, Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back is a beacon of light for all who struggle or have struggled with their mental health. Structured similar to her first book, "Side A" is the poetry and "Side B" (the second half of the book) is "remixes," blackout versions of the poetry. The focus on mental health doesn't sacrifice universal appeal; the book includes the evergreen issues of love, loss, and heartbreak. Based on her viral Instagram poem, Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back, this collection lands in the crossroads of self-help and poetry.

Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back

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From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin

Drawn from the original, uncensored diaries of Anais Nin, Henry and June chronicles one year in Paris in the early 30's when Anais Nin met Henry Miller and his wife June, and the affair that ensued with HENRY WHEN JUNE LEFT FOR NEW YORK."

Henry and June

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A Beautiful Composition of Broken is inspired by some of the events expressed artistically by Samantha King in the bestseller Born to Love, Cursed to Feel. It serves as a poetic documentary of the lives of people who have been mistreated, misunderstood, and wrongfully labeled in a way that limits them in this world. The author's most personal volume yet, A Beautiful Composition of Broken builds a conceptual bridge between r.h. Sin's earliest work and his forthcoming series, Planting Gardens in Graves.

A Beautiful Composition of Broken

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New Mexico

In an extraordinary memoir, one of America's leading poets describes his youth in New Mexico, his troubled adolescence, his years as a drug dealer in Arizona and San Diego, and the personal redemption that occurred after he was arrested and sent to serve five to ten years in a maximum-security penitentiary. Reprint.

A Place to Stand

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Federico Garcia Lorca

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Pennsylvania

A Guide for the Poet Within

In this fresh approach to writing poetry, the coauthor of the perennially popular The Poet's Companion offers sharp insights into the craft of writing.

"The creative process is just that," maintains Kim Addonizio. "Not a means to an end, but an ongoing participation." A widely acclaimed poet and finalist for the National Book Award, Addonizio meditates on her own process as she encourages writers to explore both their personal and political worlds, to seek inspiration from poets new and old, and to discover the rich poetic resources of the Internet. Lively, accessible, and informative, Ordinary Genius?provides wisdom gleaned through personal experience and offers a heady variety of writing exercises. Chapters on gender, addiction, race and class, metaphor and line invite each individual writer to find and to hone his or her unique voice. This is the perfect book for both experienced writers and beginners eager to glimpse the angel of poetry.

Pablo Neruda

The Captain's Verses

Albert Goldbarth

The Kitchen Sink

Noor Unnahar

Yesterday I Was the Moon

Anne Sexton; Linda G. Sexton (Editor); Lois Ames

Anne Sexton

R. H. Sin

Planting Gardens in Graves

Pablo Neruda

The Captain's Verses

R. H. Sin

Planting Gardens in Graves

Emir R. Monegal (Editor)

Borges - A Reader

Stephanie Hemphill

Your Own, Sylvia

Sharon Creech

Love that dog

Cynthia Zarin

An Enlarged Heart

John Donne; John Carey (Editor)

John Donne - the Major Works

Robbi Sommers

Unstrung Heart

R. H. Sin

Planting Gardens in Graves

Elizabeth Alexander

The Light of the World

Jay Parini

Robert Frost

Alicia Cook

Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back

Amanda Lovelace

the princess saves herself in this one

Anaïs Nin

Henry and June

R. H. Sin

A Beautiful Composition of Broken

Jimmy Santiago Baca

A Place to Stand

Ian Gibson

Federico Garcia Lorca

Amanda Lovelace

The Princess Saves Herself in This One

Kim Addonizio

Ordinary Genius