Poetry

Image of Beast in the Apartment
Author(s):
Tony Barnstone
Genre(s):
Single Author, Contemporary

Beast in the Apartment

January 9, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Robbi Nester

“This collection offers the riches of a mature poet’s reflections on life and death, which cannot help but enrich our own lives as well.”

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Image of The Twelfth of Never
Author(s):
Ciaran Carson
Genre(s):
Poetry

The Twelfth of Never

January 3, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Manny Blacksher

"The collection is a chronicle of practice and refining performance."

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Image of Colaterales/Collateral
Author(s):
Dinapiera Di Donato
Genre(s):
Single Author, World/International

Colaterales/Collateral

November 21, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . revelatory, a testament to Di Donato’s ability to deconstruct the complex weavings and machinations of the human heart.”

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Image of O, What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic & Profound
Author(s):
Garrison Keillor
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry

O, What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic & Profound

October 2, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . [an] entertaining collection of poetic high jinx.”

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Image of Questions About God
Author(s):
Stephen Perry
Genre(s):
Poetry, Poetry, Poetry, Poetry

Questions About God

September 10, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . an excitingly different read.”

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Author(s):
Luisa A. Igloria
Genre(s):
Single Author, Contemporary, Anthologies, Poetry, World/International, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, World/International, World/International, Single Author, Poetry, Contemporary, Anthologies

The Saints of Streets

August 26, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Robbi Nester

Have you ever wondered why books of poetry, unless they span the whole of a writer’s life and work, are so slim?

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Image of Vale Ave (New Directions Poetry Pamphlets)
Author(s):
Hilda Doolittle
Genre(s):
Poetry, Poetry

Vale Ave

July 8, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

Vale Ave has been released by New Directions Press as Poetry Pamphlet #7 in their pamphlet series, which represents a significant reprinting of this outstanding long poem by the legendary

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Image of Eiko and Koma (New Directions Poetry Pamphlets)
Author(s):
Forrest Gander
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry

Eiko and Koma

July 6, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . [provides a] wealth of insights . . .”

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Image of The Beautiful Contradictions (New Directions Poetry Pamphlets)
Author(s):
Nathaniel Tarn
Genre(s):
Poetry, Poetry

The Beautiful Contradictions

July 6, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . truly impressive . . .”

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Image of A Musical Hell (New Directions Poetry Pamphlets)
Author(s):
Alejandra Pizarnik
Genre(s):
Poetry

A Musical Hell

July 5, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“Fear and desire, silence and passion, beauty and death . . .”

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Image of Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, 1982 - 2013
Author(s):
Burt Kimmelman
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction

Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, 1982–2013

June 21, 2013
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

This review is dedicated to Robert Cooper (1956–1993).

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Image of Belmont: Poems
Author(s):
Stephen Burt
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry

Belmont: Poems

June 12, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . breezily contemporary in feel, yet deeply lyrical in quality and effect.”

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Image of Metaphysical Dog: Poems
Author(s):
Frank Bidart
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry

Metaphysical Dog: Poems

April 25, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“Mr. Bidart is the friend of narrative, and narrative is his ally.”

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Image of The Collected Poems of Ai
Author(s):
Ai Ai
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Poetry, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry

The Collected Poems of Ai

January 31, 2013
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

For more than half a century most mainstream, accessible, non-experimental, American poetry has been autobiographical.

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Image of The Oldest Word for Dawn: New and Selected Poems
Author(s):
Brad Leithauser
Genre(s):
Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry

The Oldest Word for Dawn: New and Selected Poems

January 31, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Laverne Frith

“. . . a complex and challenging journey, created through careful design to inveigle, involve and capture imaginations.”

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Image of The Sea at Truro: Poems
Author(s):
Nancy Willard
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Poetry, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry

The Sea at Truro: Poems

October 7, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“Her style never obtrudes on her subject or that quiet sense of transcendence. . . . We are clearly at home in these deep, rich poems.”

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Image of Inferno
Author(s):
Dante Alighieri
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Poetry, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Literary Fiction

Inferno: A New Translation

August 5, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Jeremy McGuire

“. . . fiendishly funny. . . . Dante himself would probably applaud.”

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Image of Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen
Author(s):
Kenneth Patchen
Genre(s):
Poetry

Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen

May 25, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Phil Constable

“. . . a wonderful glimpse into the life of this highly regarded and talented artist.”

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Image of Left-handed: Poems
Author(s):
Jonathan Galassi
Genre(s):
Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Contemporary, Anthologies, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author

Left-Handed: Poems

March 16, 2012
Reviewed by: 
David Cooper

“Left-Handed: Poems is strongly recommended to all poetry lovers and to all readers who find they must radically change their lives in order to live more authentically.”

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Image of PLACE
Author(s):
Jorie Graham
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Contemporary, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Anthologies

Place: New Poems

March 9, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Laura Schultz

“Many of the poems in Place are deeply contemplative and philosophical.

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Image of The Annotated Emerson
Author(s):
David, Phillip Mikics, Lopate
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Anthology, Poetry, Anthologies, Single Author, Literary Fiction, Anthology, Poetry, Anthologies, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Anthology, Anthologies

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Annotated Emerson

February 29, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“What emerges from this authoritative yet accessible collection is a portrait of one of America’s most original and intuitive thinkers, a man for all seasons, along with the fruits of his w

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Image of Kenneth Patchen: A Centennial Selection
Author(s):
Jonathan Clark
Genre(s):
Poetry, Anthologies, Single Author, Single Author, Poetry, Anthologies

Kenneth Patchen: A Centennial Selection

December 8, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“This selection of Patchen’s best by one of his intimates is clearly a gift and tribute to the man and his work, . . . Kenneth Patchen may be experiencing a real revival in his 100th year.

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Image of The Best of Archy and Mehitabel: Introduction by E. B. White (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)
Author(s):
Don Marquis
Genre(s):
Other, Other, Humor, Humor

The Best of Archy and Mehitabel

November 1, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

“To read these comic poems in blank verse again is to live childhood again, when the surly, often irate insect was first discovered.

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Image of Coral Road: Poems
Author(s):
Garrett Hongo
Genre(s):
Asian American, Poetry, Regional & Cultural

Coral Road: Poems

September 21, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“This is deep music and clear, as the poet carries us to those places in the heart that ground and guide us.

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Image of Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems
Author(s):
Franz Wright
Genre(s):
Poetry

Kindertotenwald: Prose Poems

August 27, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Larry Smith

“Magically, like the prose poem form itself, Mr. Wright opens to and finds himself and makes us care.”

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