Willis Barnstone
The words of Jesus Christ are restored to their original poetic form
in this extraordinary volume.More
James Longenbach
"The world in these poems, rendered from memory on a mythic tide, is at once palpable and numinous." —On the SeawallMore
Traci Brimhall
"Poetry for the new century: awake to the world, spiritually profound, and radiant with lyric intelligence." —Carolyn ForchéMore
Ai
"Smart, funny, angry, political, and utterly poetic . . . both haunting and humorous." —The RumpusMore
Todd Boss
2012 Poetry Midwest Booksellers Choice Award winner
"[Todd Boss] can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon." —Sherman AlexieMore
Major Jackson
"A devastatingly beautiful collection of strange and wonderful poems." —Poetry DailyMore
Eugenio Montale, William Arrowsmith, Rosanna Warren
A majestic translation of one of the Nobel Prize-winning masters of twentieth-century poetry.More
Patti Smith
Before the National Book Award-winning Just Kids, Patti Smith addressed the life and passing of her intimate friend, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.More
John Kinsella
"One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."—Harold BloomMore
Marie Borroff
Of the five poems contained in this book, two are acknowledged masterpieces. The plot of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an Arthurian romance, brilliantly interweaves elements of suspense and high comedy.More
Kimiko Hahn
“[Kimiko] Hahn’s frankness . . . allows [these poems] to stand out as starkly fresh as the carnivorous plants she describes.”—American PoetMore
Lucretius, Frank O. Copley
Reissued to accompany Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve: the epic poem that changed the course of human thought forever.More
Sandra Beasley
“[Beasley’s] lightness works best when it dapples her darkness—and when her darkness, as it often does, feels truly deep.”—Abigail Deutsch, PoetryMore
Maxine Kumin
"The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."—BooklistMore
Sandra M. Gilbert
"Sandra Gilbert's poems are beautifully situated at the intersection of craft and feeling."—Billy CollinsMore