Search Results: Poetry from 20th Century Books

144 page poetry collection. "AFTER HOUSES is an extended meditation on homelessness. In unflinching, raw poetry, poet Claire Millikin explores states of homelessness, and a longing for, even a devotion to, houses―houses as spaces where one could be safe and at ease. The poems move through an American landscape, between the South and the North, between childhood and adulthood, reaching toward a home that's never reached, but always at one's fingertips. Throughout this collection, Millikin draws from personal and family history, from classical mythology and architectural theory, to shape a poetry of empathy, in which some of the places where people get lost in America are faced and given place. AFTER HOUSES echo the voices of girls who have not quite survived, but who persist, intact in the way that Rimbaud insists on intactness, in words" (jc122218-38-101).

128 pages, Advance Readers' Copy, Poetry Collection (jc020318)

148 pages, Advance Reader's Copy, trade paperback format poetry collection (jc62512)

68 pages, Advance Reader's Copy, trade paperback format collection of poetry (jc80513)

34 page poetry collection. "A Bouquet of Daisies is a collection of poetry and prose exploring the heartbreak and healing found in relationships of all kinds. Centered around the theme of human connection, she additionally touches on the battle against mental illness, the stigma that follows the diagnosis, emotional abuse, sexual assault, and misogyny. Alice puts the spotlight on dark topics to bring forth an awareness around pain rather than shy away from it. A Bouquet of Daisies concludes with reassuring messages of plucking the dark moments out of your past to bask in your future and inner power." (jc919)

104 pages, poetry collection. "With careful attention to detail, and evocative turns of phrase, Dave Margoshes introspectively looks back on youth. Intriguing metaphors, reminiscent of pastoral imagery, create a sharp contrast between the heavy subject matter of one's own mortality, and the beautiful, evocative comparisons between humanity and the rest of the animal kingdom, particularly birds and trees. Darwin's Theory of Evolution, is juxtaposed with the desire to give in to temptation, and become one with the world, as Margoshes makes most evident in his final poem, "Wisdom", a fitting end to a collection that would have the reader struggling between reconciling their past and present." (jc1128)

Advance Readers' Copy. 112 pages, regular price $16.95. "This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave ― the hope that lies behind their decision, but also the terrible sadness of leaving home. We learn about how far and hard the trip is, but also about the kindness of those along the way.
Finally, once the caravan arrives in Tijuana, Misael and those around him are relieved. They think they have arrived at the goal of the trip ― to enter the United States. But then tear gas, hateful demonstrations, force and fear descend on these vulnerable people. The border is closed. The book ends with Misael dreaming of El Salvador.
This beautiful and timely story is written in simple but poetic verse by Jorge Argueta, the award-winning author of Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds. Award-winning Mexican… Read More

Advance Readers' Copy, 92 pages "Celadon reflects on hard work in an era of depersonalization. Ian Haight's poems portray Midwestern factory workers, Korean farmers, Chinese migrants miners, and exploited child laborers. Through a contemplation of globalization and the refuge from it that art could offer, Celadon searches for a place where one can live with peace and dignity. These poems draw specific inspiration from the valleys of Kaya—an ancient kingdom situated in present-day Korea—where celadon potters have lived for over 1,500 years. The valleys are an enclave for artists of all kinds, many of them ceramicists creating their works of art according to practices and traditions hundreds of years old. The community is a place where people have come together to live, ultimately, for art—and it has endured, regardless of the exertions of war, political gamesmanship, and power, for at least eighteen centuries." (jc53118)

146 page poetry collection. "A COUNTRY WITHOUT BORDERS, POEMS AND STORIES OF KASHMIR is the debut collection of Lalita Pandit Hogan, an expatriate Kashmiri scholar and poet who shares with readers the loss of identity and home, culture, migration, womanhood, otherness and exile. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven, evoking a home no longer accessible. A COUNTRY WITHOUT BORDERS is an invaluable collection for all who are interested in cultural remembrance and meditations that reflect postcolonial poetry, and for students reading South Asian literature and culture." (jc122218-27-100)

Trade paperback poetry collection, 80 pages, marked as a review copy. "David Orr is an authentic iconoclast. His criticism is exuberant and original. Dr. Johnson, my critical hero, urged us to clear our mind of cant. Orr has cleared his. He will enhance the perception of his readers." ―Harold Bloom
"A poetry critic and poet himself, David Orr's work often explores a gray area of literary professionalism and process. A columnist for the New York Times Book Review. . . . Orr shows himself to be a reader interested in cutting through noise, particularly with the realities of writing and publishing in a popular culture." ―Ploughshares
In his wry debut collection of poetry, celebrated critic David Orr ponders the dark underworld of the ordinary, as he traverses the suburban gothic landscape of modern America. Orr finds and names what's at the core of being human: sorrow, kindness, familial love, and memory. The poems are playful, fashioned of fables, familiar objects, and the supernatural,… Read More

trade paperback poetry collection, 68 pages, marked as a review copy."Bitsui's poetry returns things to their basic elements and voice in a flowing language rife with illuminating images. A great reading experience for those who like serious and innovative poetry." ―Library Journal
Drawing upon Navajo history and enduring tradition, Sherwin Bitsui leads us on a treacherous, otherworldly passage through the American Southwest. Fluidly shape-shifting and captured by language that functions like a moving camera, Dissolve is urban and rural, past and present in the haze of the reservation. Bitsui proves himself to be one of this century's most haunting, raw, and uncompromising voices.
From "(Untitled)":
. . . Jeweled with houseflies, leather rattles, foil-wrapped, ferment in beaked maskson the shores of evaporating lakes.This plot, now a hotel garden, its fountain gushing forth―the slashed wrists of the Colorado River.
Sherwin Bitsui was raised in White Cone, Arizona, on the Navajo… Read More

Intended as a supplement to Charles Beecher Hogna's Bibliography of Edwin Arlington Robinson, but also useful by itself. Includes "Works Separately Published," "Works Originally Published in Books and Pamphlets," "Works Originally Published in Periodicals," "Biographical and Critical Material Dealing with Robinson (Books, Periodicals, Reviews of Individual Books, Theses), "Writings Hitherto Uncollected," Additions and Corrections to Charles Beecher Hogan's..." and an index. 168 pages.

145 page, red cloth bound, includes lists of other bibliographies, works of Dickinson, translations of, books about, chapters and parts of chapters on, articles and parts of articles on, Doctorial dissertations, index of poetry explications, index of authors

36 pages plus covers poetry chapbook"SHP chapbook winner 2018" (jc619)

94 pages, trade paperback, marked as a review copy. "Firmly rooted in the dramatic landscapes and histories of Michigan, Field Recordings uses American folk music as a lens to investigate themes of personal origin, family, art, and masculinity. The speakers of these poems navigate Michigan's folklore and folkways while exploring more personal connections to those landscapes and examining the timeless questions that occupy those songs and stories. With rich musicality and lyric precision, the poems in Field Recordings look squarely at what it means to be a son, a brother, an artist, a person.
Inspired by the life and writings of famous ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, Field Recordings is divided into three sections. It is anchored by a long poem that tracks Alan Lomax on his 1938 journey through Michigan collecting music for the Library of Congress. This poem speaks to the complex process of recording the voices and stories of working-class musicians in Michigan in the early part of the… Read More

92 pages paperback poetry collection."In this powerful and exquisite collection of poems, Jamie Wendt, a graduate of the University of Nebraska MFA program whose poetry has been published in various literary journals including Lilith, Raleigh Review and Minerva Rising, locates the interplay between the material and spiritual inheritance of land and people through themes of place, and displacement. . ." (jc1118)

230 page cloth bound hardcover

78 pages, poetry collection, Advance Readers' Copy. '"Philip Schultz's poems have long since earned their own place in American poetry. His stylistic trademarks are his great emotional directness and his intelligent haranguing―of god, the reader, and himself. He is one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest." ―Tony Hoagland
In this compassionate new collection, Philip Schultz's wry and incisive poetic voice takes on both the eternal questions of meaning and happiness and essentially modern complexities―the collective power of women's marches, the strangeness of googling oneself, the refugee crisis, the emotions associated with visiting the 9/11 memorial. At once philosophical and droll, Schultz explores life's luxuries and challenges with masterly precision.
Luxury takes its name from the center poem, which has an ironic ring next to Schultz's Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Failure. The poem is a beautiful exploration of the pull toward life as Schultz… Read More

76 pages, trade paperback format Advance Readers' Copy '"John [Freeman] delights in and is thoroughly devoted to writing and to books. He is my kind of person."Louise Erdrich In his travels, whenever John Freeman arrives at a new place, the first thing he does is look for a barbershop and gets a haircut. This simple ritual draws him closer to the world and the community he's entering. In his first book of poetry, Freeman, best known as editor of Freeman's Journal, maps the present by way of the past, drawing upon memories of childhood, family, and former loves. Simultaneously international and intimately domestic,Maps is nostalgic with a cool head, and able to examine the world with insightful compassion and grace. From "Legend": A soul is not a diamond pressed down into something hard like rock, but rather, the word my father's father said to himself on those too-cold California nights when all he could see was the work ahead of him, the dead behind her name He'd say her name. John… Read More

92 pages. "The Ocher of Abundance, Poems-Volume 16 by Wendy E. Slater is the third poetry book in Slaters Traduka Wisdom Poetry Series to be published. After a twenty-year hiatus from writing poetry, she composed 20 volumes of spiritually inspired poetry which began in 2001 during a mystical sojourn to Scotland. Her poetry is the expression and integration of the inner dialogue with Divinity and the spiritual journey of self-discovery through vision quests, spiritual awakenings, and the dark night of the soul. Her words reflect deeply on both the hidden and revealed relationship of nature, the cosmos, humanity and the healing of archetypes both esoteric and known in the individual and collective psyche. Her poetic formulas are both wisdom and method; a sharing of words that open doors for readers and invite them on their own spiritual journey of awakening and healing." jc60819-100