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Poetry
An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed
love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language
everyone can understand
James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs.
James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs.
From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir--part
prose, part verse--about coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and
the beauty of the wider world, and redemption through
self-discovery and the bonds of family
.
"My little brother and I saw a unicorn in the garden in the late nineties.
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"My little brother and I saw a unicorn in the garden in the late nineties.
A debut poetry collection from actor Nico Tortorella
exploring “all of it,” from the smallest cells in
our bodies to the outer limits of our universe.
Nico Tortorella's debut poetry collection presents a singular voice honed through years as an actor, podcaster, and advocate, one colored with love, wonder, and endless curiosity.
Nico Tortorella's debut poetry collection presents a singular voice honed through years as an actor, podcaster, and advocate, one colored with love, wonder, and endless curiosity.
“yrsa daley-ward’s bone is a symphony of
breaking and mending. . . . she lays her hands on the pulse of the
thing. . . . an expert storyteller. of the rarest. and purest
kind.” —nayyirah waheed, author of salt.
From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers
for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the
further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a
rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on
knowledgeable guidance.
What elevates teaching my mother how to give birth, what
gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's
ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world
where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam;
reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times - as in Tayeb
Salih's work - and translating to the realm of lyric the work of
the likes of Nawal El Saadawi.
The epic made simple. The miracle in the mundane.
One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking, without planning, and without the ability to revise anything.
One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking, without planning, and without the ability to revise anything.
Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of the Inferno makes
it clear to the contemporary listener, as no other in English has
done, why Dante is universally considered a poet of great power,
intensity, and strength. This critically acclaimed translation was
awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry and the Harold
Morton Landon Translation Award given by the Academy of American
Poets.
A New York Times bestselling collection of new and
favorite poems,
celebrating the dogs that have enriched the poet’s world
Beloved by her readers, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world.
celebrating the dogs that have enriched the poet’s world
Beloved by her readers, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world.
Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems of James
Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success.
James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success.
Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated
National Poetry Month™ by emailing a poem-a-day throughout
the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April
2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets
including Kevin Young and James Merrill reading their own poems, as
well as Knopf authors such as Joan Didion and Toni Morrison reading
work by their favorite poets.
In this classic epic chronicle of the Greek Hero on his travels
home from the Trojan War, Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck,
the cave of the Cyclops, and the isle of Circe. He withstands the
lure of the Sirens’ song and a trip to the Underworld, only
to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous
suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope.
