American poetry - 20th century

  • The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems

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    Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams’s astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader–The Red Wheelbarrow &[more below]

    • Author: Williams, William Carlos
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: May 29 2018
    • ISBN10: 081122788X
    • Language: English
  • New and Selected Poems, Volume 2

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    Mary Oliver has been writing poetry for nearly five decades, and in that time she has become America’s foremost poetic voice on our experience of the physical world. This collection presents forty-two… [more below]

    • Author: Oliver, Mary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: April 01 2007
    • ISBN10: 080706887X
    • Language: English
  • Glass, Irony and God

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    Known as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in Glass, Irony and God. This collection includes: “The Glass Essay,” a powerful poem a… [more below]

    • Series: New Directions Paperbook
    • Author: Carson, Anne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 142
    • Publish Date: November 17 1995
    • ISBN10: 0811213021
    • Language: English
  • Selected Poems

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    Selected Poems is the classic volume by the distinguished and celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize, and recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished

    • Author: Brooks, Gwendolyn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: July 03, 2006
    • ISBN10: 0060882964
    • Language: English
  • Book of Longing

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    An iconic poetry collection from American luminary Leonard Cohen, containing some of his most significant verse

    Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing–his first book of poetry in more than t

    • Author: Cohen, Leonard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: May 29, 2007
    • ISBN10: 006112561X
    • Language: English
  • Why I Wake Early: New Poems

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    The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness. … [more below]

    • Author: Oliver, Mary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: April 15 2005
    • ISBN10: 0807068799
    • Language: English
  • New and Selected Poems, Volume One

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    Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collec

    • Author: Oliver, Mary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: April 15, 2004
    • ISBN10: 0807068772
    • Language: English
  • Howl and Other Poems

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    The landmark, original publication of Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL & Other Poems

    HOWL & Other Poems, the prophetic book that launched the Beat Generation, was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Light

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    • Series: City Lights Pocket Poets
    • Author: Ginsberg, Allen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 57
    • Publish Date: January 01 1956
    • ISBN10: 0872860175
    • Language: English
  • The Book of Light: Anniversary Edition

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    With a powerful introduction by Ross Gay and a moving afterword by Sidney Clifton, this special anniversary edition of The Book of Light offers new meditations and insights on one of the most beloved [more below]

    • Author: Clifton, Lucille
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: August 29, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1556596782
    • Language: English
  • The Book

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    Following the acclaimed Dunce, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle’s latest prose publication The Book.

    True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle’s legacy as (dubb… [more below]

    • Author: Ruefle, Mary
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: September 05 2023
    • ISBN10: 1950268845
    • Language: English
  • You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense

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    Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its r

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    • Author: Bukowski, Charles
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 31, 2002
    • ISBN10: 0876856830
    • Language: English
  • On Cats

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    “Acclaimed writer Charles Bukowski turns his signature eye on the world of felines. A series of essays and poems all about cats, Bukowski’s classic funny and frank tone becomes, at times, even endeari

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    • Author: Bukowski, Charles
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: August 15, 2017
    • ISBN10: 0062651439
    • Language: English
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