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A reader's guide to fifty modern European poets A reader's guide to fifty modern European poets John Pilling From the Blurb: The last century and a quarter has been one of the most fertile periods for poetry in Europe and there has been a corresponding increase in interest among English-speaking readers. Al… OL13376969W
Renegade Poetics Renegade Poetics Evie Shockley Beginning with a deceptively simple question—What do we mean when we designate behaviors, values, or forms of expression as “black”?—Evie Shockley’s <em>Renegade Poetics</em> separates what we think … OL15916935W
Talking drums Talking drums Véronique Tadjo A collection of traditional and twentieth-century poems from sub-Saharan Africa, written in or translated into English, that expresses the spirit and history of this region. OL16044705W
Refashioning myth Refashioning myth Jessica L. Wilkinson ix, 311 p. : 22 cm OL16179366W
Indivisible Indivisible Gail Bush,Randy Meyer "Anthology including over 50 works of poetry by various writers on social justice issues"-- OL16672531W
Die Welt im Wasserglas Die Welt im Wasserglas Karin Jacob Anthologie, herausgegeben von Karin Jacob et al., mit Illustrationen von Mo Kast und Gabriele Behrend. Covergestaltung von Manfred Albrecht. „Wasser: Das Element, aus dem das Leben hervorgegangen … OL16807306W
Islands of Decolonial Love Islands of Decolonial Love Leanne Simpson Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challen… OL16819896W
Speculative music Speculative music Jeffrey Andrew Dolven Jeff Dolven?s poems take the guise of fables, parables, allegories, jokes, riddles, and other familiar forms. So, there is an initial comfort: I remember this, the reader thinks, from the stories of … OL17868027W
Contemporary Southern poetry Contemporary Southern poetry Guy Owen Verses by contemporary Southern poets such as James Dickey, John Beecher, and Alice Walker express their thoughts on rebellion, homesickness, affection, and changing religious traditions. OL18155629W
It rained all day that night It rained all day that night Christy Hale,Lillian Morrison An illustrated compilation of short poems and other inscriptions from autograph albums, arranged by such themes as friendship, school, and nonsense. OL18238055W
I, too, sing America I, too, sing America Catherine Clinton,Stephen Alcorn A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker. OL18858313W
American Negro poetry American Negro poetry Arna Wendell Bontemps With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. OL1946468W
The art of confession The art of confession Christophár Grobe "The Art of Confession tells the history of this cultural shift and of the movement it created in American art: confessionalism. Like realism or romanticism, confessionalism began in one art form, bu… OL19721988W
Lives of the poets Lives of the poets Michael Schmidt A dazzling account of the entire history of poetry in the English language -- from the fourteenth century to the present -- by one of the most intelligent and passionate critics in the field. … OL2004345W
Safe house Safe house Iggy McGovern Iggy McGovern's second collection of poems sees him walking the metrical line between a childhood in the religiously divided northern town of Coleraine and his present home in Dublin. He takes in the… OL20889259W
Lake of two mountains Lake of two mountains Arleen Paré "A hymn to a beloved lake, a praise poem in forty-five parts, a contemplation of landscape and memory. Lake of Two Mountains, Arleen Paré's second poetry collection, is a portrait of a lake, of a rel… OL24276780W
Verse and Versions Verse and Versions Vladimir Nabokov Here, collected for the first time in one volume, are Nabokov's English translations of Russian verse, presented next to the Russian originals, as well as three never-before-published poems written i… OL4413206W
Music of a Distant Drum Music of a Distant Drum Bernard Lewis "Music of a Distant Drum marks a literary milestone. For the first time in English, poems from four leading literary traditions of the Middle East representing a wide sweep of medieval history appear… OL5856453W
Langston Hughes, poet of his people Langston Hughes, poet of his people Elisabeth P. Myers A biography of the black poet whose poems were influenced greatly by jazz and blues rhythms. OL6830575W
Here in Harlem Here in Harlem Walter Dean Myers Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball… OL98225W
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