The Final Voicemails: Poems
By: Max Ritvo
3.84
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
“Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, / what with all the present tense left to …
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1. American Originality: Essays on Poetry
By: Louise Glück
3.88
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A luminous collection of essays from Louise Glück, winner … read more
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"Poetry survives because it haunts and it haunts because it is simultaneously utterly clear and deeply mysterious; because it cannot be entirely accounted for, it cannot be exhausted."-Louise Glück, American Originality: Essays on Poetry
2. The Wild Iris
By: Louise Glück
4.18
Format: 65 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunnin… read more
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"things that can't move learn to see"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
" No one's despair is like my despair-- "-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"I'm tired of you, chaos of the living world--"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
"What does the horse give you That I cannot give you?"-Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
3. Averno
By: Louise Glück
4.18
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarde… read more
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"Is it possible to miss the opportunity of one's life?"-Louise Glück, Averno
"What will you do, when it is your turn in the field with the god?"-Louise Glück, Averno
"My memory is like a basement filled with old papers: nothing ever changes."-Louise Glück, Averno
"If your soul died, whose life are you living, and when did you become that person?"-Louise Glück, Averno
4. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
By: Jericho Brown , None , Chen Chen
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family—the s… read more
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"What is it, to remember nothing, of what one loved?"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"But sometimes no one said anything & I saw him, the local paper boy on his route. His beanstalk frame & fragile bicycle. & I knew: we would be so terribly happy."-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"My mother was in the hospital & everyone wanted to be my friend. But I was busy making a list: good dog, bad citizen, short skeleton, tall mocha. Typical Tuesday. My mother was in the hospital & no o…"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
5. A Thousand Mornings: Poems
By: Mary Oliver
4.21
Format: 82 pages, Hardcover
In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work,… read more
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"they won't be false and they won't be true, but hey'll be real."-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"When a man says he hears angels singing, he hears angels singing."-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"When death is about to happen does the body grow heavier, or lighter?"-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
"From the poem: The First Time Percy Came Back Yes, it’s all different,"-Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems
6. The People Look Like Flowers at Last
By: Charles Bukowski , John Martin
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"if you read this after I am dead It means I made it" -"The Creation Coffin" The People Look like F… read more
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7. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
8. Bright Dead Things
By: Ada Limon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more
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9. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.83
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more
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"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
10. Felicity
By: Mary Oliver
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more
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11. War of the Foxes
By: Richard Siken
3.75
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
In this long-awaited follow-up to Crush, Yale Series of Younger Poets prize-winner Richard Siken tu… read more
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12. The Door
By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more
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13. Calling a Wolf a Wolf
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
"The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love is a torment rare… read more
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14. Does Your House Have Lions?
By: Sonia Sanchez
3.33
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
Nominated for the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Recommended Reading from Emerg… read more
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15. Radial Symmetry
By: Louise Glück , Katherine Larson
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Katherine Larson is the winner of the 2010 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. With Radial Sy… read more
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16. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
17. frank: sonnets
By: Diane Seuss
4.50
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD … read more
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"I saw a little movie of a person stroking a small bird with two Q-tips, one held between the forefinger and thumb of each hand. It tipped back its head to receive the minor tenderness, which to the b…"-Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets
18. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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19. The Tradition
By: Jericho Brown
4.24
Format: 77 pages, Paperback
Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more
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"The opposite of rape is understanding."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
20. Pilgrim Bell: Poems
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Kaveh Akbar’s exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to Calling a Wolf a Wolf. With formal virtuos… read more
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"Wrath is the desire to repay what you've suffered."-Kaveh Akbar, Pilgrim Bell: Poems
"Whatever I learn makes me angry to have learned it."-Kaveh Akbar, Pilgrim Bell: Poems
21. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
By: Franny Choi
3.99
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more
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"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
22. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
23. All Down Darkness Wide
By: Seán Hewitt
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming… read more
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"When they said, 'I'm just scared that you'll be unhappy', what I really felt they were saying was 'I am scared that if you continue being yourself, we will make you unhappy."-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Ik vroeg me af of ik wel klaar was om met hem mee te gaan, of ik wel klaar was om die ene stap verder te zetten in het nieuwe leven dat ik weg van huis begon te ontdekken. Hier was ik een volwassene;…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
"Omdat ik nu eenmaal was wie ik ben, had ik al vroeg de heimelijke tactieken van het conformisme begrepen: hoe je een slis verhult, een al te uitgesproken tred corrigeert, je stem een paar tonen lager…"-Seán Hewitt, All Down Darkness Wide
24. Winter Recipes from the Collective
By: Louise Glück
3.99
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
The 2020 Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück's thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in t… read more
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"If you can't read, my sister said, can you be happy?"-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"The part of life devoted to contemplation was at odds with the part committed to action."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"I have never been much good with living things. Brightness and darkness I do rather well with."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"Look at us, she said. We are all of us in this room still waiting to be transformed. This is why we search for love. We search for it all of our lives, even after we find it."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
25. Modern Poetry: Poems
By: Diane Seuss
4.53
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Diane Seuss’s signature voice―audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its … read more
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26. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
By: Ntozake Shange
4.28
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning … read more
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"What I want and I wanted to be unforgettable."-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
"i done forgot all abt words aint got no definitions"-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
"Through my tears 1 found god in myself and I loved her fiercely"."-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
"And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows."-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
27. Best Barbarian: Poems
By: Roger Reeves
4.10
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
The poems in Best Barbarian roam across the literary and social landscape, from Beowulf’s Grendel t… read more
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28. Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
By: Chen Chen
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves cal… read more
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"If we could communicate fully, there would be no need to communicate. If we could love perfectly, there would be no need to love. If we could finish grieving, there would be no need to live. If we co…"-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
"You climb back in bed & touch my face. You climb back in bed to touch my face. You wrap your arms around me & it’s like you’re the patron saint if touch as well as soft sunlight & soothed dogs. Or yo…"-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
29. How to Not Be Afraid of Everything
By: Jane Wong
4.21
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Explores the vulnerable ways we articulate and reckon with fear: fear of intergenerational trauma a… read more
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30. Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship
By: Sarah Ruhl
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2018 In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice … read more
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31. The Final Voicemails: Poems
By: Max Ritvo
3.84
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
“Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, / what with all the present tense left to … read more
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