7 Top 20th century books like The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin

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The Complete Poems

By: Anne Sexton , Maxine Kumin

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the i…

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1. The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets

By: Helen Vendler

4.33

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Helen Vendler, widely regarded as an accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as a guide to … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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2. The Collected Poems

By: Wallace Stevens

4.27

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

This definitive poetry collection, originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens on his 75th birthd… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • fiction
  • 20th century
"Consider the odd morphology of regret."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"The death of one god is the death of all."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

"Spring is umbilical or else it is not spring."

-Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems

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3. Howl and Other Poems

By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg

4.13

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

A beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotec… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • fiction
  • 20th century
"You too must seek the sun..."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"America this is quite serious"

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"We are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter"

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

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4. Ariel

By: Sylvia Plath

4.19

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Sylvia Plath's celebrated collection. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolifi… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • feminism
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • womens
"I do not fear it: I have been there."

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"I could not run without having to run forever"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

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5. Birthday Letters

By: Ted Hughes

3.90

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • 20th century
"What happened casually remains -"

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"What happens in the heart simply happens."

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"How could Fate stage a scenario so symbolic without having secreted the tragedy ending and the ironic death?"

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

"Like a newer or much older religion In me alone, to be carried Everywhere with me -- deeper catacombs, And with a stronger God."

-Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

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6. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, p… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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7. The Colossus and Other Poems

By: Sylvia Plath

3.31

Format: 267 pages,

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • womens
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8. The Complete Poems

By: Anne Sexton , Maxine Kumin

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the i… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • feminism
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • womens

9. What Work Is

By: Philip Levine

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Winner of the National Book Award in 1991 "This collection amounts to a hymn of praise for all the … read more

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  • poetry
  • american
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10. Illuminations

By: Arthur Rimbaud

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), have acquired enormous p… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
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11. Collected Poems, 1909-1962

By: T.S. Eliot

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

There is no more authoritative collection of the poetry that Eliot himself wished to preserve than … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • american
  • fiction
  • 20th century

12. The Selected Poems

By: Federico García Lorca , Donald M. Allen , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorcahas introduced generations of American readers to mesmer… read more

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13. Complete Poems, 1904-1962

By: E.E. Cummings

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

At the time of his death in 1962, E. E. Cummings was, next to Robert Frost, the most widely read po… read more

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14. The Complete Poems

By: John Keats

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 … read more

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15. Diving Into the Wreck

By: Adrienne Rich

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

"I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the d… read more

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16. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

By: Emily Dickinson , Thomas H. Johnson

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE ONLY ONE-VOLUME EDITION CONTAINING ALL 1,775 OF EMILY DICKINSON'S POEMS Only eleven of Emily Di… read more

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17. The Collected Poems

By: Sylvia Plath , Ted Hughes

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

"By the time of her death, on 11 February, 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. T… read more

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18. The Complete Poems 1927-1979

By: Elizabeth Bishop

3.35

Format: None pages,

Elizabeth Bishop was vehement about her art--a perfectionist who didn't want to be seen as a "woman… read more

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19. Caffeine

By: Steven Bruce

4.57

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Caffeine is an intimate and evocative collection of poetry encompassed by the thoughts that keep us… read more

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  • poetry
"We drift apart from each other until we are so alone the ache becomes routine."

-Steven Bruce, Caffeine

"And night comes with a gentle storm to permeate the conduits of my blood. And shy rain whispers your name."

-Steven Bruce, Caffeine

"All of us wild and fighting for our lives. In the fragrant wilderness of this blue night, my heart sings along with the other nocturnal beasts."

-Steven Bruce, Caffeine

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20. Wilt

By: Steven Bruce

4.73

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

Wilt is a collection of rousing poetry on transience, human absurdity, and the struggle to find mea… read more

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  • poetry
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21. White Knuckle

By: Steven Bruce

4.66

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

White Knuckle is Steven Bruce's poignant debut poetry collection, providing a stark autobiographica… read more

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  • poetry
"Our scars are a testament that we arrived at the battle."

-Steven Bruce, White Knuckle

"Strength comes, not in the grip, but the opening of the hand."

-Steven Bruce, White Knuckle

"We are not the ashes of our past, but embers burning towards a future fire."

-Steven Bruce, White Knuckle

7 Top american books like The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton, Maxine Kumin

Transform Your Habits

The Collected Poems

Wallace Stevens

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Howl and Other Poems

William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Ariel

Sylvia Plath

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Colossus and Other Poems

Sylvia Plath

3.31

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17 must-read fiction books like Collected Poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot

Transform Your Habits

The Complete English Poems

John Donne , A.J. Smith

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Poetry and Prose

Walt Whitman , Justin Kaplan

4.30

Transform Your Habits

100 Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Collected Poems

Wallace Stevens

4.27

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