"That feeling of becoming a new person in a different place, even if it's an illusion, is intoxicating to me, and always has been. I love writing about places, but only places where I don't belong."—James Arthur Awakening is the theme of this fiery debut about the «ghost world» of shadows and personae. A sense of history, politics, and place is an integrated and integral part of the whole, alive with stirring accounts of ...
Kuusisto's poetry and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Utne Reader, and Poetry Magazine. His memoir, Planet of the Blind, was a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and sold over 50,000 copies Kuusisto's work has been translated into a dozen languages (including Finnish!) Kuusisto is a popular speaker and disability activist, focusing specifically on blindness mobility. Has been a guest on Oprah ...
– Lehrer NewsHour to feature segment on Alberto Rios’s poetry as it relates to the U.S.–Mexico border – paperback of cloth edition – cloth edition nominated for all major prizes and we are awaiting word – Rios also known for his short fiction – Rios represented in over 175 national and international anthologies and has been adapted to dance and both classical and popular music – “Rios is arguably the best Latin ...
· paperback of successful cloth edition · Wright is a poet whose reputation continues to grow and grow (though we were shocked she was not nominated for a National Book Award) · Steal Away will be on the short list for the Griffin Prize (major literary prize from Canada) ...
• This is one of the most important poets of the past century. • Entertaining quips and quotes about books, writing, poetry, writers, God, daily objects. • Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner, nearly every major award-winner. • These essays have long been a favorite of older poets, and now, in their newest incarnation, promise to be a favorite to a new generation of younger writers. • Ki ...
• A great introduction to Chinese poetry—both classical and contemporary—it provides an accessible overview of Chinese poetry, while also clearly explaining what goes into translating poetry, particularly poetry written in ideogrammic languages and differing formal structures. • Some of the most recognizable and renowned poets in the Chinese language. • Marks Sze not only as a wonderful poet, but as ...
• Featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”• Featured in Ted Kooser’s nationally syndicated American Life in Poetry column • Anthologized in Good Poems, edited by Garrison Keillor• Anthologized in Poetry 180, edited by Billy Collins• Founder and director of the Anderson Center• Kay Sexton Award winner from the Minnesota Book Awards• Former Poet Laureate!… (of Red Wing, Minnesota) ...
• Skoog’s work has appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, and Ploughshares.• Skoog is a rare voice from the periphery of academic circles. He’s taught in both colleges and high schools, and he’s led workshops for graduate students as well as the homeless.• Skoog plays a mean banjo, and there are lots of musical references throughout the book, from the Grateful Dead and the Macarena to Alex Chilton.• Because Skoog has lived ...
"Images that are satisfyingly clear . . . and excitingly inexplicable." —Robert Pinsky, Washington Post "Intimate and hypnotic . . . whether turning her gaze inward or outward, these poems question the moral, aesthetic, and metaphysical needs that poetry exists to fill." —Ploughshares "Levin's work is phenomenological; it details how it feels to be an embodied consciousness making its way through the worl ...