Poetry

Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is a forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. OSM offers a broad view of the subject, featuring not only the traditionally...

The greatest French poet of the 19th century, Baudelaire was also the first truly modem poet, and his direct and indirect influence on the literature of our time has been immeasurable. Flowers of Evil: A Selection contains 53 poems which the editors...

The Delta is a densely populated place. Whole countries inhabit it, exercising their powers and authority, presenting their offers of complicity and compliance. Individuals move through the night and come upon themselves in its mirrors. Dreamers and...

Award-winning poet and author Helen Mort describes the collection of poetry, paintings, artwork, and ideas found in The Quiet Woman as, "life-changing and affirming, alive to grief but full of defiance". The comedy screen-writer Maggie Rowe describes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872867451Author Tongo Eisen-MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint City Lights BooksPublisher City Lights Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912876075Author Jean AtkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Indigo Dreams PublishingPublisher Indigo Dreams Publishing

This is the first English translation of selected poems by one of the most important and unusual modern poets of South Korea. In contrast to the strident political protests found in the poetry of many of his contemporaries, Pak Chaesam's work is...

Being appointed Dundee Makar (or City Laureate) implied that Bill Herbert might settle into middle age. He rented a ?at overlooking Broughty Ferry harbour to write about his home town in both its native tongues. Then within six months his much-loved...

Opera Buffa is Tomaz Salamun's last testament. It is a book rooted in torn landscapes of Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Crafted from place and power, these poems are fragments of collective memory. "There are hands, inside. Concordance rises /...

The extraordinary career and impressive literary output of the 'Father' of Polish comedy, Aleksander Fredro, are the subject of much celebration in Poland in 1993, the bicentenary of his birth. These new translations by Noel Clark of three of Fredro's...

With `Crocus: a brief history', John F. Deane sets his Dear Pilgrims in motion, a series of brief histories of time, a time that is rich in incident and in redemption. In a decisively secular age, Deane's is a poetry of Christian belief. It explores...

"Barot's Want is dexterous and thrilling, and his capacious and generous vision shows us how the eye survives 'to correct the heart.'"-Michael Collier "In Rick Barot's hands every poem casts at least two luminous shadows. Want is masterfully merciless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992958183Author Roque DaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books

This deeply moving collection of poetry by Renato Rosaldo focuses on the shock of his wife Michelle (Shelly) Rosaldo's sudden death on October 11, 1981. Just the day before, Shelly and her family had arrived in the northern Philippine village of...

Historically, much landscape art has reinforced binaries such as inside/outside, subject/object, and culture/nature, thus reducing a complex network to an ornament that reinforces a sense of human power over nature, imposes specific cultural values,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997457827Author Caroline Randall WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Third Man BooksPublisher Third Man BooksWeight(grams) 204g

This volume is part of 'The Oxford Tagore Translations' series, a prestigious project undertaken by Oxford University Press in collaboration with Visva-Bharati to publish English translations of a wide range of Tagore's writings including his poetry,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958600009Author Hailey SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint First Matter PressPublisher First Matter PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

The debut poetry book from All-Pro NFL wide receiver Tyler Lockett is a reflective and positive journey through faith, identity, and life's many challenges and rewards.Reflection is one young man's poetic journey through questions of life, identity, and...

Although we know him as one of the greatest English poets, William Wordsworth might not have become a poet at all without the experience of personal and historical catastrophe in his youth. In Disowned by Memory, David Bromwich connects the accidents of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983243731Author Sonya VatomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar Radio

Typography meets poetry at a Pink Floyd laser-light show In Surface Tension, poetry is liquefied. Flowing away from meaning, letters and words gather and pool into puddles of poetry; street signs and logos reflected in the oily sheen of polluted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781914914430Author Luke Samuel YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Smith|Doorstop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556591655Author Rolf JacobsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Publisher Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, Tom Paulin has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This selection of his work draws on nearly four decades of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556592546Author Vincente AleixandreFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Publisher Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 453g

These poems tell of a continuing journey and reveal a subtly changing voice. They represent a consistent and rewarding attempt to hold together in one space the things that matter. This is seeking first the kingdom of God; maintaining the community of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590178621Author Lawrence KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint NYRB PoetsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

An Lasair (The Flame) is a colorful new anthology of over sixty poems from one of the most dynamic periods of Gaelic literature. Arranged chronologically and edited with facing translations by Ronald Black, these poems, composed in a range of forms and...

The debut collection from 22-year-old poet Reyna Mays, I Love My Love tells the story of Reyna's childhood, her parents' toxic relationship, and how, against all odds, she learned to love herself.About the AuthorReyna Mays, known as "Reyna Biddy", is a...

The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer.Entitled 'Songs in Time of War', 'Shared Ground', 'The Traveller' and 'Seven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912916467Author Tom PowFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Galileo PublishersPublisher Galileo PublishersWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609609019Author Roger HousdenFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912565474Author Sharena Lee SattiFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Verve Poetry PressPublisher Verve Poetry Press

Calum Colvin is one of Scotland's most innovative and exciting contemporary photographers. In his work he creates a kaleidoscope of figures, symbols and ideas, which are blended into the most vibrant and stimulating images. With this project, Colvin has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320198Author Andrew ScrimgeourFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

A vivid, powerful anthology of poems by and for young women, giving voice to a new generation of international poets, with themes of feminism, empowerment, resilience, confidence, and integrity.SMEAR: Poems For Girls presents a curated, all-female lineup...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913627195Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614980452Author Clark Ashton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Hippocampus PressPublisher Hippocampus PressWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536669Author Kevin YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 1170Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America