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BC, LCO010000, LIT014000, POE005010, Southern Illinois University Press
A Profile of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Seven chronologically arranged essays—each covering roughly a decade from 1908 through 1988—plus two special-focus essays on black and female poets, an introduction by Ed Folsom, and a preface by editors…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
All American Girl
Winner of the 1996 Lambda Book Award for Lesbian Poetry.“With poignancy, honesty, and grace, Becker contends with the messy implications of her lesbian sexuality, Jewish identity, and sister’s suicide. ….
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BC, POE005010
Altar for Broken Things
These poems explore interlocking themes of sacrifice willing and forced and the sacred dimension of nature and the need for healing in the suffering world. “The element called Colonialism is…
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BC, POE005010, Southern Illinois University Press
Always Danger
Always Danger offers a lyrical and highly imaginative exploration into the hazards that surround people’s lives—whether it’s violence, war, mental illness, car accidents, or the fury of Mother Nature. In…
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BC, POE005010, Southern Illinois University Press
American Flamingo
Taking its title from an Audubon painting, American Flamingo shares with the artist an exquisite attention to detail and the suggestion of a larger sense of time and place through…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Angel Interrupted
Angel, Interupted is Reginald Shepherd’s second poetry collection. The poems are lyrical, streetwise and contemporary, yet timeless, classically referential, and introspective. Angel, Interupted is Reginald Shepherd’s second poetry collection. The…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Applause
“The linkage of blood and blood; the hummingbird, symbol of all that is luminous, swift and ephemeral; the lights sure touch-these are characteristic of Carol Muske’s art.” –New York Times Book…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Asylum
Winner of the 2000 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize2002 finalist in poetry, Society of Midland AuthorsQuan Barry’s stunning debut collection has been compared to Sylvia Plath’s Ariel for the startling…
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BC, POE005010, POE015000, POE024000, University of Arizona Press, University of Arizona Press
Asylum in the Grasslands
Poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and author of more than thirty books, Diane Glancy has established herself as one of the country’s most versatile and prolific writers. Distinguished by her laconic…
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BB, Hardback, Northwestern University Press, POE005010, TriQuarterly
Avenue of Vanishing
In lyric and narrative verse, William Olsen explores subcultures ranging from the suburban middle class to the urban drug culture to the art world, and along the way, constantly probes…
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