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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
She Didn’t Mean To Do It
“Daisy Fried’s everyday toughness of subject matter makes her all the more aware of tenderness, hence her delight in ‘the beauty of boys on skateboards,’ with their clean necks, and…
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BB, Ecco, fic019000, Hardcover, HarperCollins, POE005010, POE023020
sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way
One of the most recognizable poets of the last century, Charles Bukowski is simultaneously a common man and an icon of urban depravity. He uses strong, blunt language to describe…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Skid
Dean Young is one of the premier surrealist poets writing today. In Skid, his fifth book of poems, social outrage vies with comic excess. He embraces the autobiographical urge with…
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BC, POE000000, POE003000, POE005010, Southern Illinois University Press, Southern Illinois University Press
Soluble Fish
Soluble Fish transports readers to a place of discovery, exploring issues of borders, familial and love relationships, and other aspects of being human. Mary Jo Firth Gillett layers her poems…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
South America Mi Hija
When Shawn Doubiago graduated from high school, she and her mother Sharon, embarked on a journey through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In Cuzco, Peru, standing before an alter where the…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Spirit Cabinet
Spirit Cabinet is an ambitious work, seamlessly mixing autobiography with subjects ranging from pop music to ancient Egypt, from Stalin’s reading habits to Shackleton’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition. Formally inventive, elegiac…
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BC, POE005010, Southern Illinois University Press
Strange Valentine
A. Loudermilk utilizes confessional, persona, and third-person poems throughout this intimate yet socially conscious first collection. Strange Valentine is an indictment of love, fixating on the paranoid relationship between body…
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BC, POE005010, University of Pittsburgh Press
Sure Signs
Named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2006, Ted Kooser is one of America’s masters of the short metaphorical poem. Dana Gioia has remarked that Kooser has written more perfect poems than…
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