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The Cultural Politics Of Slam Poetry : Race, Identity, And The Performance Of Popular Verse In America

History Matters : Contemporary Poetry On The Margins Of American Culture

In The Way Of Nature : Ecology And Westward Expansion In The Poetry Of Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Bishop And Amy Clampitt

Deaf American Poetry : An Anthology

Our Savage Art : Poetry And The Civil Tongue

Seasons In Transition

On Poets & Poetry

Poems From The Women’s Movement

One Secret Thing

Red Bird : Poems

  • Red Bird : Poems
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    by Mary Oliver
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    Book, Beacon Press, 2008
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    and National Book Award?winner is distinctive among her 17 volumes for the dark undercurrent that runs through the poems . the hard lesson that this earth is fallen and fragile, now more than ever, and unless we learn to cherish the world, we will destroy it . This year the Top 5 can be summed up in six words: Mary Oliver, Mary Oliver, Mary Oliver. A longtime resident of Provincetown, Oliver, at 72, is among the nation?s most popular poets . ?Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice, April 9, 2008 ?In Red Bird, Oliver maintains the lyrical connection to the natural world that has made her work so popular. ?Donna Seaman, Booklist, March 1, 2008 “Mary Oliver, who won the Pultizer Prize in poetry, is my choice for her joyous, accessible, intimate observations of the natural worrld . ?Renee Loth, Boston Globe “It has always seemed . ?Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times “‘My work is loving the world,’ Oliver tells us . (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3565.L5 R43 2008  AVAILABLE

My Vocabulary Did This To Me : The Collected Poetry Of Jack Spicer

  • My Vocabulary Did This To Me : The Collected Poetry Of  Jack Spicer
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    edited by Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian
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    Book, Wesleyan University Press, 2008
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    In 1965, when the poet Jack Spicer died at the age of forty, he left behind a trunkful of papers and manuscripts and a few copies of the seven small books he had seen to press. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3569.P47 M9 2008  NEW BOOK(MAIN)

Half Of The World In Light : New And Selected Poems

  • Half Of The World In Light : New And Selected Poems
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    Juan Felipe Herrera ; with a foreword by Francisco A. Lomelí
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    Book, University of Arizona Press, 2008
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    For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Beginning with early material from A Certain Man and moving through thirteen of his collections into new, previously unpublished work, this assemblage also includes an audio CD of the author reading twenty-four selected poems aloud. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3558.E74 H36 2008  NEW BOOK(MAIN)

The Shadow Of Sirius

  • The Shadow Of Sirius
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    W.S. Merwin
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    Book, Copper Canyon Press, 2008
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    ?Helen Vendler, The New York Review of Books ?Merwin is one of the great poets of our age.??Los Angeles Times BookReview “[The Shadow of Sirius is] the very best of all Merwin: I have been reading William since 1952, and always with joy.” Merwin admits, and his memories are focused and profound?the distinct qualities of autumn light, a conversation with a boyhood teacher, well-cultivated loves, and ?our long evenings and astonishment.? His last two books were honored with major literary awards: Migration won the National Book Award, and Present Company received the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3563.E75 S48 2008  AVAILABLE

The Swamps Of Sleethe : Poems From Beyond The Solar System

Teaching Nineteenth-century American Poetry