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Through the Ivory Gate
Riat Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. She has published the novel Here in one volume is a selection of the extraordinary poems of Rita Dove, who, as the nation's Poet Laureate from ... [... more]
Random House |
River of Earth-Pa
to have met such a spirit: ............I was a fortunate one who met James Still at his cabin in Knott County, Hindman, KY. The day was a clear August one in 1998 that was so quiet you could here a train horn sounding 5-10 miles away. The coal is always [... more]
CDN$25.25
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Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky is the nation's first Children's Poet Laureate. He has filled more than fifty books of verse with his inventive wordplay, including the national bestsellers Scranimals and The New Kid on the Block. He lives in Washington ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes, late poet laureate of England, was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, in 1930. After attending Cambridge University, he went on to become a well-known poet, novelist, and essayist with dozens of books to his credit. His last work, A ... [... more]
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John Steffler
A beautiful new edition of the award-winning collection from Canada's new Poet Laureate. Newfoundland-born poet John Steffler is one of this country's most accomplished writers. Recently named Canada's national poet, he is the author of is ... [... more]
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Andrew Motion
Andrew Motion is the author of three biographies and a number of books of poetry. In 1999 he was appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain, and he is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Motion serves as head ... [... more]
Random House |
Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds was born in 1942 in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. She was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1998 to 2000. She teaches poetry workshops in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New ... [... more]
Random House |
To Find Us
Elegantly presented: Biases up front: I'm one of the contributors to this anthology. Other contributors are Storme Arden, Eleni Zisimatos Auerbach, John Wall Barger, Brian Bartlett, Che Kara Beals, Eric Boutilier-Brown, Alice Burdick, Gary Castle, Joanne [... more]
CDN$21.95
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The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
not deserving much attention: I think this book took me five minutes to read--a lot of talking, no ideas. Original ones, anyway. Swine Offal Stew: The works in this book are so bad, so graceless, so blocky and so stilted that they appear to have been [... more]
CDN$25.50
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The Apple That Astonished Paris
Some gems: If you know and enjoy Billy's poems this volume is a necessity. There are some earlier pieces that are brilliantly focused and tight -- like a joke and a punchline. Others are more subtle, but always clear in language and meaning. There is no [... more]
CDN$16.67
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poems
The great British poet laureate of the Victorian age: This little book is a good and inexpensive introduction to Tennyson, who was every Victorian lady's favorite. From a purely technical level, he was absolutely ingenious, perhaps the best poet of [... more]
CDN$12.98
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How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to ...
From Amazon.com: Here's a personal growth guidebook that's won the admiration and recommendation of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate of England. He calls this "a brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast, unused resources of [... more]
CDN$21.00
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