The Poet's Child: A Copper Canyon Press Anthology
 When a parent is poet, the child becomes a muse -- often wondrous, sometimes terrifying. This anthology explores the vast emotional landscape of parenting, from the serenity of innocent naps to the howling anguish of early deaths. Here are poetic mothers [... more]
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Migration: New & Selected Poems
W.S. Merwin: A Poet of Vision and Connection: At last there is a significantly large volume of the majestic poetry of W.S. Merwin. Not that all of his other volumes of poems published through the years by Copper Canyon Press have been minor: the length [... more]
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Spring Essence
Spring Essences: These poems by the 18th century Vietnamese poet Ho Xuan Huong (whose name means "Spring Essence") as translated into English by the poet John Balaban are truly delightful. The poems poke fun at self-satisfied government [... more]
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Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang ...
A gift from a master translator: Another gift from Red Pine (Bill Porter) whose love for Chinese verse and the Dharma have shaped him into one of the foremost translators of the old poets. This Chinese classic has been around for eight centuries, but is [... more]
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Selected Poems of Su Tung-P'o
A poetry that cleanses and refreshes the sensibility.: SELECTED POEMS OF SU TUNG-P'O : Translated from the Chinese by Burton Watson. 148 pp. Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press, 1994. ISBN 1-55659-064-4 (pbk.) Burton Watson has always struck me as an [... more]
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Transparence of the World (A Kagean Book) (French Edition)
Poet and Translator: A Perfect Marriage: Fortunate we are that W.S. Merwin commits as much time to translating other poets from other countries and times as he commits to writing his own magnificent works. His gifts as a poet make him far more than a [... more]
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Living Room
A Field of Sweaty February: The beloved writer and editor Judith Moore used to recommend Geoff Bouvier's writing as a perfect balance of the spare and the sensual. When I heard that he had published a book of poetry to follow on the heels of his award [... more]
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So What: New and Selected Poems, 1971-2005 (Arabic Edition)
New and improved: This Copper Canyon Press edition of Taha Muhammad Ali's poems is a greatly enhanced update of his earlier, Ibis Press "Never Mind" through which much of the wider reading public most likely first encountered this remarkable [... more]
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Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems
Lyric Journey: Over many years of reading poetry, I've come to trust that any poetry book published by Copper Canyon Press is going to be an adventure. This collection , hand-picked by Press founder, Sam Hill, is no exception. I'd read enough of Hayden [... more]
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Rising, Falling, Hovering
At its very best: When poetry is at its very best it is a form of communication that compels a response from its audience. That response can arise from anywhere on the spectrum of human emotion and psychology. Such is the case with the seminal verse of C. [... more]
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What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems
Superb. Future prize winning book!: Hi. This is my first review. I think this book is worth every penny and it will win a big prize in '08 like the national Book Award or Pulitzer. If not, Fire to Fire by Mark Doty (also his collected works will win!) [... more]
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Stone Bow Prayer
A Nest of Wonder: Let's begin by saying that I do not like to write reviews. I resist the impulse. To my thinking, a great many reviewers use the podium to pronounce themselves superior to the art they review. I'll not have it. Such said, I want to make [... more]
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