Edited by Peter Vernezze and Carl J Porter The legions of Bob Dylan fans know that Dylan is not just a great composer, writer, and performer, but a great thinker...

Leonard CohenBook of Longing is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems, the first since Book of Mercy was published nearly three decades ago.Leonard Cohen made his name as a...

Ted Hughes What has happened to the lost art of memorizing poetry? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in...

David FoenkinosTwo artists, two obsessions. Charlotte Salomon—born in pre-World War II Berlin to a Jewish family traumatized by suicide—was obsessed with art, and with living. She attended school in Germany...

Nikki Giovanni From one of America’s most celebrated poets, Nikki Giovanni, comes this poignant collection of poetry that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share...

Elizabeth Acevedo Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land,...

Ezra Jacobs The poems in Closure are about prayer, life, purpose; about rain and birth and creativity; about Arab hatred and mining in South Africa; about Jewish holidays, a shul...

Joy Harjo In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo, one of our leading Native American voices, details her journey to becoming a...

Jacqueline Osherow With Dead Men's Praise, Jacqueline Osherow gives us her fourth and most ambitious collection yet. Her hybrid inspiration ranges from Dante's terza rima, to free verse, to biblical...

John LithgowDumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse is a satirical poetry collection from award-winning actor and bestselling author John Lithgow. Chronicling the last few raucous years in American politics,...

Edna St Vincent Millay Edited by Frances Schoonmaker "Well-written, engaging introduction...illuminates Millay's personal history and writing...luminous, evocative watercolors...A noteworthy addition to the poetry shelf...both informs and intrigues."-- Booklist . "Luminous,...

Paula BennettThis internationally acclaimed study is now republished with a substantial new introduction by the author.It is a work of extraordinary finesse which offers a full-length study which integrates the...