Maxine Kumin Gathered from nine collections representing three decades of work, these poems―newly available here in a rich and varied volume―celebrate the growth of a major artist. Since the publication...

Gerard De Nerval Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855), a contemporary of Poe, De Quincey, Gogol, and Heine, introduced into French literature a mode of writing rooted in German romanticism yet already...

Mike McCormackMarcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and routines of his life. Considering with his engineer's mind...

Adapted and Illustrated by Judith Ernst This new, illustrated adaptation of the Songof Songs by Judith Ernst renders this literary jewelaccessible to a new generation of readers. Whileretaining much of...

Umberto Saba Poetry. Bilingual, translated from the Italian and with an introduction by Stephen Sartarelli. Poems written between 1900 and 1954, by a lyric poet who "fashioned an art in...

William Blake William Blake's innovations in engraving techniques brought about his brilliant synthesis of visual and poetic art and signaled the beginning of his famous "Illuminated Books," of which the Songs...

Edited by Neil Astley Staying Alive is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world...

VirgilThe Aeneid of Virgil (70-19 B.C.) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation. It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who escaped with some followers after Troy fell, and...

Jeet Thayil The Book of Chocolate Saints follows the unforgettable character Francis Newton Xavier and his journey towards salvation - or damnation - or perhaps both. In the swooning, hypnotic...

Louis Simpson The author discusses his life and career as a poet, examines the work of Whitman, Wordsworth, William Carlos Williams, Conrad, and V.S. Naipaul, and explores aspects of writing...

Author: Spike Milligan A Spike Milligan opus, containing everything from classics to hidden gems, with a foreword by Eddie Izzard. This stunning anthology of Spike Milligan's work comprises of favourites...

Edmund Spenser  The Faerie Queene was the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the language for later poets from Milton to Tennyson. Dedicating his work...