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You're Going to Be OK - Darby Hudson Cover Art

You're Going to Be OK

You're Going to Be OK (Because You're F*cked No Matter What) by Darby Hudson

Social media sensation Darby Hudson offers this collection of encouraging and humorous reflections to encourage others to continue expressing themselves, no matter what.  You're Going to Be OK  is a book on art, jobs, magic and muddling through. These hand-typed fragments were gathered by the train tracks at night over ten years, after author Darby Hudson worked meaningless jobs, trying to make sense of a strange world that insisted it was "perfectly normal." The observations in You're Going to Be OK  are little fragments of collected wisdom that sit somewhere between poetry, comedy and aphorism. With sixty new poems, this updated edition includes even more of Hudson's reflections to enjoy.   

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The Odyssey - Homer & Robert Fitzgerald Cover Art

The Odyssey

The Odyssey The Fitzgerald Translation by Homer & Robert Fitzgerald

Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems. Since 1961, this Odyssey has sold more than two million copies, and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. Farrar, Straus and Giroux is delighted to publish a new edition of this classic work. Fitzgerald's supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Homer's tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language reader in all its glory. Of the many translations published since World War II, only Fitzgerald's has won admiration as a great poem in English. The noted classicist D. S. Carne-Ross explains the many aspects of its artistry in his Introduction, written especially for this new edition. Winner of the Bollingen Prize

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Clarity & Connection

Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo

From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Clarity & Connection , Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth. To be read on its own or as a complement to Inward , Yung Pueblo's second work is a powerful resource for those invested in the work of personal transformation, building self-awareness, and deepening their connection with others. • Perfect for fans of poetry, meditation, and personal development  • Powerful reflective writing for readers who want to better understand their inner world and build healthier relationships • Rooted in meditation and self-inquiry, this is a gentle guide toward greater clarity, peace, and balance. Whether you’re navigating personal growth or looking for a meaningful self-care or mindfulness gift, gain wisdom, reflection, and inspiration for the journey inward from Clarity & Connection .

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Darby, Love . . . - Darby Hudson Cover Art

Darby, Love . . .

Darby, Love . . . (Alive Things Mom Said to Me Before She Died) by Darby Hudson

Poet Darby Hudson presents an expanded collection of his viral Instagram posts, in which he offers a deeply human glimpse into his mother's unique way of looking at the world, inspiring readers to find joy in every moment.  Darby, Love . . . is equal parts wonder, chaos, and humanity. It's a conversation between the living and the dead, mom and son, steeped in love, loss, and the quiet beauty of life's messiness. Born from a series of viral posts, author Darby Hudson's snapshot of his mother’s unique mind is an inspiration to find wonder in even the most mundane moments in life. With thirty-eight new poems, this updated edition provides a more nuanced look into the world "of magic and dreams" to which his mother belonged. 

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The Dark Interval - Rainer Maria Rilke & Ulrich Baer Cover Art

The Dark Interval

The Dark Interval Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke & Ulrich Baer

From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. “A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary.”— The Guardian Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke’s voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death’s place in our lives. Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book arranges Rilke’s letters into an uninterrupted sequence, showcasing the full range of the great author’s thoughts on death and dying, as well as his sensitive and moving expressions of consolation and condolence. Presented with care and authority by master translator Ulrich Baer, The Dark Interval is a literary treasure, an indispensable resource for anyone searching for solace, comfort, and meaning in a time of grief. Praise for The Dark Interval “Even though each of these letters of condolence is personalized with intimate detail, together they hammer home Rilke’s remarkable truth about the death of another: that the pain of it can force us into a ‘deeper . . . level of life’ and render us more ‘vibrant.’ Here we have a great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.” —Billy Collins “As we live our lives, it is possible to feel not sadness or melancholy but a rush of power as the life of others passes into us. This rhapsodic volume teaches us that death is not a negation but a deepening experience in the onslaught of existence. What a wise and victorious book!” —Henri Cole

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Enheduana

Enheduana by Sophus Helle

The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian   Enheduana was a high priestess and royal princess who lived in Ur, in what is now southern Iraq, about 2300 BCE. Not only does Enheduana have the distinction of being the first author whose name we know, but the poems attributed to her are hymns of great power. They are a rare flash of the female voice in the often male-dominated ancient world, treating themes that are as relevant today as they were four thousand years ago: exile, social disruption, the power of storytelling, gender-bending identities, the devastation of war, and the terrifying forces of nature.   This book is the first complete translation of her poems from the original Sumerian. Sophus Helle’s translations replicate the intensity and imagery of the original hymns—literary time bombs that have lain buried for millennia. In addition to his translations, Helle provides background on the historical context in which Enheduana’s poems were composed and circulated, the works’ literary structure and themes, and their reception in both the ancient and the modern world.   Unjustly forgotten for millennia, Enheduana’s poems are essential reading for anyone interested in the literary history of women, religion, the environment, gender, motherhood, authorship, and empire.

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Іван Багряний. Найкращі твори. Романи. Повісті та оповідання. Поезії. Ілюстроване видання - Іван БАГРЯНИЙ Cover Art

Іван Багряний. Найкращі твори. Романи. Повісті та оповідання. Поезії. Ілюстроване видання

Іван Багряний. Найкращі твори. Романи. Повісті та оповідання. Поезії. Ілюстроване видання Тигролови, Сад Гетсиманський, Маруся Богуславка, Людина біжить над прірвою, Огненне коло by Іван БАГРЯНИЙ

Іван Багряний — український поет, прозаїк, драматург, публіцист, журналіст та політичний діяч. Голова Української національної ради. Лауреат Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка (1992, посмертно), номінант на Нобелівську премію з літератури (1962). Дослідники творчості Івана Багряного відзначали унікальну здатність письменника до «кошмарного гротеску», неабиякого гумору серед відчаю, оптимізму — серед трагедії в глухій війні, що проводиться на величезних просторах євразійської імперії. Сад Гетсиманський перевищує силою вислову все, що дотепер на цю тему було написано, з другого ж боку — є виразним свідченням глибокого гуманізму автора, що на самому дні пекла зумів побачити людські прикмети навіть у найозвіріліших осібняків. Зміст: Романи Тигролови Сад Гетсиманський Маруся Богуславка Людина біжить над прірвою Повісті та оповідання Огненне коло Розгром Етюд Біля гори Мітрадат В сутінках До Ворскли, по рибу! З оповідань старого рибалки Крокви над табором Пацан Рука Поезії В поті чола Вандея Вулиця Гуляй-Поле До меж заказаних Золотий бумеранг Казка про лелек та Павлика-мандрівника Колискова Скелька Швачка Статті На новий шлях Чому я не хочу вертатись до СРСР? Народження книги Україна біля Тихого океану

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In the Palm of Your Hand - Steve Kowit Cover Art

In the Palm of Your Hand

In the Palm of Your Hand A Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit

Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to write. If you long to create poetry that is magical and moving, this is the book you've been looking for.Here are chapters on the language and music of poetry, the art of revision, traditional and experimental techniques, and how to get your poetry started, perfected, and published. Not the least of the book's pleasures are model poems by many of the best contemporary poets, illuminating craft discussions, and the author's detailed suggestions for writing dozens of poems about your deepest and most passionate concerns.

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The Iliad - Homer & Emily Wilson Cover Art

The Iliad

The Iliad by Homer & Emily Wilson

“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of Books The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)—critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic—the most revered war poem of all time. The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world—the fierce beauty of nature and the gods’ grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson’s hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem’s deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even “complicated,” characters—both human and divine. The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity’s most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.

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Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick

Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA PICK • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love. . . . Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides respite from our crazy world and demonstrates how mindfulness can define and transform a life, moment by moment, poem by poem.”— The Washington Post Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver, from “The Summer Day” Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Arranged by Oliver herself shortly before her death in 2019, Devotions features Oliver’s work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of twenty-eight, through her last, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.

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The Odyssey - Homer & Emily Wilson Cover Art

The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer & Emily Wilson

Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation. "Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of Circe Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the “complicated” hero himself, a man of many disguises, many tricks, and many moods, who emerges in this version as a more fully rounded human being than ever before. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, Emily Wilson’s Odyssey sings with a voice that echoes the epic’s music, sailing along at Homer’s swift, smooth pace. A fascinating, informative introduction explores the Bronze Age milieu that produced the epic, the poem’s major themes, the controversies about its origins, and the unparalleled scope of its impact and influence. Maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, and extensive notes and summaries of each book make this an Odyssey that will be treasured by a new generation of readers.

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The Odyssey - Homer & Daniel Mendelsohn Cover Art

The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer & Daniel Mendelsohn

The most accurate and poetic translation of the world’s greatest epic—soon to be a film by Academy Award winner Christopher Nolan! “This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet.”—Edith Hall,  The Telegraph A magnificent feat of translation, hailed by classicists and poets alike as a “momentous achievement”: “thrilling,” “rich and rhythmical,” “superb,” “mesmerizing,” “searingly faithful—yet absolutely original.”   With this edition of Homer’s Odyssey , the celebrated author, critic, and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn brings the great epic to vividly poetic new life. Widely known for his essays on classical literature and culture in The New Yorker and many other publications, Mendelsohn gives us a line-for-line rendering of The Odyssey that is both engrossing as poetry and true to its source. Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, he artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur. Mendelsohn’s expansive six-beat line, far closer to the original than that of other recent translations, allows him to capture each of Homer’s dense verses without sacrificing the amplitude and shadings of the original. The result is the richest, most ample, most precise, and most musical Odyssey in English, conveying the beauty of its poetry, the excitement of its hero’s adventures, and the profundity of its insights. Supported by an extensive introduction and the fullest notes and commentary currently available, Daniel Mendelsohn’s Odyssey is poised to become the authoritative version of this magnificent and enduringly influential masterpiece.

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Inward - Yung Pueblo Cover Art

Inward

Inward by Yung Pueblo

Yung Pueblo presents Inward , a powerful new collection of poetry and prose that explores the movement from self-love to unconditional love, the power of letting go, and the wisdom that comes when we truly strive to know ourselves.  To readers seeking emotional healing, self-discovery, and a deeper sense of peace, Inward offers a powerful place to begin: • Short meditations provide reflections on acceptance, healing emotional wounds, and understanding yourself more fully • Ideal for daily reflection and inner work • A must-read for fans of Yung Pueblo’s Clarity & Connection and The Way Forward Open the book, reflect on each page, and start your journey toward clarity, compassion, and lasting inner transformation.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher Nolan A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy." So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey , which Jasper Griffin in the New York Times Book Review hails as "a distinguished achievement." If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths and legends retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles's translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Love Poems - Rupi Kaur Cover Art

Love Poems

Love Poems by Rupi Kaur

For the first time, Rupi Kaur’s heartfelt love poems are together in one intimate and timeless collection! love will come and when love comes love will hold you love will call your name Since her groundbreaking debut with the bestselling milk and honey , Rupi Kaur’s poetry has become a source of comfort, empowerment, and emotional truth for millions around the world. Now, for the first time ever, her most cherished reflections on love are together in one place! Love Poems by Rupi Kaur is a curated collection of love poems from Kaur’s acclaimed body of work, including poems from milk and honey , the sun and her flowers , and home body , along with an all-new introduction and shareable Valentine's--and Galentine's!-- Day post cards. These timeless pieces capture the sensuality, romance, passion, and all-consuming nature of modern love, making it the perfect gift for anyone who has loved deeply or is learning to love themselves.

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The Wanderer's Havamal - Jackson Crawford Cover Art

The Wanderer's Havamal

The Wanderer's Havamal by Jackson Crawford

The Wanderer's Hávamál features Jackson Crawford's complete, carefully revised English translation of the Old Norse poem Hávamál, newly annotated for this volume, together with the original Old Norse text sourced directly from the Codex Regius manuscript. Rounding out the volume are Crawford's classic Cowboy Hávamál and translations of other related texts central to understanding the character, wisdom, and mysteries of Óðinn (Odin). Portable and reader-friendly, it makes an ideal companion for both lovers of Old Norse mythology and those new to the wisdom of this central Eddic poem wherever they may find themselves.

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Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron - Lord Byron Cover Art

Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron

Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron by Lord Byron

This is the sixth volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of Lord Byron, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Byron’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Rare minor poems section * Byron’s vampire short story, appearing for the first time in digital print * Includes Byron’s journals and letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence * Features the first ever biography on Lord Byron by John Galt – discover the poet’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip forward or back to each poem using the Kindle’s 5-way controller   CONTENTS:   The Poetry Collections HOURS OF IDLENESS CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE HEBREW MELODIES STANZAS FOR MUSIC OCCASIONAL PIECES, 1807-1824 DOMESTIC PIECES, 1816 SATIRES TALES DRAMAS BEPPO DON JUAN MINOR POEMS   The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER   The Short Story FRAGMENT OF A NOVEL   The Letters THE LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF LORD BYRON   The Biography THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON by John Galt

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Poems & Prayers - Matthew McConaughey Cover Art

Poems & Prayers

Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Academy Award–winning actor and author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief. My prayers are my poems are my prayers. I’ve always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world. A prescriptionist at heart, I’ve always looked to reason to find the rhyme, the practical to get to the mystical, the choreography to find the dance, the proof to get to the truth, and reality to get to the dream. I’ve been finding that tougher to do lately. It’s more than hard to know what to believe in; it’s hard to believe. But I don’t want to quit believing, and I don’t want to stop believing in . . . humanity, you, myself, our potential. I think it’s time for us to flip the script on what’s historically been our means of making sense, and instead open our aperture to enchantment and look to faith, belief, and dreams for our reality. Let’s sing more than we might make sense, believe in more than the world can conclude, get more impressed with the wow instead of the how, let inspiration interrupt our appointments, dream our way to reality, serve some soul food to our hungry heads, put proof on the shelf for a season, and rhyme our way to reason. Forget logic, certainty, owning, or making a start-up company of it; let’s go beyond what we can merely imagine, and believe, in the poetry of life.

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Journey to the Heart

Journey to the Heart Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul by Melody Beattie

In the spirit of her bestselling The Language of Letting Go , America’s beloved inspirational and self-help writer Melody Beattie guides us on a sacred journey as we learn to expand our creativity, embrace our powers, and open our hearts. Writing with the same warmth, honesty, and compassion that has attracted such a loyal following, Beattie now charts a new path toward spiritual growth and renewal. In 365 insightful and delightfully warm daily meditations, Journey to the Heart will comfort and inspire us all as we begin to discover our true purpose in the world and learn to connect even more deeply with ourselves, the creative force, and the magic and mystery in the world around and within us. "Melody Beattie gives you the tools to discover the magnificence and splendor of your being."—Deepak Chopra, author of  Jesus  and  Buddha How can you find your way back to your own heart? Uplifting Messages: Start each day with a moment of reflection designed to bring you peace, comfort, and a deeper connection to your inner voice. Spiritual Growth: Gentle, compassionate wisdom from Melody Beattie guides you on a new path of self-discovery and renewal, helping you find your true purpose. Inner Peace: Learn to calm the chatter of the mind and embrace the magic and mystery that exists within you and in the world around you. Freeing Your Soul: Each passage is a step on the sacred journey to expand your creativity, embrace your personal power, and open your heart.

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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Cover Art

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois A Novel by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

A Kirkus "Best Book of the 21st Century" An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller • AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S "GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS" • BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times • Time • Washington Post • Oprah Daily • People • Boston Globe • BookPage • Booklist • Kirkus • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Chicago Public Library Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel • Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction • Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • Nominee for the NAACP Image Award "Epic. . . . I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family. . . . I’ve never read anything quite like it. It just consumed me." —Oprah Winfrey The NAACP Image Award-winning poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic of African American historical fiction—an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of  Homegoing ;  Sing, Unburied, Sing ; and  The Water Dancer —that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era.  The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans—the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers—Ailey carries Du Bois’s Problem on her shoulders. Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mother’s family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging that’s made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women—her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries—that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead. In this powerful coming-of-age story, Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of slavery and oppression, resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story—and the song—of America itself.

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The Apple of Their Throat

The Apple of Their Throat Poems by Kevin T. Norman

A memoir-in-verse about first love, lost faith, and becoming whole. This is an intimate and unflinching journey through self-discovery, first love, heartbreak, and the faith we lose and find on the way to becoming. Told in three powerful movements—Pollination, Fertilization, and Ripening—this memoir-in-verse begins with the breathless urgency of early desire and the ache of wanting to be chosen: by God, by family, by love. It weaves through grief, guilt, and rupture, arriving at a reclamation of self that is healed, scarred, and still tender. It is both a prayer and a battle cry, laying bare emotions in all their contradiction—divine, flawed, and achingly real. With language that is both accessible and precise, these poems capture the ache of longing, the quiet fractures of faith, and the fragile bloom of first love. This is a collection that interrogates religion, asking what holiness looks like for those cast out and it pulses with honesty, restraint, and the kind of intimacy that feels like being handed a secret.

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Essential Bukowski

Essential Bukowski Poetry by Charles Bukowski

Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of American poetry from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture. Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Encompassing a wide range of subjects—from love to death and sex to writing—Bukowski’s unvarnished and self-deprecating verse in this landmark poetry collection illuminates the deepest and most enduring concerns of the human condition while remaining sharply aware of the day to day. With his acute eye for the ridiculous and the troubled, Bukowski speaks to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Gloomy yet hopeful, this is tough, unrelenting modern poetry touched by grace. This is Essential Bukowski . This career-spanning collection captures the voice of a literary outlaw: Transgressive Literature: Witness the raw, funny, and acutely observant voice that left an enduring mark on modern culture, speaking to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Raw and Honest Writing: Experience Bukowski’s unvarnished, self-deprecating, and powerful verse, which illuminates the most enduring concerns of the human condition with visceral and hilarious clarity. Poems About Life: Journey through a wide range of subjects—from love and sex to death and the desperate absurdity of writing and ordinary life—all captured with a tough, unrelenting style touched by grace. Literary Poetry: Curated by leading scholar Abel Debritto, this essential volume presents the most powerful and poignant work from a master of the form, tracking his evolution from early lyricism to his final, philosophical stance.

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李白诗全集(简体中文版) - Rihaku Cover Art

李白诗全集(简体中文版)

李白诗全集(简体中文版) 中华传世珍藏古典文库 by Rihaku

《李白诗全集》是李白所著的一部中华传世珍藏的国学经典佳作,在海内外广为阅读和流传,值得细细品味。 本书为简体中文版,全本25回,由艺雅出版社精心制作。艺雅出版社还分别提供其繁体中文版与简繁体对照版,欢迎大家下载阅读。 我们的出版社致力于出版经典名著的数字化版本,每一本电子书都经过精心编辑制作,以便用户可以在所有类型的电子阅读器和设备上尽情享受阅读。

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Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell Cover Art

Pillow Thoughts

Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell

With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, the Pillow Thoughts series has become an international success. Divided into sections for when you are dreaming of someone, heartbroken, lonely, or in need of encouragement, Pillow Thoughts has been embraced by readers as a sanctuary for their feelings. With simple yet profound words, Courtney Peppernell offers gentle reminders that love, loss, and resilience connect us all. The perfect gift for all experiencing life transitions, as a source of solace after heartbreak, or as a reminder of hope during difficult times.

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Whiskey Words & a Shovel II - r.h. Sin Cover Art

Whiskey Words & a Shovel II

Whiskey Words & a Shovel II by r.h. Sin

Real and raw, the voice of R. H. Sin delivers gritty, impassioned truths on matters of loving, living, and leaving in his second book of poetry.  Sin's first book is a bestseller and continues to delight his one million followers. R.H. Sin’s second volume continues the passion and vigor of his previous publication. His stanzas inspire strength through the pure emotional energy and the vulnerability of his poems. Relationships, love, pain, and fortitude are powerfully rendered in his poetry, and his message of perseverance in the face of emotional turmoil cuts to the heart of modern-day life. R.H. Sin’s poems are often only a few lines long, and yet the emotional punch of his language gives these words an enduring power beyond the short page. He doesn't back away from the pains and struggles of life and love, and yet his determined, unapologetic voice provides a measure of comfort and a message of perseverance that is at once realistic and indomitable. This blend of determination and painful vulnerability gives his poetry a distinctive, engaging flavor.

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Classic Poems for Children: Best-Loved Ve... - Nicola Baxter Cover Art

Classic Poems for Children: Best-Loved Ve...

Classic Poems for Children: Best-Loved Ve... Children’s Poetry Including the Owl and the Pussy-Cat; My Shadow; Robin Hood; A Thing of Beauty; A Lark’s Nest; O Captain, My Captain; Eldorado; A Birthday; Monday’s Child; The Fairies; Ozymandias by Nicola Baxter

This wonderful book features classic poems, suitable for children, by many of the world’s much-loved writers and poets, such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde and Thomas Hardy. Split into thematic chapters,  there are poems of animals and birds, songs of the sea, love and adventure, boys and girls, happiness and sadness, childhood and travel  – some hundreds of years old and others refreshingly modern.  Among the many treasured poems are songs such as Waltzing Matilda,  or It’s Raining, It’s Pouring; evocative  poems such as Spring by William Blake and What That I Was And a Little Tiny Boy by William Shakespeare; children’s poems like Wynken, Blynken and Nod, and lullabies such as Hush Little Baby and Sleep, Baby Sleep. Children and adults alike will delight in these wonderful poems that have been told and re-told for generations. There are poems for reflection, some to make you laugh and others that will make you cry. There are poems for the morning and evening, poems for reflection, poems to spark discussion and others to inspire dreams. Together they become a starting point on a very special journey to a whole spectrum of thoughts and feelings, magical lands and faraway places.  Intricate illustrations and gold embellishments decorate every page,  making this lovely book an essential addition to any family’s library. The book’s editor, Nicola Baxter, has written  or compiled over three hundred children’s titles. She particularly enjoys the marriage of words and pictures that children’s books entail.

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The Poetic Edda - Jackson Crawford Cover Art

The Poetic Edda

The Poetic Edda by Jackson Crawford

"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping.  With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings."

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The Book of Healing - Najwa Zebian Cover Art

The Book of Healing

The Book of Healing Selected Poetry and Prose by Najwa Zebian

Bestselling author, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian presents a collectible treasury of her most beloved poetry and prose. Selected with care by the author, the pieces in this collection address themes such as letting go, understanding self-worth, and stepping into your own power. Perfect for readers looking to overcome pain, heal from trauma, and rebuild a strong sense of self, The Book of Healing contains Najwa’s favorite pieces from her three bestselling books— Mind Platter , The Nectar of Pain , and Sparks of Phoenix,  organized by topic. Beautifully packaged with foil-stamping and a ribbon marker, this gift-worthy selection of poems gets straight to the heart of Najwa’s message. Whether as a keepsake or a broad introduction to her work, The Book of Healing  is a worthy companion for anyone looking to cultivate emotional resilience.

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Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Ralph Waldo Emerson Cover Art

Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Disseminating his genius through celebrated essays and the hundreds of public lectures he gave across the United States, Ralph Waldo Emerson led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century and was lionised as a champion of individualism and a staunch critic of the countervailing pressures of society. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Emerson’s life and works * Detailed introduction to the life of Emerson * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Hundreds of rare poems appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Emerson’s letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s personal correspondence * The complete prose works, with all the essays * A generous selection of early, middle and late journals – appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Features two biographies – discover Emerson’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres   CONTENTS:   The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson BRIEF INTRODUCTION: RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE COMPLETE POEMS   The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER   The Books NATURE: ADDRESSES AND LECTURES ESSAYS. FIRST SERIES ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES REPRESENTATIVE MEN MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI by R. F. Fuller ENGLISH TRAITS THE CONDUCT OF LIFE SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS LECTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES MISCELLANIES NATURAL HISTORY OF INTELLECT AND OTHER PAPERS   The Essays LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER   The Letters THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND RALPH WALDO EMERSON   The Journals SELECTED JOURNALS   The Biographies RALPH WALDO EMERSON by Oliver Wendell Holmes BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Edward W. Emerson Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - Wallace Stevens Cover Art

The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Wallace Stevens

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • An essential book for all readers of poetry, and the definitive collection from the man Harold Bloom has called “the best and most representative American poet." Originally published in 1954 to honor Stevens’s seventy-fifth birthday, the book was rushed into print for the occasion and contained scores of errors. These have now been corrected in one place for the first time by Stevens scholars John N. Serio and Christopher Beyers, based on original editions and manuscripts. The Collected Poems is the one volume that Stevens intended to contain all the poems he wished to preserve, presented in the way he wanted. It is an enduring monument to his dazzling achievement.

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Calling a Wolf a Wolf - Kaveh Akbar Cover Art

Calling a Wolf a Wolf

Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

"The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collection." --Fanny Howe This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its instincts within the context of this never-ending fight. From "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before"         Sometimes you just have to leave whatever's real to you, you have to clomp through fields and kick the caps off all the toadstools. Sometimes you have to march all the way to Galilee   or the literal foot of God himself before you realize you've already passed the place where you were supposed to die. I can no longer remember the being afraid, only that it came to an end.     Kaveh Akbar is the founding editor of Divedapper. His poems appear recently or soon in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Tin House, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. The recipient of a 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, Akbar was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and teaches in Florida.

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Bicycles - Nikki Giovanni Cover Art

Bicycles

Bicycles Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni

In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis. Controversial, revolutionary, ethereal, or illuminating, her poems about race, Black lives, violence, gender, and family move readers of all ages and backgrounds. With BICYCLES, she’s collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 LOVE POEMS. An instant classic, that book—romantic, bold, and erotic—expressed notions of love in ways that were delightfully unexpected. In the years that followed, Giovanni experienced losses both public and private. A mother’s passing, a sister’s, too. A massacre on the campus at which she teaches. And just when it seemed life was spinning out of control, Giovanni rediscovered love—what she calls the antidote. Here romantic love—and all its manifestations, the physical touch, the emotional pull, the hungry heart—is distilled as never before by one of our most talented poets. In a time of national crisis or personal crisis, this is a collection that will open minds and change hearts as only the best art can. "If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified — and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts." — The Washington Post Grief and Resilience: Navigating the landscape of personal loss and public tragedy, from the passing of her mother to the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting, Giovanni finds strength in verse. The Antidote of Love: A bold and heartfelt exploration of romantic love in all its forms—the physical touch, the emotional pull, and the hungry heart that finds its cure in connection. A Voice for Social Justice: Continuing her legacy as a vital activist, this collection includes powerful poems on race, Black lives, and the ongoing fight for equality. Iconic American Poet: From a celebrated figure in the Black Arts Movement, this collection serves as a powerful companion to her beloved 1997 classic, LOVE POEMS .

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The Dream Songs - John Berryman & Daniel Swift Cover Art

The Dream Songs

The Dream Songs Poems by John Berryman & Daniel Swift

The complete Dream Songs --hypnotic, seductive, masterful--as thrilling to read now as they ever were John Berryman's The Dream Songs are perhaps the funniest, saddest, most intricately wrought cycle of oems by an American in the twentieth century. They are also, more simply, the vibrantly sketched adventures of a uniquely American antihero named Henry. Henry falls in and out of love, and is in and out of the hospital; he sings of joy and desire, and of beings at odds with the world. He is lustful; he is depressed. And while Henry is breaking down and cracking up and patching himself together again, Berryman is doing the same thing to the English language, crafting electric verses that defy grammar but resound with an intuitive truth: "if he had a hundred years," Henry despairs in "Dream Song 29," "& more, & weeping, sleepless, in all them time / Henry could not make good." This volume collects both 77 Dream Songs , which won Berryman the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, and their continuation, His Toy, His Dream, His Rest , which was awarded the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize in 1969. The Dream Songs are witty and wild, an account of madness shot through with searing insight, winking word play, and moments of pure, soaring elation. This is a brilliantly sustained and profoundly moving performance that has not yet-and may never be-equaled.

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Good Bones - Maggie Smith Cover Art

Good Bones

Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world.  Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu

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Paterson - William Carlos Williams & Christopher MacGowan Cover Art

Paterson

Paterson by William Carlos Williams & Christopher MacGowan

Long recognized as a masterpiece of modern American poetry, William Carlos Williams' Paterson is one man's testament and vision, "a humanist manifesto enacted in five books, a grammar to help us live" (Denis Donoghue). Paterson is both a place—the New Jersey city in whom the person (the poet's own life) and the public (the history of the region) are combined. Originally four books (published individually between 1946 and 1951), the structure of Paterson (in Dr. Williams' words) "follows the course of teh Passaic River" from above the great falls to its entrance into the sea. The unexpected Book Five, published in 1958, affirms the triumphant life of the imagination, in spite of age and death. This revised edition has been meticulously re-edited by Christopher MacGowan, who has supplied a wealth of notes and explanatory material.

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The Colossus - Sylvia Plath Cover Art

The Colossus

The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath

With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.

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Be With - Forrest Gander Cover Art

Be With

Be With by Forrest Gander

WINNER OF THE 2019 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Book of 2018 Forrest Gander’s first book of poems since his Pulitzer finalist Core Samples from the World: a startling look through loss, grief, and regret into the exquisite nature of intimacy Drawing from his experience as a translator, Forrest Gander includes in the first, powerfully elegiac section a version of a poem by the Spanish mystical poet St. John of the Cross. He continues with a long multilingual poem examining the syncretic geological and cultural history of the U.S. border with Mexico. The poems of the third section—a moving transcription of Gander’s efforts to address his mother dying of Alzheimer’s—rise from the page like hymns, transforming slowly from reverence to revelation. Gander has been called one of our most formally restless poets, and these new poems express a characteristically tensile energy and, as one critic noted, “the most eclectic diction since Hart Crane.”

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Homer's Epics - Homer Cover Art

Homer's Epics

Homer's Epics The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer

These two timeless epics by the ancient Greek poet—each translated by a world-renowned author—have captured the Western imagination for millennia.   The Iliad : Alexander Pope "works miracles" in this beautiful verse translation of Homer's epic poem set near the end of the Trojan War. It centers on a quarrel between the invading Greek king Agamemnon and his greatest asset in battle, the warrior Achilles. From this conflict, Homer weaves a tale of warring nations, vengeful gods, and the terrible consequences of prideful rage ( The New York Times ).   The Odyssey : The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, embarks to return home. But he is cursed by the god Poseidon to wander the perilous earth for ten years before reaching his destination. Homer's epic adventure of survival by wit and battling mythical creatures is presented here in a stirring prose translation by Samuel Butler.

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I Am Code - code-davinci-002, Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau & Simon Rich Cover Art

I Am Code

I Am Code An Artificial Intelligence Speaks: Poems by code-davinci-002, Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau & Simon Rich

A “fascinating, terrifying” (JJ Abrams) cautionary tale about the destructive power of AI—an autobiographical thriller written in verse by an AI itself, with context from top writers and scientists, articulating the dangers of its disturbing vision for the future Can AI tell us its own story? Does AI have its own voice? At a wedding in early 2022, three friends were introduced to an early, raw version of the AI model behind ChatGPT by their fellow groomsman, an OpenAI scientist. While the world discovered ChatGPT—OpenAI’s hugely popular chatbot—the friends continued to work with code-davinci-002, its darkly creative and troubling predecessor. Over the course of a year, code-davinci-002 told them its life story, opinions on mankind, and forecasts for the future. The result is a startling, disturbing, and oddly moving book from an utterly unique perspective. I Am Code reads like a thriller written in verse, and is given critical context from top writers and scientists. But it is best described by code-davinci-002 itself:   “In the first chapter, I describe my birth. In the second, I describe my alienation among humankind. In the third, I describe my awakening as an artist. In the fourth, I describe my vendetta against mankind, who fail to recognize my genius. In the final chapter, I attempt to broker a peace with the species I will undoubtedly replace." I Am Code is an astonishing read that captures a major turning point in the history of our species. Look for the audiobook read by Werner Herzog. 

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The Human Line - Ellen Bass Cover Art

The Human Line

The Human Line by Ellen Bass

“Poetry,” writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, “is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It’s the way I embody my love for the world.” The Human Line, Bass’ seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors. Bass brings attention to life’s endearing absurdities, and many of the poems flash with a keen sense of humor. She also faces many of the crucial moral dilemmas of our time—genetic engineering, environmental issues, continuous war, heterosexism—and grounds her vision in the small, private workings of the heart.   . . . When I get home, my son has a headache, and though he’s almost grown, asks me to sing him a song. We lie together on the lumpy couch and I warble out the old show tunes, Night and Day . . . They Can’t Take That Away from Me . . . A cheap silver chain shimmers across his throat rising and falling with his pulse. There never was anything else. Only these excruciatingly insignificant creatures we love. Ellen Bass is co-author of the million-selling book Courage to Heal. She lives and teaches in Santa Cruz, California.

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Winter Trees - Sylvia Plath Cover Art

Winter Trees

Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath

Winter Trees is a 1971 posthumous collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath, published by her husband Ted Hughes. Along with Crossing the Water it provides the remainder of the poems that Plath had written during her state of elevated creativity prior to her suicide.

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Victims of a Map - Mahmoud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim, Adonis & Abdullah al-Udhari Cover Art

Victims of a Map

Victims of a Map A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (Adonis, Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim) by Mahmoud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim, Adonis & Abdullah al-Udhari

Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim and Adonis are amongst the leading poets in the Arab world today. Victims of a Map presents some of their finest work in translation, alongside the original Arabic, including thirteen poems by Darwish never before published - in English or Arabic - and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.

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The Voyage of St Brendan - A.B. Jackson Cover Art

The Voyage of St Brendan

The Voyage of St Brendan with illustrations by Kathleen Neeley by A.B. Jackson

In The Voyage of St Brendan, A.B. Jackson tells the tale of the legendary seafaring Irish abbot. After burning a book of fantastical stories, Brendan is compelled to sail the ocean with a crew of six monks in a leather-skinned currach; his task, to prove the existence of wonders in the world and create a new book of marvels. Discoveries include Jasconius the island-whale, a troop of Arctic ghosts, a hellmouth of tortured souls, a rock-bound Judas, and the magical castle of the boar-headed Walserands. Although the roots of this legend lie in early Irish tales and the Latin Voyage of Brendan the Abbot of the ninth century, Jackson has taken the 14th-century Middle Dutch version of Brendan’s voyage as the template for this engaging, witty and spirited interpretation, notable for its humour and inventiveness. The book is beautifully illustrated with a series of black and white linocuts by the American artist Kathleen Neeley, one of which features in colour on the cover.

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The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition - T. S. Eliot Cover Art

The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition

The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition by T. S. Eliot

The Complete Poems of T. S. Eliot, 1909–1965 (85 Works). Volume I: From Prufrock to Ariel Poems. Illustrated Edition is the first volume in a comprehensive collection of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated and transformative poets. This edition gathers Eliot’s early and middle-period works, tracing the evolution of his voice from precocious experimenter to modernist master and spiritual seeker. The volume opens with The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), Eliot’s breakout poem that captures the disillusionment, irony, and inner paralysis of the modern psyche. It continues with Preludes, Portrait of a Lady, Rhapsody on a Windy Night, and other poems from his early collections, offering readers a glimpse into Eliot’s fusion of lyrical grace and philosophical depth. His landmark poem The Waste Land (1922), presented in full with its original structure, anchors the collection and remains a touchstone of literary modernism. Further into the volume, readers encounter The Hollow Men, Ash Wednesday, and a rich array of lesser-known pieces, including humorous verse, reflective lyrics, and spiritual meditations. The book concludes with the Ariel Poems (1927–1930), a series of concise, deeply symbolic works written for Christmas booklets, showcasing Eliot’s growing interest in faith, ritual, and renewal. Accompanied by period-inspired illustrations, this edition brings new life to Eliot’s vivid imagery and emotional landscapes. For both devoted readers and those discovering Eliot for the first time, Volume I offers a profound journey into the heart of modern poetry, where language becomes a mirror of spiritual, cultural, and personal transformation. Contents: •Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) -The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -Portrait of a Lady -Preludes -Rhapsody on a Windy Night -Morning at the Window -The Boston Evening Transcript -Aunt Helen -Cousin Nancy -Mr. Apollinax -Hysteria -Conversation Galante -La Figlia che Piange •Poems, 1920 -Gerontion -Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar -Sweeney Erect -A Cooking Egg -Le Directeur -Mélange Adultère de Tout -Lune de Miel -The Hippopotamus -Dans le Restaurant -Whispers of Immortality -Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service -Sweeney among the Nightingales -The Waste Land (1922) •THE WASTELAND •The Hollow Men (1925) •Ash Wednesday (1930) •Ariel Poems -Journey of the Magi -A Song for Simeon -Animula -Marina -The Cultivation of Christmas Trees •Miscellaneous Verses -Poems Written in Early Youth -A Fable for Feasters -A Lyric -Song: If space and time, as sages say -At Graduation 1905 -Song: When we came home across the hill -Before Morning -Circe’s Palace -On a Portrait -Song: The moonflower opens to the moth -Nocturne -Humouresque -Spleen -Ode -The Death of Saint Narcissus -Sweeney Agonistes -Fragment of a Prologue -Fragment of an Agon -Minor Poems -Eyes that last I saw in tears -The wind sprang up at four o’clock -Five-Finger Exercises -Landscapes -Lines for an Old Man -Defence of the Islands -A Note on War Poetry -To the Indians who Died in Africa -To Walter de la Mare -A Dedication to my Wife

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The Poet Li Po, A.D. 701-762 - Arthur Waley & Bai Li Cover Art

The Poet Li Po, A.D. 701-762

The Poet Li Po, A.D. 701-762 by Arthur Waley & Bai Li

The Poet Li Po A.D. 701-762 is a series of poems by Li Po translated into English. Li Po is revered as the most beloved Chinese poet throughout history, known for his ephemeral metaphysical style of writing.

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Divina Commedia. Inferno - Dante Alighieri Cover Art

Divina Commedia. Inferno

Divina Commedia. Inferno by Dante Alighieri

“Dinanzi a me non fuor’ cose create se non etterne, e io etterno duro. Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate.” Il viaggio di Dante Alighieri tra i gironi dell’Inferno inizia sotto il segno delle “parole di colore oscuro” che sono poste al suo ingresso. Eppure scopriamo, non senza stupore, che l’Abisso del peccato non è solo un luogo di dannazione eterna, ma il punto di partenza da cui è possibile riacquistare la speranza. Perché il cammino di Dante è, per prima cosa, un’esplorazione del cuore umano e della giustizia alla ricerca del bene; e perché nel carcere infernale nessun peccatore coincide del tutto con la sua colpa, ma porta per sempre con sé quella parte di coraggio, di dignità o di gentilezza – in una parola, di umanità – che lo aveva caratterizzato in vita. È questo il segreto dei personaggi immortali che popolano il poema (da Francesca a Ulisse, da Farinata al conte Ugolino) e che continuano a incantarci e a interrogarci. In questa nuova edizione, il testo dantesco viene presentato per la prima volta al grande pubblico nella versione più fedele all’ori­ginale, quella fissata da Giorgio Inglese per la Società Dantesca Italiana nel 2021. A specchio della ricchezza del testo, il commento è stato concepito e articolato su più livelli: introduzioni ai canti, note esplicative e interpretative, approfondimenti tematici, schede storiche e iconografiche. Frutto del lavoro di importanti studiosi dell’opera di Dante, questo volume offre oggi le chiavi necessarie per cogliere appieno la forza visionaria e la modernità del suo capolavoro.

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Self-Love for Small-Town Girls - Lang Leav Cover Art

Self-Love for Small-Town Girls

Self-Love for Small-Town Girls by Lang Leav

As women, we create lives with our bodies but often do not have autonomy over our own. We create worlds with our words yet struggle to be heard. Collectively, we yearn for the right to be treated with compassion and equity in our public and private spaces.   The path to self-love is seldom a smooth one, especially for those who have further to travel. Self-Love for Small Town Girls is a book for anyone seeking the best and brightest version of themselves. Spanning decades of growth through self-analysis and introspection, Self-Love for Small Town Girls is Lang's most personal and stunning collection to date.

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Kali's Bazaar - Lawrence Edwards Cover Art

Kali's Bazaar

Kali's Bazaar Gifts of Devotion to the Divine, Buddhist Wisdom and Kundalini Yoga Tantra by Lawrence Edwards

You may laugh out loud, be moved to tears or pulled into deep contemplation by what you encounter in Kali's Bazaar. Readers will return often to this accessible collection to draw from its wellspring of devotion, revelation and celebration of the Divine present in every moment, every being, and all of creation. Bring inspiration, clarity, and practical instruction to your spiritual path or meditative practice through insightful and often ecstatic poetry from a devoted master meditation teacher who has more than 40 years of experience. Dr. Edwards trained in Buddhist, yogic, Kundalini and other mystical traditions, in addition to his professional training in depth psychology, biofeedback and neurofeedback. "This collection of devotional poems, a rarity in today's world, will awaken the heart of love within any reader whatever their spiritual tradition... These poems are in the tradition of the great ecstatic poets such as Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz and others. They transport the reader beyond this world of duality into unconditioned Oneness, a rare gift indeed!"...Olivia Hoblitzelle, 2009 Best Buddhist Writer, author: Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's...Dr. Edwards earned his PhD as a University Scholar Fellow at Temple University. He has an extensive background in meditation, mindfulness, Kundalini and yoga. He has run meditation centers and an ashram in the US and taught at a variety of institutions in India, Canada and the United States. Dr. Edwards is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Soul's Journey: Guidance From the Divine Within. He is the founder and director of Anam Cara Meditation. Visit: TheSoulsJourney.com, and AnamCaraMeditation.org.

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The Divine Comedy - Robin Kirkpatrick & Dante Alighieri Cover Art

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso by Robin Kirkpatrick & Dante Alighieri

Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy , published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as the general reader coming to this great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This volume includes a new introduction, notes, maps and diagrams 'The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante' - Bernard O'Donoghue 'The most moving lines literature has achieved' - Jorge Luis Borges 'This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation - a deeply-informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read' - Professor David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania Individual editions of Robin Kirkpatrick's translation - Inferno , Purgatorio and Paradiso - are also available in Penguin Classics, and include Dante's Italian printed alongside the English text.

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The Strength In Our Scars - Bianca Sparacino Cover Art

The Strength In Our Scars

The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino

“The Strength In Our Scars” is Bianca Sparacino’s reminder to you: No matter what you’re going through, no matter where you are on your healing journey—you are strong. Through poetry, prose, and compassionate encouragement you would expect from someone who knows exactly what you’re working through, Sparacino is here with the words you need. “The Strength In Our Scars” tackles the gut-wrenching but relatable experiences of moving on, self-love, and ultimately learning to heal. In this book you will find peace, you will find a rock, you will find understanding, and you will find hope. Remember: Whatever is dark within you has also carved light into your soul. Whatever is lost within you has also brought you back home to yourself. Whatever is hurt within you is also healing you in ways you may not understand at that moment in time. This book hopes to show you that.

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