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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 Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Cover Art

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar A Novel by Sylvia Plath

One of  The Atlantic ’s Great American Novels “A coming–of–age masterpiece.” — Boston Globe "It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." —USA Today The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath’s masterwork—an acclaimed and timeless work of psychological fiction about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures. The story chronicles the breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a bright, beautiful, enormously talented college student facing a profound identity crisis while coming of age in 1950s America, as she navigates the pressures of society along with her own ambitions. While at a prestigious, competitively won position at a New York City magazine one summer, Esther finds herself struggling with the looming expectations of marriage, motherhood, and giving up on her dreams to achieve them. She becomes increasingly disillusioned and her mental health deteriorates, ultimately leading her to undergo harsh treatment and therapy. "Funny, intense, enormously human" ( Cosmopolitan ), The Bell Jar is a poignant exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche and remains an extraordinary accomplishment from one of the country's most luminous talents.

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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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The Odyssey - Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox Cover Art

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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A Gentle Reminder - Bianca Sparacino Cover Art

A Gentle Reminder

A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino

A gentle reminder, for the days you feel light in this world, and for the days in which the sun rises a little slower. A gentle reminder for when your heart is full of hope, and for when you are learning how to heal it. A gentle reminder for when you finally begin to trust in the goodness, and for when you need the kind of words that hug your broken pieces back together. A gentle reminder for when growth hangs heavy in the air, for when you need to tuck your strength into your bones just to make it to tomorrow. A gentle reminder for when you are balancing the messiness, and the beauty, of what it means to be human, when you are teaching yourself that it is okay to be both happy and sad, that you are real, not perfect. A gentle reminder for when you seek the words you needed when you were younger. A gentle reminder for when you need to hear that you deserve to be loved the way you love others. A gentle reminder for when you need to recognize that you are not your past, that you are not your faults. A gentle reminder for when you need to believe in staying soft, in continuing to be the kind of person who cares. A gentle reminder for when you need to believe in loving deeply in a world that sometimes fails to do so. A gentle reminder to keep going. A gentle reminder to hope. A gentle reminder, for you. Take what you need.

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A Magnificently Ordinary Romance - Celia Martinez Cover Art

A Magnificently Ordinary Romance

A Magnificently Ordinary Romance A Poetry Collection by Celia Martinez

Following the success of her Diary of a Romantica series, Celia Martinez returns to further explore love and all of its magnificent beauty. In  A Magnificently Ordinary Romance , social media breakout poet and Yale graduate Celia Martinez (@powerhouseofthecel on TikTok and @diaryofaromantica on Instagram) takes hopeful romantics everywhere on a journey through the timeless adoration and passionate miscommunication of young love.    With the vulnerability and intelligence that has gained her an audience of over 4.5 million listeners, readers, and followers,  AMOR  follows two lovestruck romantics who fall in love a little too quickly—and even more chaotically—before learning they are colleagues working in the same building. A twist that proves even more challenging for their equally enamored guardian angels. A unique take on  amor , romance, and coming of age, Celia Martinez proves to be a once in a generation voice for a new generation of lovers.

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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly - Denis Johnson Cover Art

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly Poems Collected and New by Denis Johnson

From the award-winning poet and novelist—a must-have collection of his four previous books of poetry plus a selection of new, unpublished work. This landmark collection brings together the essential work of a generational voice in American literature: Four Classic Books in One Volume: Includes the complete texts of The Man Among the Seals , Inner Weather , The Incognito Lounge , and The Veil , tracking the evolution of a singular poetic talent. Raw and Spiritual Vision: Explores the gritty landscapes of American life—bars, bus depots, and late-night diners—in a search for moments of unlikely grace and startling redemption. New and Unpublished Poems: Concludes with a powerful selection of work never before collected, offering a fresh glimpse into the later concerns of a master at the height of his powers. From the Author of Jesus’ Son : An essential volume for any reader of Denis Johnson, showcasing the unforgettable voice and poetic foundation that made his fiction legendary.

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Roma ardiendo y tú bailando - Miguel Gane Cover Art

Roma ardiendo y tú bailando

Roma ardiendo y tú bailando by Miguel Gane

Miguel Gane transforma a Roma en mujer —metáfora de un mundo que sufre—, que deja de ser musa para convertirse en artífice de su propio incendio y arquitecta de su reconstrucción. Porque solo hay una cosa que podemos hacer ante el dolor: defender la luz y procurar sanarlo. Este es un libro de esperanza. -Roma, ¿no estás cansada de ser eterna? -Sí. "Este es el libro de todas las personas que han caído y se han levantado; de aquellas que han conseguido bailar más allá del miedo; de las que, cuando todo estaba quemándose a su alrededor, encontraron un motivo para brillar más que el fuego. Roma ardiendo y tú bailando es el hogar de la esperanza, de los lugares de la vida en los que, a pesar de la oscuridad, se consigue mirar hacia un horizonte, hacia el túnel de salida". Miguel Gane sorprende con una poética inédita. En estas páginas, Roma se personifica, adquiere voz y se rebela ante la destrucción de su propio ser. Roma es metáfora de un mundo que agoniza y, transformada en mujer, deja de ser musa para convertirse en artífice de su propio incendio, de su propia caída y reconstrucción. Como un ave fénix de cuyas alas surge la luz.

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The Rig Veda - Anonymous Cover Art

The Rig Veda

The Rig Veda Complete and Unabridged by Anonymous

This illustrated edition of the Rig Veda is presented whole, permitting the reader the fullest comprehension of the holy poetry, the Gods of Hinduism and the ancient wisdom. Written by an anonymous author or authors during India's antiquity, the Rig Veda (sometimes referred to simply as 'Rigveda') literally translates to 'shrine knowledge' in ancient Sanskrit. An enormous collection of hymns, prayers and poems written in Vedic Sanskrit script, the book has astonished and impressed scholars of religion, language and India itself for centuries. It also holds a strong measure of historical importance, in that it alludes to the cultural practices, ceremonies, eating habits, and daily life in India around the year 1040 B.C. .  This edition contains several illustrations of the different Hindu Gods, depicted as they were encountered in the shrines and temples by illustrator E. A. Rodrigues during the nineteenth century. Many of the poems in the Rig Veda specifically regard a given deity, describing their qualities and the manner through which they must be worshiped and celebrated.   The translator, Ralph Griffith, used several manuscripts while faithfully compiling his translation of the original Sanskrit. The ten book (or Mandala) mode of division is faithfully retained, as is the original hymn and line numbering. A table of contents, allowing readers to easily locate verses in the volume, is also appended.  In the present day, the Rig Veda is looked upon by most Hindus as an ancient work of literature worthy of pride and reverence. Its hymns are to this day sung during rites of passage ceremonies in India, and the text is frequently read and alluded to during the Hindu festivals all year round. Long ago, there were further meanings and interpretations of the text; however with the passage of time, modern-day readers more commonly arrive at their own conclusions.  Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith was a learned scholar of Indology. Born in Wiltshire, England, in his youth he became enchanted with the culture and beauty of India. After completing his studies, he spent much of his life in India, and was eventually made Principal of the Benares College in Madras. He retired, and was buried in, the towering hills of the Nilgiris district.

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Metamorphoses - Ovid & David Raeburn Cover Art

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses by Ovid & David Raeburn

'Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Ovid's sensuous and witty poem begins with the creation of the world and brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into extraordinary new beings. Including the well-known stories of Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and Ted Hughes. This translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original. Translated by DAVID RAEBURN with an Introduction by DENIS FEENEY

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Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur Cover Art

Milk and Honey

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

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The Complete Ralph Waldo Emerson - Ralph Waldo Emerson Cover Art

The Complete Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Complete Ralph Waldo Emerson The Collected Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The COMPLETE works of Ralph Waldo Emerson All of the Essays, All of the Poems, All of the Letters!  In one Great Collection! Ralph Waldo Emerson's genius is celebrated on several counts.  Firstly his essays have come to be revered for their astonishing perspicacity and insight, with certain essays in particular - such as "Self-Reliance" achieving near-legendary status.  This huge anthology contains all of Emerson's essays, preserved in collections as they were originally published - including many rare essays that have been left out of out of other collections, such as "Papers from the Dial". Despite the fame from his Essays and Lectures, Emerson preferred to be remembered as a poet.  He was an incredibly prolific writer, composing dozens of poems in almost every decade of his life.  This ebook contains a complete collection of all 219 of Emerson's poems, divided into 6 sections as they were originally published. Emerson is also remembered as the leader of the Transcendentalist movement, and as a champion of Individualism (as detailed in "Self-Reliance").  His thoughts and philosophies are thoroughly detailed in his Essays, but the letters of his personal correspondence with the Scottish philosopher and essayist Thomas Carlyle provide a new insight into his complex thought process. This collection contains all 191 letters taken from their correspondence, which spanned a period of 38 years. This huge and comprehensive collection has been carefully collected, formatted and edited, to create a crisp and clean text, free of errors or glitches.  There is a fully interactive table of contents, with individual links to each essay, poem and letter in the collection, for a smooth and enjoyable reading experience. The contents of this complete Anthology are as follows: Essays: - Essays - Essays, First Series - Essays, Second Series - Representative Men - 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 - Papers From the Dial Poetry: - I. Poems - II. May-Day and Other Pieces - III. Elements and Mottoes - IV. Quatrains and Translations - V. Appendix - VI. Poems of Youth and Early Manhood 1823-1834 Letters: - The Correspondence of Carlyle and Emerson

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I Am Maria - Maria Shriver Cover Art

I Am Maria

I Am Maria My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home by Maria Shriver

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days. I Am Maria is a powerful collection of Maria Shriver’s own poems that grapple with identity, grief, love, loss, longing, heartbreak and healing. Her deeply personal poems address life’s transitions, challenges, successes and failures. Vulnerable and deeply moving, Shriver’s words are a collection of her life experiences woven into poetry to inspire everyone on their own journey. It is also an invitation for readers to write their own personal poetry, reclaiming the art as accessible to everyone and a tool to look within. I Am Maria is a roadmap for anyone trying to shed the labels, layers, and armor that holds us back from creating a wildly authentic and meaningful life. “I never imagined writing poetry would help me embark On a journey deep into myself I never imagined that everything I sought or thought I needed Was within me all along” —from I Am Maria

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The Sun and Her Flowers - Rupi Kaur Cover Art

The Sun and Her Flowers

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom

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Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick - Mary Oliver Cover Art

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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Getting Through What You're Going Through - Zondervan Cover Art

Getting Through What You're Going Through

Getting Through What You're Going Through Notes and Poems for Hoping and Becoming by Zondervan

Find hope and purpose as you discover that you’re right where you’re supposed to be. Maybe you thought you’d be further along by now. Or have a different kind of life. Maybe you thought that relationship would have happened, that dream would have come true, that path would have opened up—and it didn’t. Or you feel stuck, behind, not sure if you made a wrong turn somewhere. You’re trying to make sense of what is, even if what “is” is not what you thought it would be. Or maybe you’re searching for a moment of peace before carrying on. Getting Through What You’re Going Through by poet and writer Tanner Olson explores these ideas and offers you hope through it all. You don’t have to just “get through”; you can “go through”—all the ups and downs, disappointments, unexpected surprises—knowing that God is present and hope remains. In this collection of over one hundred poems and reflections, Tanner shows that God’s timing may be slow until it isn’t. Every day presents a gift to open. And hope is there to be found in the simplest things—a cup of coffee, a good friend, a single pancake. If you’re feeling stuck, unsettled, or even just happy to be here, know that hope remains and you’re right where you’re supposed to be.

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Daring To Take Up Space - Daniell Koepke Cover Art

Daring To Take Up Space

Daring To Take Up Space by Daniell Koepke

In her first poetry collection, Daniell gives voice to the fear and anxiety, as well as the perseverance and strength, that has been fundamental to her own personal growth journey and the path to deeper and more meaningful self-love and acceptance. In her own words, this book is for “the 17-year-old Daniell who was convinced she was worthless; who was convinced she would never survive or amount to anything. This is for the friends and family who never stopped believing in and supporting her. This is for all the people who feel that they have to shrink and hide who they are in order to be loved and accepted and worth something. This is for anyone who needs a reminder that you deserve to take up space in the world and that you are enough.”

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The Trojan War: The Iliad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid - Homer & Virgil Cover Art

The Trojan War: The Iliad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid

The Trojan War: The Iliad, The Odyssey and The Aeneid Homer and Virgil by Homer & Virgil

Presented in this book are three of the greatest literary works of the Ancient World: 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and 'The Aeneid' by Virgil.  ' The Iliad' tells the tale of the ten year siege of Troy by the Greeks,  the exploits of King Agamemnon and the legendary Achilles, and the infamous wooden horse invented by Odysseus. In 'The Odyssey' the cunning Odysseus is cursed by Poseidon to wander the seas for ten years before he is able to return home from Troy.  Odysseus recounts his fabled adventures and his battles at home in Ithaca to reclaim his loyal wife. Written by Virgil many centuries after Homer's works, "The Aeneid" tells the story from the other side - that of the Trojans.  Aeneas is a great Trojan warrior, forced to flee the sack of Troy with his aged father on his back.  His adventures leading the beleaguered Trojans take him first to Carthage and the tragic Queen Dido, before he continues on to Italy to become the legendary founder of Rome. These three masterpieces of epic poetry have stood the test of centuries, and have become an integral part of Western literature and culture. This book is beautifully presented with color illustrations and a detailed map of the Homeric world, and an interactive table of contents for ease of navigation.

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Ahora que ya bailas - Miguel Gane Cover Art

Ahora que ya bailas

Ahora que ya bailas by Miguel Gane

El nuevo poemario del autor de Con tal de verte volar , Miguel Gane. Naces, creces, amas, te rompen, aprendes y no mueres hasta que alguien deja de quererte. Estos poemas son la historia de Ella, la que fue callada porque sus gritos resonaban demasiado alto. Ella, que dejó de ser suya porque quien debía liberar su sonrisa, la acabó enjaulando y aplastando contra el asfalto. Sola, fue capaz de levantarse, de mirar a la cara a su pasado y decirle: «No me has vencido, soy indestructible». Ahora que ya bailas, el mundo entero va a quedarse a tus pies y donde antes había silencio ahora habrá música. La tuya.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer, Alexander Pope (Translator)

The Odyssey (Greek: Odusseia ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The poem was probably written near the end of the eighth century BC, somewhere along the Greek-controlled western present day Turkey seaside, Ionia. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths) and his long journey home to Ithaca following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. During this absence, his son Telemachus and wife Penelope must deal with a group of unruly suitors, called Proci, to compete for Penelope's hand in marriage, since most have assumed that Odysseus has died. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon and is indeed the second—the Iliad is the first—extant work of Western literature. It continues to be read in Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. The original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos, perhaps a rhapsode, and was intended more to be sung than read. The details of the ancient oral performance, and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars. The Odyssey was written in a regionless poetic dialect of Greek and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most impressive elements of the text are its strikingly modern non-linear plot, and the fact that events are shown to depend as much on the choices made by women and serfs as on the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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The Complete Works of Homer - Homer Cover Art

The Complete Works of Homer

The Complete Works of Homer by Homer

This collection offers scholars the Classical Greek text of Homer’s work for the first time, as well as multiple English translations of all of Homer’s extant works, including rare apocrypha texts available nowhere else in digital format. The Great Grandfather of all literature, Homer is a monumental writer that has shaped the works of thousands of others. This Delphi edition is a MUST for all book lovers across the world. * Seven translations of ‘The Iliad’ and five translations of ‘the Odyssey’ * includes Chapman’s original eighteenth century translation, first time in digital print! * both verse and prose translations, allowing you to explore different interpretations of the Ancient poet’s work * features Charles Lamb’s children’s adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ * character pages, aiding your reading of the texts * every translation has its own Table of Contents, enabling you to navigate between the different texts with ease * includes ‘The Homeric Hymns’ – the rare ancient poems ascribed to Homer, with their own contents table * includes Homer’s Epigrams – available nowhere else * discover the surviving fragments of Homer’s lost epics in Evelyn-White’s scholarly translation – previously printed in the Loeb Classical Library * includes other rare poems attributed to Homer, such as ‘The Battle of Frogs and Mice’ * even includes the original Greek texts of ‘The Iliad’, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Homeric Hymns’ – and ALL with their own contents tables * special Greek pronunciation pages – now you can read and hear the true sound of Homer’s 2700 year-old poetry! * hundreds of images relating to Homer, his poetry and the Trojan Epic Cycle * concise introductions to all of the works, setting them in context * scholarly ordering of texts, with a front no-nonsense Master table of contents   CONTENTS   The Translations THE ILIAD CAST OF CHARACTERS THE ILIAD – CHAPMAN’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – POPE’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – COWPER’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – BUTLER’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – LANG’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – BUCKLEY’S TRANSLATION THE ILIAD – DERBY’S TRANSLATION   THE ODYSSEY CAST OF CHARACTERS THE ODYSSEY – POPE’S TRANSLATION THE ODYSSEY – COWPER’S TRANSLATION THE ODYSSEY – LANG’S TRANSLATION THE ODYSSEY – BUTLER’S TRANSLATION THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES – CHARLES LAMB   THE HOMERIC HYMNS HOMER’S EPIGRAMS FRAGMENTS OF LOST EPIC POEMS THE WAR OF THE TITANS THE STORY OF OEDIPUS THE THEBAID THE EPIGONI THE CYPRIA THE AETHIOPIS THE LITTLE ILIAD THE SACK OF ILIUM THE RETURNS THE TELEGONY NON-EPIC POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO HOMER THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS THE TAKING OF OECHALIA THE PHOCAIS THE MARGITES THE CERCOPES THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE THE CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD   The Original Greek Texts PRONOUNCING ANCIENT GREEK The Iliad in Greek The Odyssey in Greek The Homeric Hymns in Greek

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Japanese Haiku - Peter Beilenson, Basho, Buson & ISSA Cover Art

Japanese Haiku

Japanese Haiku by Peter Beilenson, Basho, Buson & ISSA

Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilenson’s goal was twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional impressions in spare words. Haiku icon Basho is represented amply here, as are imagery-virtuoso Buson and wry, warm, painfully human Issa. The verses of Shiki, Joso, Kyorai, Kikaku, Chora, Gyodai, Kakei, Izen, and others also appear, all illuminated by lovely woodblock prints. Ranging from exquisite ( In the sea surf edge/Mingling with the bright small shells…/Bush-clover petals –Basho) to bittersweet ( Dead my fine hopes/And dry my dreaming, but still…/Iris, blue each spring –Shushiki) to silly ( Dim the grey cow comes/Mooing, mooing, and mooing/Out of the morning mist –Issa), this collection will stir your senses and your heart.

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The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 - Derek Walcott & Glyn Maxwell Cover Art

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by Derek Walcott & Glyn Maxwell

A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career "He gives us more than himself or ‘a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language." Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet Derek Walcott has received: a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry; the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948 – 2013 draws from every stage of the poet's storied career. Here are examples of his very earliest work, like "In My Eighteenth Year," published when the poet himself was still a teenager; his first widely celebrated verse, like "A Far Cry from Africa," which speaks of violence, of loyalties divided in one's very blood; his mature work, like "The Schooner Flight" from The Star-Apple Kingdom ; and his late masterpieces, like the tender "Sixty Years After," from the 2010 collection White Egrets. Across sixty-five years, Walcott grapples with the themes that have defined his work as they have defined his life: the unsolvable riddle of identity; the painful legacy of colonialism on his native Caribbean island of St. Lucia; the mysteries of faith and love and the natural world; the Western canon, celebrated and problematic; the trauma of growing old, of losing friends, family, one's own memory. This collection, selected by Walcott's friend the English poet Glyn Maxwell, will prove as enduring as the questions, the passions, that have driven Walcott to write for more than half a century.

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Delphi Complete Beowulf - Old English Text, Translations and Dual Text (Illustrated) - Beowulf Poet Cover Art

Delphi Complete Beowulf - Old English Text, Translations and Dual Text (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Beowulf - Old English Text, Translations and Dual Text (Illustrated) by Beowulf Poet

A masterpiece of Old English literature, the alliterative epic poem ‘Beowulf’ was written between the 8th and 11th century and narrates the eponymous hero’s battles against the monster Grendel, Grendel’s avenging mother and finally a terrifying dragon that threatens Beowulf’s homeland. Blending myth with history, ‘Beowulf’ celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in the perilous world of the Dark Ages. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents multiple translations, the original Old English text, special Dual Text feature and beautiful illustrations. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to ‘Beowulf’ and the Beowulf Poet’s times * Concise introduction to the epic poem * Images of how the poem was first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original text * Features Francis Barton Gummere's celebrated translation in imitative metre, widely acknowledged as capturing the alliterative pattern of the original Old English text * Includes  Gummere's original footnotes to aid comprehension of difficult phrases and sections * Also features William Morris’ well-regarded translation * A translation and the original text of the contemporary fragment THE ATTACK ON FINNSBURG * Excellent formatting of the poetry texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read * Includes the original Old English text  * Provides a special dual modern English and Old English text, allowing readers to compare small sections of five lines each – ideal for students * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Translations BEOWULF: BRIEF INTRODUCTION FRANCIS BARTON GUMMERE’S TRANSLATION WILLIAM MORRIS’ TRANSLATION The Old English Text THE OLD ENGLISH TEXT The Dual Text CONTENTS OF THE DUAL TEXT Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

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Collected Poems

Collected Poems by Robert Hayden & Frederick Glaysher

An exquisite body of work celebrating the centennial of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. Robert Hayden was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of work, collected in this definitive edition, including A Ballad of Remembrance, Words in the Mourning Time, The Night-Blooming Cereus, Angle of Ascent, and American Journal, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Also included is an introduction by American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, as well as an afterword by Arnold Rampersad that provides a critical and historical context. In Hayden’s work the actualities of history and culture became the launching places for flights of imagination and intelligence. His voice—characterized by musical diction and an exquisite feeling for the formality of pattern—is a seminal one in American life and literature.

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The Back Country

The Back Country by Gary Snyder

“A reaffirmation of a back country of the spirit."—Kirkus Reviews This collection is made up of four sections: "Far West"—poems of the Western mountain country where, as a young man. Gary Snyder worked as a logger and forest ranger; "Far East"—poems written between 1956 and 1964 in Japan where he studied Zen at the monastery in Kyoto; "Kali"—poems inspired by a visit to India and his reading of Indian religious texts, particularly those of Shivaism and Tibetan Buddhism; and "Back"—poems done on his return to this country in 1964 which look again at our West with the eyes of India and Japan. The book concludes with a group of translations of the Japanese poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933), with whose work Snyder feels a close affinity. The title, The Back Country, has three major associations; wilderness. the "backward" countries, and the “back country" of the mind with its levels of being in the unconscious.

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Saints of Little Faith

Saints of Little Faith by Megan Pinto

The energies animating  Saints of Little Faith , Megan Pinto’s electrifying debut in poetry, are a forceful quiet, a loud stillness, the caesura between a lightning strike and the sound of thunder. Everywhere, the speaker sees the numinous power of language, the incipience of things to come, even a kind of catastrophic grace in desolation and destruction — as if within the terrain of her own obsession, she recognizes the familiar, ever-changing seasons. Fierce and intimate, this poet’s meditative transformations engage with South Asian experiences of addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness, refusing to ignore narratives treated as unspeakable and overlooked by the English canon. Mapping the collision of abuse, psychosis, and rage, Pinto sees beyond them, buoyed by an inscrutable but abiding faith in the holiness of life itself, in a cold God nevertheless capable of gentleness. Once, “desire was an arrow, but now desire / is the field.” Pinto presides over this expanse, deciding, “I have three choices: to drift through life / anesthetized, to soften. . .” In that unspoken “or,” the merciful lacuna of that ellipsis, reside the lyrical mystery and medicine that feed this astonishing collection and strengthen resolve, both ours and the speaker’s: “The lake looks frozen, but it is not.” 

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Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife

Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife by Derrick C. Brown

The most famous collection and largest selling title on the Write Bloody roster. Butterfly Knife contains such award winning pieces such as “The Kurosawa Champagne,” A Finger, Two Dots, Then Me,” “Pleased to Meet You Yellow,” “The Chinese Elevator” and “Hot for Sorrow.” These are his classic, unforgettable works of poetry and fiction from 1993-2004. “A wit as sharp as Sedaris, a sensibility as poignant as Sexton, Brown manages to blur the lines between cult writer and poet with remarkable ease and grace.” -Anthem Magazine “Sincere, twisted and violently romantic.” - OC Weekly “Derrick Brown’s work-both on and off the page-sizzles with jolting images and blasts of humor, yet retains a deep compassion at it’s core. He has a heart the size of a Mack truck, but we’re not sure who’s behind the wheel.” -Jeffrey McDaniel, author Alibi School and The Endarkenment

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Wicked Enchantment

Wicked Enchantment Selected Poems by Wanda Coleman & Terrance Hayes

A voice for justice, anti-racism, and equality—here is the greatest and most powerful work of the people's poet, Wanda Coleman. One of the most talked about literary collections of the year is this collection by a beat-up, broke, and Black woman who wrote with anger, humor, and clarity about her life on the margins. Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems is a selection of 130 of Coleman's poems spanning four decades, edited and introduced by Terrance Hayes. Although Coleman was rejected by the literary elites during her lifetime, here's what people are saying now about Wicked Enchantment : "Wanda Coleman is not just wickedly wise, she is transcendent." — The Washington Post "These poems are wildly fun and inventive . . . and frequently hilarious; they seem to cover every human experience and emotion." — The New York Times "Wanda Coleman's work has that ineffable quality that accompanies poetry you understand in your belly and your head. . . . It is an unmistakable style that propels a Coleman poem, and draws us into it." —Reginald Dwayne Betts " Wicked Enchantment has words to crack you open and heal you where it counts—hateful and hilarious, heartbroke and hellbent." —Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author "One of the greatest poets ever to come out of L.A." — The New Yorker "One of the most exciting, original, deliciously dangerous voices of the 20th century." — The Irish Times "Required Reading" — Bustle "Best Poetry of 2020" The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Irish Times Winner California Independent Booksellers Alliance's 2020 Golden Poppy Award for Poetry

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Like a Beggar

Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass

Featured on NPR's The Writer's Almanac “Ellen Bass’s new poetry collection, Like a Beggar , pulses with sex, humor and compassion.”— The New York Times “Bass tries to convey everyday wonder on contemporary experiences of sex, work, aging, and war. Those who turn to poetry to become confidants for another's stories and secrets will not be disappointed.”— Publishers Weekly “In her fifth book of poetry, Bass addresses everything from Saturn’s rings and Newton’s law of gravitation to wasps and Pablo Neruda. Her words are nostalgic, vivid, and visceral. Bass arrives at the truth of human carnality rooted in the extraordinary need and promise of the individual. Bass shows us that we are as radiant as we are ephemeral, that in transience glistens resilient history and the remarkable fluidity of connection. By the collection’s end—following her musings on suicide and generosity, desire and repetition—it becomes lucidly clear that Bass is not only a poet but also a philosopher and a storyteller.”— Booklist Ellen Bass brings a deft touch as she continues her ongoing interrogations of crucial moral issues of our times, while simultaneously delighting in endearing human absurdities. From the start of Like a Beggar, Bass asks her readers to relax, even though "bad things are going to happen," because the "bad" gets mined for all manner of goodness. From "Another Story": After dinner, we're drinking scotch at the kitchen table. Janet and I just watched a NOVA special and we're explaining to her mother the age and size of the universe— the hundred billion stars in the hundred billion galaxies. Dotty lives at Dominican Oaks, making her way down the long hall. How about the sun? she asks, a little farmshit in the endlessness. I gather up a cantaloupe, a lime, a cherry, and start revolving this salad around the chicken carcass. This is the best scotch I ever tasted, Dotty says, even though we gave her the Maker's Mark while we're drinking Glendronach... Ellen Bass 's poetry includes  Like A Beggar (Copper Canyon Press, 2014),  The Human Line  (Copper Canyon Press, 2007), which was named a Notable Book by the  San Francisco Chronicle, and  Mules of Love (BOA, 2002), which won the Lambda Literary Award.  She co-edited (with Florence Howe) the groundbreaking  No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women  (Doubleday, 1973). Her work has frequently been published in  The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The New Republic, The Sun  and many other journals. She is co-author of several non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse  (HarperCollins, 1988, 2008) which has sold over a million copies and been translated into twelve languages. She is part of the core faculty of the MFA writing program at Pacific University.

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The Uses of the Body

The Uses of the Body by Deborah Landau

“Landau's killer wit evokes Dorothy Parker crossed with Sylvia Plath—leaping spark after spark, growing to deadly dark fire. The Uses of the Body is her best book, its acerbic tone interspersed with lines of grave and startling beauty.” — Los Angeles Times * “As freshly immediate as ever, award-winning poet Landau reveals that ‘the uses of the body are manifold,’ moving in four sections with a roughly chronological feel from wedding parties to flabby bodies around the pool to the realization ‘But we already did everything’—all with an underlying sense of urgency: ‘Life please explain.’ As Landau explores her physical self and her sexuality, she’s tart, witty, fluid, direct, and brutally honest, and her work can be appreciated by any reader.”— Library Journal, starred review "Deborah Landau . . . is both confessional and direct, like Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg. Her taut, elegant, highly controlled constructions meditate upon yearning and selfhood."— Booklist Deborah Landau's Uses of the Body presents the very specific challenges of womanhood. Her poems address what it means to be alive— right now —in a female body. She fills her poetry with compelling nouns: wine glasses, bridal gowns, and "books and teacups and ghosts." And what ghosts: underneath evocative images and poetic play, there's a moving, yearning mysticism. From "Mr and Mrs End of Suffering": The uses of the body are wake up. The uses of the body, illusion. The uses of the body. Rinse repeat. To make another body. September. Draw the blanket up. Lace your shoes. The major and minor passions. Sunlight. Hair. The basic pleasures. Tomatoes, Keats, meeting a smart man for a drink. The uses of the body. It is only a small house. It gets older. Its upper and lower. Its red and white trim. It's tempting to gloss over this part, so you won't really see me. Deborah Landau is the author of two books of poetry. She was educated at Stanford, Columbia, and Brown, where she earned her PhD. Currently she is the director of the NYU Creative Writing Program and lives in New York City.

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The Poetry Of Stephen Crane

The Poetry Of Stephen Crane "A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.” by Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane was born November 1, 1871 in Newark New Jersey. He was the eight surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little interest in completing university and was keen to move on to a career declaring college to be "a waste of time". By twenty he was a reporter and two years later he published his first book Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets. In literary circles this is held up as the first work in American literary Naturalism. Two years later in 1895 he was the subject of worldwide acclaim for his Civil War novel, written without the benefit of any actual war experiences, The Red Badge Of Courage. It was indeed a masterpiece and his finest hour. In 1896, en route to Cuba as a War Correspondent, he met hotel madam Cora Taylor in Jacksonville Florida. This was to become the defining relationship of his life. However his health was in decline and he was beset by money problems. Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis, aged 28  on June 5, 1900, at Badenweiler, Germany. He is buried in New Jersey. He was a great talent who could, had he lived, delivered so much more. Further examples of his very fine writing are here in this collection of poems.

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Walking Gentry Home

Walking Gentry Home A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse by Alora Young

An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history. “A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak that accompanies coming of age for Black girls becoming Black women.” —Evette Dionne, author of Lifting as We Climb, longlisted for the National Book Award ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Ms. Magazine, Kirkus Reviews Walking Gentry Home tells the story of Alora Young’s ancestors, from the unnamed women forgotten by the historical record but brought to life through Young’s imagination; to Amy, the first of Young’s foremothers to arrive in Tennessee, buried in an unmarked grave, unlike the white man who enslaved her and fathered her child; through Young’s great-grandmother Gentry, unhappily married at fourteen; to her own mother, the teenage beauty queen rejected by her white neighbors; down to Young in the present day as she leaves childhood behind and becomes a young woman.  The lives of these girls and women come together to form a unique American epic in verse, one that speaks of generational curses, coming of age, homes and small towns, fleeting loves and lasting consequences, and the brutal and ever-present legacy of slavery in our nation’s psyche. Each poem is a story in verse, and together they form a heart-wrenching and inspiring family saga of girls and women connected through blood and history. Informed by archival research, the last will and testament of an enslaver, formal interviews, family lore, and even a DNA test, Walking Gentry Home gives voice to those too often muted in America: Black girls and women.

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The Miracle Already Happening: Everyday Life with Rumi: E-Book Edition - Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Cover Art

The Miracle Already Happening: Everyday Life with Rumi: E-Book Edition

The Miracle Already Happening: Everyday Life with Rumi: E-Book Edition Everyday Life with Rumi: E-Book Edition by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's superb collection of her poems inspired by Rumi. Full of heart, humor, peace and wisdom, this e-book gracefully flings us from our routine into the joy of life, bristles with surprise and dances with mystic vision.

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Becoming Ghost

Becoming Ghost Poetry by Cathy Linh Che

2025 National Book Award Finalist Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Finalist 2026 APALA Literature Awards - Asian American Poetry Winner Ms. Magazine ’s Best Poetry of 2024 and 2025 Electric Literature ’s Best Poetry Collections, 2025 NPR’s Books We Love 2025 2026 ALA RUSA Notable Poetry List The long-awaited sophomore poetry collection by award-winning writer Cathy Linh Che, on familial estrangement, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. The follow-up to her acclaimed poetry debut Split , Becoming Ghost documents Cathy Linh Che’s parents’ experiences as refugees who escaped the Vietnam War and then were cast as extras in Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now , placing them at the margins of their own story. The poetry collection uses persona, speculation, and the golden shovel form as a means of moving Vietnamese voices from the periphery to the center. The speaker’s disownment raises questions about the challenges of using parents as poetic subjects, telling familial stories to a broader public, and the meaning of forgiveness.

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Soft Targets - Deborah Landau Cover Art

Soft Targets

Soft Targets by Deborah Landau

Starred Review in Publishers Weekly : "Through the cadence of these poems, which sometimes resemble lullabies in their dreaminess and gorgeous lyricism, Landau captures the ways humans persist, despite our collective anxiety, in our longing for 'something tender, something that might bloom.'” Deborah Landau’s fourth book of poetry, Soft Targets, draws a bullseye on humanity’s vulnerable flesh and corrupted world. In this ambitious lyric sequence, the speaker’s fear of annihilation expands beyond the self to an imperiled planet on which all inhabitants are “soft targets.” Her melancholic examinations recall life’s uncanny ability to transform ordinary places—subways, cafes, street corners—into sites of intense significance that weigh heavily on the modern mind. “O you who want to slaughter us, we’ll be dead soon/enough what’s the rush,” Landau writes, contemplating a world beset by political tumult, random violence, terror attacks, and climate change. Still there are the ordinary and abundant pleasures of day-to-day living, though the tender exchanges of friendship and love play out against a backdrop of 21st century threats with historical echoes, as neo-Nazis marching in the United States recall her grandmother’s flight from Nazi Germany.

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the witch doesn't drown in this one - Amanda Lovelace Cover Art

the witch doesn't drown in this one

the witch doesn't drown in this one by Amanda Lovelace

In this one, the witch doesn’t burn or die or drown. In this one, she rages. In the witch doesn’t drown in this one , celebrated poetess amanda lovelace revisits the titular voice behind her 2018 bestselling collection the witch doesn’t burn in this one . With candor, honesty, and well-earned wisdom, lovelace expounds on the roller coaster of feelings brought on by simply trying to exist as a woman in the sociopolitical climate of 2025’s America. Through poetry that encompasses a myriad of fem-centric themes, including queer love, trans rights, patriarchal oppression, and intersectional feminism, she demands that women of all backgrounds and lived experiences be seen, heard, defended, and loved.   the witch doesn’t drown in this one is a deeply felt and hard-won reminder that though some stories that start with bitch-fire end with tear stains, women are powerful, resilient beings who have always contained the strength to rise again, especially when we swim back to the surface together.

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The Celtic Twilight - W. B. Yeats Cover Art

The Celtic Twilight

The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats was a towering figure in twentieth-century letters. Though best remembered as a poet and playwright, Yeats was insatiably curious and devoted much of his life to the study of folk literatures. This collection brings together an astounding array of Irish legends, fables, and fairy tales.

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Witness

Witness by John Hawkhead

Witness is a book of quirky and sometimes dark poetry that examines all aspects of life. Suitable for all ages, Witness has something for everyone. Many of these poems, haiku and illustrations have been published before but this is the first time they have been published together.

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Zettelkasten - Michael Ende Cover Art

Zettelkasten

Zettelkasten Skizzen & Notizen by Michael Ende

Michael Ende ist nicht allein ein Erzähler großartiger Märchen und phantastischer Geschichten, er war auch ein scharfsinniger Denker, der sich Gedanken machte über den Zustand der Welt und sich um positive Zukunftsbilder bemühte. Sein Zettelkasten belegt diesen Doppelaspekt, denn es ist ein aufschlussreiches Lesebuch aus der Werkstatt eines Autors, der in der realen Welt der Menschen und in der Welt der Vorstellungen zu Hause ist. Das Lesebuch enthält Geschichten und Gedichte, Balladen und Lieder voller Poesie und Phantasie. Aber auch von der realen Welt der Menschen wird im Zettelkasten erzählt: Beobachtungen, Überlegungen und Aphorismen vermitteln überraschende Sichten auf die Welt und schärfen unser Bewusstsein für die Probleme unserer Zeit. Michael Endes literarische wie philosophische Versuche sind Belege für seine Bemühungen, Poesie ins Leben zu verweben, im Leben selbst aber Anregungen für eine lebens- und wünschenswerte Zukunft zu geben. Mit seinem Zettelkasten greift Michael Ende eine alte literarische Tradition auf. Dieses Werkstattbuch vermittelt ein umfassendes Bild von einem Autor, der zu den wichtigsten Schriftstellern unserer Zeit gerechnet werden muss.

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The Iliad

The Iliad by Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox

The great war epic of Western literature, in a stunning translation by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the  Iliad  is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.   Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry, and evokes the impact and nuance of the  Iliad ’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls “an astonishing performance.” 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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The Aeneid

The Aeneid by Virgil

The ancient epic of adventure, war, passion, and tragedy that follows a Trojan warrior on his journey to the land that will become Rome.   A work of epic poetry that has survived for over two thousand years, The Aeneid is the story of Aeneas. Born to a goddess and a mortal man, Aeneas leads a fleet on the Mediterranean; is beset by a great storm; becomes entangled in a romance with Dido, the queen of Carthage; and visits the underworld. His true destiny, though, awaits him in Italy, and he engages in bloody battle as he makes his way there—under the watchful gaze of the gods and goddesses who frequently intervene.   A fundamental classic of Western literature, The Aeneid is a majestic blend of myth, legend, and history that continues to transport modern readers into a long-lost world.

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Love is a Dog From Hell

Love is a Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski

First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

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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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Good Stock Strange Blood

Good Stock Strange Blood by Dawn Lundy Martin

From Good Stock Strange Blood : And, yet, each morning a fireheart grief in the body coming out of sleep. The listening to the smoke as if fills and weeps inside the chest, choking strength out hands weighted, dangling. We wonder where else it lives before it fills the body up. We assume it comes inside through the hole that promises invasion. Lundy Martin is author of A Gathering of Matter / A Matter of Gathering and DISCIPLINE , which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Lambda Literary Award.

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The T.S. Eliot Collection

The T.S. Eliot Collection Collected Poems and Essays by T.S. Eliot

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF T.S. ELIOT - Prufrock, The Waste Land, Gerontion, Preludes, Plus Many, Many More Poems and Essays. A Superb Collection of Eliot's Major works - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! T.S Eliot burst onto the literary scene in 1915 with his poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', which is widely celebrated today as a masterpiece of the modernist movement. Eliot has written some of the best know poems in the English Language - such as 'Prufrock', 'The Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land'. He was also a prolific writer of essays and criticism - many of which are included in this considerable collection of works. The texts contained within this volume are as follows: PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS - 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 - 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 THE SACRED WOOD (essays) - Introduction - The Perfect Critic - Imperfect Critics - Tradition and the Individual Talent - The Possibility of a Poetic Drama - Euripides and Professor Murray - "Rhetoric" and Poetic Drama - Notes on the Blank Verse of Christopher Marlowe - Hamlet and His Problems - Ben Jonson - Philip Massinger - Swinburne as Poet - Blake - Dante EZRA POUND: HIS METRIC AND POETRY EELDROP AND APPLEPLEX THE SECOND ORDER MIND

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Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written in letter-form, near the end of Rilke's life. In Lewis Hyde's introduction, he explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works, and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay. This edition also contains a chronology, notes, and suggested further reading.

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The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry - Wendell Berry Cover Art

The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry

The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry

This poetry collection about nature, community, and tradition is a stunning primer on the poetic works of the award-winning Kentucky writer, environmentalist, and cultural critic The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry gathers one hundred poems written between 1957 and 1996. Chosen by the author, these pieces have been selected from each of nine previously published collections. The rich work in this volume reflects the development of Berry’s poetic sensibility over four decades. Focusing on themes that have occupied his work for years—land and nature, family and community, tradition as the groundwork for life and culture— The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry celebrates the broad range of this vital and transforming poet.

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The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

🐞 One morning, he woke to find himself transformed — and the world had already turned against him. In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka delivers one of the most haunting and profound works of modern literature — a surreal and tragic reflection on alienation, guilt, and the fragility of human connection. When Gregor Samsa, a devoted traveling salesman, awakens to discover he has become a giant insect, he must face not only his grotesque new body but also the rejection of the family he worked to support. As his world shrinks and his humanity fades, Kafka exposes the quiet cruelty of conformity and the unbearable weight of loneliness. Written with precision, irony, and emotional intensity, The Metamorphosis remains a masterpiece of psychological realism and existential dread — a story that forces readers to confront the boundaries between duty, identity, and love. 💀 Click "Buy Now" and experience The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka's unforgettable tale of transformation, despair, and the search for meaning in an indifferent world.

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Owls and Other Fantasies

Owls and Other Fantasies Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver

A perfect introduction to Mary Oliver’s poetry, this stunning collection features 26 nature poems and prose writings about the birds that played such an important role in the Pulitzer Prize winner’s life.   Within these pages you will find hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows and, of course, the snowy owl, among a dozen others-including ten poems that have never before been collected. She adds two beautifully crafted essays, “Owls,” selected for the Best American Essays series, and “Bird,” a new essay that will surely take its place among the classics of the genre. In the words of the poet Stanley Kunitz, “Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations.” For anyone who values poetry and essays, for anyone who cares about birds, Owls and Other Fantasies will be a treasured gift; for those who love both, it will be essential reading. This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the available covers.

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