This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than eighty never-before-published poems.
Poetry
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Author:Jalāl al-Dīn RūmīSummary: - Author:Spenser, EdmundSummary:
The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen....
- Author:Waltner-Toews, DavidSummary:
On the day that David Waltner-Toews’ young daughter Rebecca gave “Mr. Fluff, that venerable stuffed dog” to her older brother, the poet learned a lesson in community building – to get what you really want you must give it away and then...
- Author:D'Acierno, PellegrinoSummary:
In The Fat Man Arpeggios, Pellegrino D'Acierno presents a ludic portrait of the Fat Man -- a metaphysical dandy and “foolosopher” -- who voices, through the lightness of arpeggios, his existential and amorous dilemmas.
- Author:Shenfeld, KarenSummary:
Ancient and medieval Jewish travelers are brought to poetic life amidst images garnered from the poet's personal journeys crossing the Sahara Desert and voyaging down the Congo River. This title is number 135 of the Essential Poets...
- Author:Lilley, JoannaSummary:
A sardonic, stinging wake-up call to the complexities of modern existence
The Fleece Era is Yukon-based, UK-born Joanna Lilley’s first book of poems: a wry and eloquent testament to the intricacies of our various relationships....
- Author:Di Michele, MarySummary:
The poems in The Flower of Youth depict the coming of age and into sexual difference of the great writer and film director, Pier Paolo Pasolini. The time of this story is World War II; the place is German-occupied northern...
- Author:MillAr, JaySummary:
Jay used to have an ego, but had it surgically removed. Get bur'd by Alex Cayce; Perfectly Ordinary Dreams by James Llar; Short Ghosts by John Elliott; heartrants by H. Azel; and Book of Leaves by Conwenna Stokes: five books written in...
- Author:Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, EliSummary:
Swinging from post-explosion Beirut to a Montreal balcony in summer, the verse and prose poems in THE GOOD ARABS ground the reader in place, language, and the body. Peeling and rinsing radishes. Dancing as a pre-teen to Nancy Ajram....
- Author:McOrmond, SteveSummary:
Poems that occupy the difficult territory of contemporary crisis with great candour and trenchant wit.
Steve McOrmond’s unflinching take on contemporary life, with its saturnine candour and ironic focus, may remind readers of the...
- Author:Widdemer, Margaret, EditorSummary:
A collection of poems on supernatural themes.
- Author:Tierney, MatthewSummary:
Shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Book Award for Poetry To be human is to cope with knowing. In the early sixties, Leonard Hayflick determined that healthy cells can divide only a finite number of times. Known as the Hayflick Limit, the...
- Author:Nudelman, MerleSummary:
Courageous and astute, this collection of poems, written in varied styles, explores the emotional upheavals caused by the estrangement of a son. Weaving together complex layers of personal history, these poems capture the poet's...
- Author:Thornton, RussellSummary:
In The Hundred Lives Russell Thornton illuminates the intricate imaginative orders of love at work within an individual life.
- Author:Gordon, Antoinnette K.Summary:
This collection of Tibetan poetry and lyrics is accompanied by extensive commentary and offers a great insight into a rich literary culture. Tibet, remote and inaccessible, is less known to the western world for its literary than its...
- Author:Ada, LimónSummary:
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness--between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves--from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limón.
- Author:Currin, JenSummary:
Winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry A finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Prize and the Lambda Literary Award In her ambitious follow-up to Hagiography, acclaimed poet Jen Currin continues her unique exploration of the...
- Author:Holland-Batt, SarahSummary:
With electrifying boldness, Sarah Holland-Batt confronts what it means to be mortal in an astonishing and deeply humane portrait of a father's Parkinson's Disease, and a daughter forged by grief. Opening and closing with startling...
- Author:MacKay, BrentSummary:
A sure-tongued linguistic menagerie.
Brent’s poems also appear in News and Weather: Seven Canadian Poets edited by August Kleinzahler – This anthology cuts into the Canadian poetry scene on a fresh, oblique angle....
- Author:Kenyon, MichaelSummary:
Shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit Award
Poems of disturbing beauty, examining personal and collective loss.
This is Michael Kenyon’s third full-length collection of poems. His poetry and fiction have always been alert to the...
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