Ecstatic Occasions, Expedient Forms
85 Leading Contemporary Poets Select and Comment on Their Poems
edited by David Lehman

An unexpectedly entertaining collection of writing by poets discussing the creative inspiration and artistic form of their work.

What Professors Are Saying
"I chose the text for a number of reasons: one, the course for which I am using it—Poetry and the Imaginative Process—focuses on some of the following questions which I find the book aids me in addressing: What is Poetry and why does it exist? What do we mean by Process when we discuss the work a poet does, and how is process unique for each poet? And finally, what is this thing we call imagination? Why is is important and how does it manifest itself....I like the wide variety of entries written by the contemporary poets collected in Ecstatic Occasions...concerning the poem they chose from their body of work. They successfully raise and address craft questions such as the importance of form and structure in regards to meaning, multiple paths of inspiration that begin a poem, and then their actual composition process."
—Matthew Hittinger, Muhlenberg College

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The Iliad
by Homer
translated by Rodney Merrill

A new translation of Homer's classic follows Merrill's successful earlier version of the Odyssey in capturing the feel of the original Greek.

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Poet's Work, Poet's Play
Essays on the Practice and the Art
edited by Daniel Tobin and Pimone Triplett

An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the art and craft of contemporary poetry.

This translation contains a general introduction, a translator's introduction, notes, and a glossary. It will be of interest to general readers, students and specialists in classical literature, and lovers of poetry.

Theogony and Works and Days
by Hesiod
translated and with introduction by Catherine M. Schlegel and Henry Weinfield

A new verse-translation celebrating the poetry of Hesiod's great works, Theogony and Works and Days.

This translation contains a general introduction, a translator's introduction, notes, and a glossary. It will be of interest to general readers, students and specialists in classical literature, and lovers of poetry.

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You Work Tomorrow
An Anthology of American Labor Poetry, 1929-41
edited by John Marsh
Foreword by Jim Daniels

The first-ever anthology of American labor poetry of the Great Depression.