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51. Cover image for 'The Game Changed'
Essays and Other Prose
Lawrence Joseph

Essays on poetry by the most important poet-lawyer of our era

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Essays and Other Prose
Lawrence Joseph

Essays on poetry by the most important poet-lawyer of our era

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Essays and Other Prose
Lawrence Joseph
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52. Cover image for 'Noise That Stays Noise'
Essays
Cole Swensen
Collected essays by a prominent contemporary poet
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Essays
Cole Swensen
Collected essays by a prominent contemporary poet
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Essays
Cole Swensen
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53. Cover image for 'Hog Butchers, Beggars, and Busboys'
Poverty, Labor, and the Making of Modern American Poetry
John Marsh

A new reading of 20th-century poets and their subject matter sheds new light on the development of American literary modernism

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54. Cover image for 'Two Minds of a Western Poet'
David Mason
Meditations on the life of poetry by an award-winning poet
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Essays by David Mason
Meditations on the life of poetry by an award-winning poet
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Essays on Poets and Poetry, 1987-2009
Marilyn Hacker

Editor of the acclaimed Poets on Poetry series collects her own essays on the subject

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Essays on Poets and Poetry, 1987-2009
Marilyn Hacker

Editor of the acclaimed Poets on Poetry series collects her own essays on the subject

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essays on poetry, art, and the architecture of silence
Kazim Ali

An American poet takes on Eastern philosophy, Western culture, and his Muslim heritage

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essays on poetry, art, and the architecture of silence
Kazim Ali

An American poet takes on Eastern philosophy, Western culture, and his Muslim heritage

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Verse in the Digital Age
Kevin Stein
Poetry lives on in the digital age
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Web 2010 Open Access Available Read Online
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Verse in the Digital Age
Kevin Stein
Poetry lives on in the digital age
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Web 2010 Open Access Available Read Online
58. Cover image for 'First Loves and Other Adventures'
Grace Schulman

Award-winning poet explores the exhilaration of reading

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Grace Schulman

Award-winning poet explores the exhilaration of reading

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59. Cover image for 'Poetics of Dislocation'
Meena Alexander

A prominent poet brings the experience of the world to her struggles to find her place in America, and explores what the many cultures in this country mean for poets practicing their craft

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Meena Alexander

A prominent poet brings the experience of the world to her struggles to find her place in America, and explores what the many cultures in this country mean for poets practicing their craft

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60. Cover image for 'The Iliad'
Homer
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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Tradition, Narrative, and Audience
Ruth Scodel
A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds
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Tradition, Narrative, and Audience
Ruth Scodel
A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds
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62. Cover image for 'The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry'
Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett

How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?

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Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett

How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?

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Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett

How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?

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63. Cover image for 'The Scroll and the Marble'
Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry
Peter Bing

Seminal essays from one of the most prominent scholars of Hellenistic poetry

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Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry
Peter Bing

Seminal essays from one of the most prominent scholars of Hellenistic poetry

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64. Cover image for 'The Humblest Sparrow'
The Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus
Michael Roberts
A long-awaited study of the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus
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The Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus
Michael Roberts

A long-awaited study of the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus

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65. Cover image for 'The Hopwood Lectures'
Edited and with an introduction by Nicholas Delbanco

A selection of Hopwood lectures delivered during ten annual awards ceremony, including work by Charles Baxter, Mary Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan, Susan Stamberg, and others

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Edited and with an introduction by Nicholas Delbanco

A selection of Hopwood lectures delivered during ten annual awards ceremony, including work by Charles Baxter, Mary Gordon, Lawrence Kasdan, Susan Stamberg, and others

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66. Cover image for 'On Burning Ground'
Thirty Years of Thinking About Poetry
Sandra M. Gilbert
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Thirty Years of Thinking About Poetry
Sandra M. Gilbert
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67. Cover image for 'Homer and the Dual Model of the Tragic'
Yoav Rinon

A probing and much needed examination of "the tragic" as a concept distinct from tragedy as a genre

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Selected Essays, 1989-2007
Alfred Corn
A collection of essays from one of the most accomplished poets of his generation on a wide variety of subjects, from Elizabeth Bishop to Virginia Woolf and Wordsworth
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Selected Essays, 1989-2007
Alfred Corn
A collection of essays from one of the most accomplished poets of his generation on a wide variety of subjects, from Elizabeth Bishop to Virginia Woolf and Wordsworth
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69. Cover image for 'Don't Deny My Name'
Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition
Lorenzo Thomas
Reflections on the relationships between black American intellectuals and African American  musical traditions from blues to hip hop
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Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition
Lorenzo Thomas
Reflections on the relationships between black American intellectuals and African American  musical traditions from blues to hip hop
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Writing and the Writer's Life
Nancy Willard
A collection of enlightening and entertaining essays and personal narratives on topics such as the craft of fiction, children’s literature, fairy tales, and art
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Essays on the Poetry
Bruce Weigl, Editor
New perspectives on the work of this original and hard-to-categorize American poet,  recently named Poet Laureate of the United States
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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
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An Anthology of American Labor Poetry, 1929-41
John Marsh, Editor
The first-ever anthology of American labor poetry of the Great Depression
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Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes
Edward Dorn
Collects the commentary of the later years and last days of one of America's most powerful and unique poets
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Essays, Reviews, and Interviews
Elizabeth Alexander
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