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American Literature
1. 
Selected Prose of Major Jackson
Foregrounding the possibilities of human song
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2022 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Beat Beyond" to Cart |
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1.
Selected Prose of Major Jackson
Foregrounding the possibilities of human song
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| Paper | 2022 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Beat Beyond" to Cart |
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2. 
Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
A collection of essays, reviews, and memoir by one of the brightest poet-critics of her generation
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Body of Poetry" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "The Body of Poetry" |
2.
Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
A collection of essays, reviews, and memoir by one of the brightest poet-critics of her generation
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Body of Poetry" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "The Body of Poetry" |
2.
Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
A collection of essays, reviews, and memoir by one of the brightest poet-critics of her generation
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2005 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Body of Poetry" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "The Body of Poetry" |
2.
Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
A collection of essays, reviews, and memoir by one of the brightest poet-critics of her generation
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2005 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Body of Poetry" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Body of Poetry" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "The Body of Poetry" |
3. 
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
A new prose collection by Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2017 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2017 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2017 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Condition Red" |
3.
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
A new prose collection by Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2017 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2017 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2017 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Condition Red" |
3.
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
A new prose collection by Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2017 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2017 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Condition Red" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2017 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Condition Red" |
4. 
Meditations on the life of poetry by an award-winning poet
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2011 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Two Minds of a Western Poet" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Two Minds of a Western Poet" to Cart |
4.
Meditations on the life of poetry by an award-winning poet
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2011 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Two Minds of a Western Poet" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Two Minds of a Western Poet" to Cart |
5. 
Selected Essays, 1989-2007
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2008 | $25.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Atlas" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2008 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Atlas" to Cart |
5.
Selected Essays, 1989-2007
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2008 | $25.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Atlas" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2008 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Atlas" to Cart |
6. 
An eclectic array of essays, reviews, and memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Memory Piano" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Memory Piano" to Cart |
6.
An eclectic array of essays, reviews, and memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Memory Piano" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Memory Piano" to Cart |
7. 
Fifty years of writing on literature, film, and art by one of the most influential poets and critics of our time
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $23.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Selected Prose" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2004 | $49.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Selected Prose" to Cart |
7.
Fifty years of writing on literature, film, and art by one of the most influential poets and critics of our time
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $23.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Selected Prose" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2004 | $49.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Selected Prose" to Cart |
8. 
Essays on Poetry
A collection of critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Coming After" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Coming After" |
8.
Essays on Poetry
A collection of critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2005 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Coming After" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Coming After" |
9. 
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2004 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Poetry and What is Real" to Cart |
10. 
Essays
Pointed essays and an interview from one of contemporary literature's most engaging critics, poets, and editors
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2004 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Fables of Representation" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Fables of Representation" |
10.
Essays
Pointed essays and an interview from one of contemporary literature's most engaging critics, poets, and editors
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2004 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Fables of Representation" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Fables of Representation" |
11. 
An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry
The latest offering in the Poets on Poetry series from the acclaimed poet, critic, and current chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Barrier of a Common Language" to Cart |
12. 
From one of America's foremost contemporary poets, a scintillating, surprising collection of essays on everything from poetry and art to the fine art of sausage-making
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Metaphysician in the Dark" to Cart |
13. 
with Trial of a Poet
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Essay on Rime" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2003 | $54.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Essay on Rime" to Cart |
13.
with Trial of a Poet
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2003 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Essay on Rime" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2003 | $54.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Essay on Rime" to Cart |
14. 
Memoirs
The coming-of-age of one of America's best-loved poets, from his childhood in war-torn Yugoslavia to his bohemian years in New York City
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Fly in the Soup" to Cart |
15. 
Ten More Years with Ray
Documents that chronicle the story of a literary partnership and marriage that did not end with death
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Soul Barnacles" to Cart |
16. 
Poetry and Identity
Essays and interviews on the relationship of color and the literary canon
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2002 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Song for Uncle Tom, Tonto, and Mr. Moto" to Cart |
17. 
Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2002 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "So Ask" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2002 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "So Ask" to Cart |
17.
Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2002 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "So Ask" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2002 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "So Ask" to Cart |
18. 
Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry
Eminently readable and refreshingly candid essays on literature and culture, by a master of many literary genres and forms
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2002 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Castle of Perseverance" to Cart |
19. 
American Poetry at Large
Reflections on the state of poetry and criticism by a master of both genres
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2002 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "A Boundless Field" to Cart |
20. 
Essays on Poetry
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2002 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Body and Soul" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2002 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Body and Soul" to Cart |
20.
Essays on Poetry
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2002 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Body and Soul" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2002 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Body and Soul" to Cart |
21. 
Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose
A rich assortment of the writings of rediscovered octogenarian poet Josephine Jacobsen
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2002 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Instant of Knowing" to Cart |
22. 
Toward an Autobiography
An extraordinary memoir from one of our most celebrated poets
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2001 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Bread of Time" to Cart |
23. 
Contemporary American Poetry
Appraises the work of significant American poets in engaging and erudite essays by a leading critic and scholar
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2001 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Negative Capability" to Cart |
24. 
A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2001 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Gazer Within" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2001 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Gazer Within" to Cart |
24.
A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2001 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Gazer Within" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2001 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Gazer Within" to Cart |
25. 
Writing on Poetry and Poets
A lively and diverse collection of prose by an esteemed poet-teacher
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2000 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Straight Line" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2000 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Straight Line" to Cart |
25.
Writing on Poetry and Poets
A lively and diverse collection of prose by an esteemed poet-teacher
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2000 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Straight Line" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2000 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Straight Line" to Cart |
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