Summary: Since its inception in 1972, Copper Canyon Press has remained dedicated to publishing poetry from a wide range of styles. The Gift of Tongues is drawn from among more than 150 books and chap-books of poetry published by the Press. Features Sam Hamill's in-depth personal introduction about Copper Canyon's path and dedication to the poetry of many cultures, as well as an annotated bibliography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 1996
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Summary: From the Publisher: A selection of the best of three decades of writing about poetry, a celebration of the "tenacious curiosity" (Los Angeles Times) of the Nobel laureate. Whether autobiographical, topical, or specifically literary, these writings circle the central preoccupying questions of Seamus Heaney's career: "How should a poet properly live and write? What is his relationship to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.914 HEASummary: These poems are not the poems you studied in school. They are the creations of the people you see pictured in this book. These poets are the new generations and very interesting!
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Publisher / Publication Date: World of Poetry Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.81 GREAtwood, Margaret
Summary: The internationally acclaimed author presents her first collection of poetry in over a decade that addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, nature, and zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ATWBrodsky, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.1 BROScott-Heron, Gil
Contents: Introduction ; The revolution will not be televised -- Omen -- Brother -- Comment #1 -- Small talk at 125th & Lenox -- The subject was faggots -- Evolution (and flashback) -- Plastic pattern people -- Whitey on the moon -- The vulture -- Enough -- Paint it black -- Who'll pay reparations on my soul? -- Everyday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Dutchman 1970
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SCOCollins, Billy.
Summary: Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares 24 of his poems and also spends some time in question and answer session where he reflects on what makes good poetry, his own process of reaching his audience as a poet, the success of his Poetry 180 programs in schools nationwide, and an amusing sidebar on his memories of growing up as an only child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2005
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Summary: Selected poems of Billy Collins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cielo Publishing 1997
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 811.54 COLBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco/HarperCollins Pub. 2002
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Summary: Presents a collection of poems that explores the minutiae of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 COLRasula, Jed
Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, a rich cultural history of The Waste Land's creation, explosive impact, and enduring influence. When T. S. Eliot published The Waste Land in 1922, it put its 34-year-old author on a path to worldwide fame and the Nobel Prize. "But," as Jed Rasula writes, "The Waste Land is not only a poem: it names an event, like a tornado or an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022