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The surest way to reach the heart is through the ear

. . .Stephen Berg's Shaving is the first book of prose poems I have read that has made me re-examine the function and power of that branch of our poetry. It is a book of strenuous and often dangerous self-witness, an astounding overview of American urban life at the apex and turning point of a major civilization. . .most importantly, it is brilliantly written. . .In reading Berg you will be reading the master of the prose poem." (Jorie Graham)

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A major collection of works by the founder and co-editor of American Poetry Review, author of Grief and In It.

Contemporary American poets provide a multifaceted view of the creative process.

A breathtaking, incomparable overview of American poetry at the turn of the millennium, from experimental language poetry to traditional formal verse, with all the vital, monumental stops between, The Body Electric captures the spirit of contemporary American poetry. Among the 180 poets included in this collection are Ai, John Ashbery, John Berryman, Charles Bukowski, Lucille Clifton, Carolyn Forche, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Hass, Seamus Heaney,...

Ikkyu (1394-1481) was a Japanese monk and Zen master who demounced many of his fellow monks and ridiculed orthodox Zen practices. In this volume, acclaimed poet Stephen Berg presents freely adapted versions o many of Ikkyu's most compelling poems as well as new poems inspired by Ikkyu.

. . .Stephen Berg's Shaving is the first book of prose poems I have read that has made me re-examine the function and power of that branch of our poetry. It is a book of strenuous and often dangerous self-witness, an astounding overview of American urban life at the apex and turning point of a major civilization. . .most importantly, it is brilliantly written. . .In reading Berg you will be reading the master of the prose poem." (Jorie Graham)

Idiosyncratic and energized versions of Zen poems by the editor of The American Poetry Review.

The accumulation of our joys and sorrows are softly sculpted into our faces. The nuances and the potencies of every experience are etched in. By dint of time, our faces - those unfinished paintings through which we meet the world-reveal the passages of our lives. While we often mask, hide, or make them up, on inspection they tell our story. They are vulnerable veneers. But the veneers of people on the street are far more vulnerable, their face...

Devised by the man recorded in Guinness as the world's fastest reader--80 pages per minutes--this is the only program that combines the most up-to-date learning techniques and psychological discoveries with proven speed-reading methods and ancient tools like meditation to significantly improve both reading speed and comprehension.

A collection of "versions" of some of the world's great, untranslated literature by an important American poet.

In "X=, " Stephen Berg winds through the wreck of longing and loss, navigating the strains of curious beauty with flashes of electrifying clarity. Stripping bare the burdens of gnawing, unknowing fear, Berg has found his way into a voice of great energy and spontaneity, into a form of overwhelming urgency and detail.A poet of immeasurable versatility and invention, Berg is the recipient of the Frank O'Hara Memorial Prize, the Columbia Universi...

A major collection of works by the founder and co-editor of American Poetry Review, author of Grief and In It. "Sharp, thoughtful, and wonderfully wild."--Library Journal¶"Stephen Berg is a well-kept secret....Berg plies the reader's attention with simplicity and candor."--American Bookseller

When Zen master Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) was appointed headmaster of the great temple at Kyoto, he lasted nine days before denouncing the rampant hypocrisy he saw among the monks there. He in turn invited them to look for him in the sake parlors of the Pleasure Quarters. A Zen monk-poet-calligrapher-musician, he dared to write about the joys of erotic love, along with more traditional Zen themes. He was an eccentric and genius who dared to defy...