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A trenchant search for beauty amidst a world ravaged by cruelty.

It is impossible to imagine what American poetry in the twentieth century might look like without the magnanimity of the late James Laughlin, poet and publisher of New Directions. Among Laughlin's closest friends was poet Hayden Carruth, who served as author, editor, clerk, and typist for New Directions and, at a more personal level, "poetry doctor" for Laughlin himself. Beside the Shadblow Tree is the meditation of one great old poet upon the...

Defiantly nontraditional poems by poet who has been called "an insider who thinks like an outsider.

Poetry. "Arthur Sze composes an elegant, quietly intense, very human, beautiful poetry, one that is remarkable for its commitment to metaphor and musical language. I consider him one of the foremost poets of his generation. He is wise, intelligent, a joy to be with and read" -Quincy Troupe.

Abani's fourth poetry collection - a mischevious book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor.

Simon...rarely falters in the subtle music of her lines, the justness of her metaphors and the integrity of her praise."--Publishers Weekly

For fifty years, Hayden Carruth's poetry has been distinguished by the indelible presence of passion, compassion, and radical philosophy. Collected Longer Poems gathers the poet's choice of his narrative work and poems in sequence, including his epic on the nature of romance, The Sleeping Beauty, and meditative poems on the rural northeast that have made him the most accessible "regional" poet since Robert Frost. Our pre-eminent poet of improv...

Lindsay's poems open doors to other worlds and other ways of seeing."--New York Times

Named a "Top Ten Bestseller” by the Poetry Foundation and "highly recommended” in Library Journal's starred review. Now in paperback.

The secret magic and divine mystery of the Hebrew alphabet is explored through poetry and illustration.

New bilingual volume to Copper Canyon's library of Pablo Neruda's late and posthumous work.

In a mysterious locale, a naturalist becomes engulfed in the study of moths and light.

First American publication of Syrian poet Maram al-Massri, presented in a bilingual Arabic-English edition.

First American publication from a leading Irish poet known for meditative intelligence, humor, and forgiving humanity.

East meets West for young Indian woman who received the "Discover" award from "The Nation.

A bilingual anthology of lyric poem-songs from Vietnam's oral folk tradition, this revised edition includes new poems and an eloquent Introduction explicating poetry's importance in Vietnamese culture.

A National Poetry Series title, selected by W.S. Merwin. "These stunning and courageous poems haunt us with their compassion. Balaban is the master of juxtapositions. As the landscape of a ravaged Vietnam melts into the American Southwest we are reminded that there are no national boundaries to the human spirit."--Maxine Kumin

Daring new poems by a critically acclaimed, brilliant younger poet.

Selected as a "Best Book of the Year" by "The Los Angeles Times

Winner of the Hayden Carruth Award for New and Emerging Poets.