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Baudelaire, Charles
Flowers of Evil
Translated by Keith Waldrop, Wesleyan University Press, 2006.
If you have always wanted to know, or thought you already knew, what the Baudelaire fuss is all about, this is the volume for you. This brand new translation by Keith Waldrop eschews the pretense (no forced rhymes or stilted meter here) for the pure power of direct speech and modernity. A word of caution, however; given the right circumstances, this is life-altering verse.
Flowers of Evil
Translated by Keith Waldrop, Wesleyan University Press, 2006.
If you have always wanted to know, or thought you already knew, what the Baudelaire fuss is all about, this is the volume for you. This brand new translation by Keith Waldrop eschews the pretense (no forced rhymes or stilted meter here) for the pure power of direct speech and modernity. A word of caution, however; given the right circumstances, this is life-altering verse.
Gluck, Louise
Averno
Former Poet Laureate Louise Glück, in her tenth collection, delves once more into the rich subject of mythology, both personal and classical, presenting a sequence of poems revolving around themes loosely connected to Persephone and our fascination with the idea of an Underworld. Terse, literate, and powerful, like much of her previous work, this volume seems an extended elegy for life itself.
PS3557.L8 A96 2006
Averno
Former Poet Laureate Louise Glück, in her tenth collection, delves once more into the rich subject of mythology, both personal and classical, presenting a sequence of poems revolving around themes loosely connected to Persephone and our fascination with the idea of an Underworld. Terse, literate, and powerful, like much of her previous work, this volume seems an extended elegy for life itself.
PS3557.L8 A96 2006
Han-shan
Cold Mountain
Translated by Burton Watson
A classic translation of arguably one of the most important books of Chinese poetry, Cold Mountain put the Zen into poetry for a whole generation of modern Beats. A mountain, a hermit & nature: can pure, lyric philosophy be far behind?
PL2677.H3 1970
Cold Mountain
Translated by Burton Watson
A classic translation of arguably one of the most important books of Chinese poetry, Cold Mountain put the Zen into poetry for a whole generation of modern Beats. A mountain, a hermit & nature: can pure, lyric philosophy be far behind?
PL2677.H3 1970
Keillor, Garrison (editor)
Good Poems
Variously reviled & praised, this volume of poems, selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor, is perhaps one of the very best new introductions to high quality, accessible poetry. Stern, Frost, Sexton, Bukowski, Dickinson, Bishop & Yeats - and that’s just for starters. Guaranteed to grab you & not let go.
PS3586.G58 2002
Good Poems
Variously reviled & praised, this volume of poems, selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor, is perhaps one of the very best new introductions to high quality, accessible poetry. Stern, Frost, Sexton, Bukowski, Dickinson, Bishop & Yeats - and that’s just for starters. Guaranteed to grab you & not let go.
PS3586.G58 2002
Kerouac, Jack
Book of Sketches, 1952-57
More a companion volume to Kerouac’s recently released Book of Haikus than the bottom drawer material one might expect all these years after his death, the Book of Sketches is for every Kerouac fan who loves his poetry as much as his prose. Written between 1952 and 1957 and culled by Kerouac himself from fifteen handwritten notebooks, this volume is an endless stream of imagery studded with brilliant flashes of poetry and insight that can only be described as vintage Kerouac.
PS3521.E735 B667 2006
Book of Sketches, 1952-57
More a companion volume to Kerouac’s recently released Book of Haikus than the bottom drawer material one might expect all these years after his death, the Book of Sketches is for every Kerouac fan who loves his poetry as much as his prose. Written between 1952 and 1957 and culled by Kerouac himself from fifteen handwritten notebooks, this volume is an endless stream of imagery studded with brilliant flashes of poetry and insight that can only be described as vintage Kerouac.
PS3521.E735 B667 2006
Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694
Basho’s Haiku
Translated & introduced by David Lanis Barnhill
A comprehensive selection of master poet Matsuo Basho’s esteemed haiku, extensively annotated for both the beginning & advanced reader. #563: “loneliness- / dangling from a nail, / a cricket.”
PL794.4.A227 2004
2nd Floor, International Poetry Collection
Basho’s Haiku
Translated & introduced by David Lanis Barnhill
A comprehensive selection of master poet Matsuo Basho’s esteemed haiku, extensively annotated for both the beginning & advanced reader. #563: “loneliness- / dangling from a nail, / a cricket.”
PL794.4.A227 2004
2nd Floor, International Poetry Collection
Wang, Wei
The Selected Poems of Wang Wei
Translated by David Hinton.
The seamless marriage of nature and lyricism that defines classical Chinese poetry is expertly captured in this new modern translation of master poet, Wang Wei. Journey lazily down a crystalline river, flask in hand, as a gentle, lyrical breeze caresses all your senses.
PL2676.A25 2006
The Selected Poems of Wang Wei
Translated by David Hinton.
The seamless marriage of nature and lyricism that defines classical Chinese poetry is expertly captured in this new modern translation of master poet, Wang Wei. Journey lazily down a crystalline river, flask in hand, as a gentle, lyrical breeze caresses all your senses.
PL2676.A25 2006
Wright, Franz
God’s Silence: Poems
In his latest volume of poems, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Franz Wright once again stares down the man in the mirror. But who is that over his shoulder, and why so quiet?
PS3573.R5327 G63 2006
God’s Silence: Poems
In his latest volume of poems, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Franz Wright once again stares down the man in the mirror. But who is that over his shoulder, and why so quiet?
PS3573.R5327 G63 2006
Wright, James Arlington, 1927-1980
Selected Poems
A near perfect introduction to one of the 20th century’s premier poets, this volume has a preface by wife Anne Wright & an introduction by close friend Robert Bly. The poems selected from The Branch Will Not Break are worth the price of admission. "A Blessing" will make your soul shimmer.
PS3573.R5327 G63 2006
(2nd Floor of Main, International Poetry Collection)
Selected Poems
A near perfect introduction to one of the 20th century’s premier poets, this volume has a preface by wife Anne Wright & an introduction by close friend Robert Bly. The poems selected from The Branch Will Not Break are worth the price of admission. "A Blessing" will make your soul shimmer.
PS3573.R5327 G63 2006
(2nd Floor of Main, International Poetry Collection)
