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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou
Format: Hardcover

For the first time, the complete collection of Maya Angelou's published poems-including "On the Pulse of Morning"-in a permanent collectible, handsome hardcover edition.
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These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson

Martha Ackmann - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson, one of America's greatest and most-mythologized poets, that sheds new light on her groundbreaking poetry.On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready"?and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet...
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Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems

Stephanie Burt - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys--and challenges--of the genreIn Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating...
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On Haiku

Hiroaki Sato - New Directions
Format: Paperback

Everything you want to know about haiku written by one of the foremost experts in the field and the "finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English" (Gary Snyder) Who doesn't love haiku It is not only America's most popular cultural import from...
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Collected Poems: 1974-2004

Rita Dove - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language in one unabridged volume.Rita Dove's Collected Poems 1974-2004 showcases the wide-ranging diversity that earned her a Pulitzer Prize, the position of U.S. poet laureate, a National Humanities Medal, and a National...
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The Best American Poetry 2020

David Lehman - Scribner
Format: Paperback

Since 1988, The Best American Poetry anthology series has been "one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets) . Each volume in the series presents some of the year's most remarkable poems and poets. Now, the 2020 edition is guest edited...
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