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Just Another Epic Love Poem
by Parisa AkhbariBest friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance."The heartache and longing of witnessing a beloved character pine hopelessly over her best friend has never brought me this much unadulterated joy." –National Book Award Finalist Sonora Reyes, author of The Lesbiana&’s Guide to Catholic SchoolOver the past five years, Mitra Esfahani has known two constants: her best friend Bea Ortega and The Book—a dogeared moleskin she and Bea have been filling with the stanzas of an epic, never-ending poem since they were 13.For introverted Mitra, The Book is one of the few places she can open herself completely and where she gets to see all sides of brilliant and ebullient Bea. There, they can share everything—Mitra&’s complicated feelings about her absent mother, Bea&’s heartache over her most recent breakup—nothing too messy or complicated for The Book.Nothing except the one thing with the power to change their entire friendship: the fact that Mitra is helplessly in love with Bea.Told in lyrical, confessional prose and snippets of poetry Just Another Epic Love Poem takes readers on a journey that is equal parts joyful, heartbreaking, and funny as Mitra and Bea navigate the changing nature of I love you.
Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed
by Patricia Akhimie Marc Aronson Ulla D. Berg Kimberly Camp Kelly-Jane Cotter David Dreyfus Adrienne Eaton Katherine Epstein Paul Falkowski Rigoberto González James Goodman David Greenberg Jonathan Scott Holloway James W. Hughes Amy Jordan Vikki S. Katz Mackenzie Kean Amir Lighty Revathi Machan Stephen Masaryk Yalidy Matos Susan Miller Yehoshua November Joyce Carol Oates Katherine Ognyanova Gregory Pardlo Steve Pikiell Benjamin Pukert Caridad Svich Mary E. O'Dowd Angelique Haugerud Leslieann Hobayan Stephanie Bonne Mark Doty Leah Falk Naomi Jackson Louis Masur Belinda McKeon David Orr Teresa PolitanoReflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed is a collection of essays, poems, and artwork that captures the raw energy and emotion of 2020 from the perspective of the Rutgers University community. The project features work from a diverse group of Rutgers scholars, students, staff, and alumni. Reflecting on 2020 from a number of perspectives – mortality, justice, freedom, equality, democracy, family, health, love, hate, economics, history, medicine, science, social justice, the environment, art, food, sanity – the book features contributions by Evie Shockley, Joyce Carol Oates, Naomi Jackson, Ulla Berg, Grace Lynne Haynes, Jordan Casteel, and President Jonathan Holloway, among others. This book, through its rich and imaginative storytelling at the intersection of scholarly expertise and personal narrative, brings readers into the hearts and minds of not just the Rutgers community but the world. Contributors include: Patricia Akhimie, Marc Aronson, Ulla D. Berg, Stephanie Bonne, Stephanie Boyer, Kimberly Camp, Jordan Casteel, Kelly-Jane Cotter, Mark Doty, David Dreyfus, Adrienne E. Eaton, Katherine C. Epstein, Leah Falk, Paul G. Falkowski, Rigoberto González, James Goodman, David Greenberg, Angelique Haugerud, Grace Lynne Haynes, Leslieann Hobayan, Jonathan Holloway, James W. Hughes, Naomi Jackson, Amy Jordan, Vikki Katz, Mackenzie Kean, Robert E. Kopp, Christian Lighty, Stephen Masaryk, Louis P. Masur, Revathi V. Machan, Yalidy Matos, Belinda McKeon, Susan L. Miller, Yehoshua November, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary E. O’Dowd, Katherine Ognyanova, David Orr, Gregory Pardlo, Steve Pikiell, Teresa Politano, en Purkert, Nick Romanenko, Evie Shockley, Caridad Svich, and Didier William.
Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry
by Akiane Foreli KramarikExperience the wonder of child prodigy Akaine Kramarik&’s divinely inspired artwork firsthand.Akiane&’s nonreligious parents were bewildered when their four-year-old daughter started sharing her dreams of angels, heaven, and Jesus. Her spiritual insight quickly expressed itself through impressive sketches, drawings with oil crayons, paintings, and eventually poetry, and her artwork began a conversation that brought her whole family to Christianity and to the attention of national media. Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry shares the young artist&’s story in rich detail, includingher mother&’s firsthand account of Akiane&’s emerging faith and artistic talent;a collection of full-color paintings created by Akiane from ages 4 to 10, along with the amazing stories that surround each piece of art; andselected poems of profound beauty and insight, authored by Akiane in her childhood.This book will encourage any who believe in the spiritual nature of art and reinvigorate the faith of those who call Jesus their savior.
The Difference Is Spreading: Fifty Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems
by Al Filreis and Anna Strong SaffordSince its inception in 2012, the hugely successful online introduction to modern poetry known as ModPo has engaged some 415,000 readers, listeners, teachers, and poets with its focus on a modern and contemporary American tradition that runs from Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson up to some of today's freshest and most experimental written and spoken verse. In The Difference Is Spreading, ModPo's Al Filreis and Anna Strong Safford have handed the microphone over to the poets themselves, by inviting fifty of them to select and comment upon a poem by another writer.The approaches taken are various, confirming that there are as many ways for a poet to write about someone else's poem as there are poet-poem matches in this volume. Yet a straight-through reading of the fifty poems anthologized here, along with the fifty responses to them, emphatically demonstrates the importance to poetry of community, of socioaesthetic networks and lines of connection, and of expressions of affection and honor due to one's innovative colleagues and predecessors. Through the curation of these selections, Filreis and Safford express their belief that the poems that are most challenging and most dynamic are those that are open—the writings, that is, that ask their readers to participate in making their meaning. Poetry happens when a reader and a poet come in contact with one another, when the reader, whether celebrated poet or novice, is invited to do interpretive work—for without that convergence, poetry is inert.
Lost Luggage
by Salvatore AlaJourneys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems.
Straight Razor and Other Poems
by Salvatore AlaStraight Razor and Other Poems brings together Salvatore Ala's new poems and selections from his privately published broadsides. It is a beautiful and original collection. Both formal and lyrical, it is the work of a determined and committed craftsman.
Against Heaven: Poems
by Kemi AlabiWinner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Claudia Rankine. Kemi Alabi’s transcendent debut reimagines the poetic and cultural traditions from which it is born, troubling the waters of some of our country’s central and ordained fictions—those mythic politics of respectability, resilience, and redemption. Instead of turning to a salvation that has been forced upon them, Alabi turns to the body and the earth as sites of paradise defined by the pleasure and possibility of Black, queer fugitivity. Through tender love poems, righteous prayers, and vital provocations, we see the colonizers we carry within ourselves being laid to rest.Against Heaven is a praise song made for the flames of a burning empire—a freedom dream that shapeshifts into boundless multiplicities for the wounds made in the name of White supremacy and its gods. Alabi has written an astonishing collection of magnificent range, commanding the full spectrum of the Black, queer spirit’s capacity for magic, love, and ferocity in service of healing—the highest power there is.
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems
by Francisco X. AlarcónA bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican-American poet.
Poems to Dream Together: Poemas para soñar juntos
by Francisco X. AlarcónA bilingual collection of poetry by acclaimed Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcón celebrating family, community, nature, and the positive power of dreams to shape our future.A young boy dreams that "all humans / and all living / beings / come together / as one big family / of the Earth." So begins this delightful bilingual collection of poems by Francisco X. Alarcón. As we travel through the boy's colorful universe, we learn about his family and community working together and caring for each other and the world in which they live. Neighbors help repair adobe homes. The boy and his family share old photographs, tend their garden, and pamper Mamá who "works day and night." Tribute is paid to those who toil in the fields, and to César Chávez. Most of all, we see how dreams can take many forms, from the fantastic imaginary ones that occur while we sleep to the realistic ones that guide our lives and give us inspiration for the endless possibilities of the future. Partly based on Alarcón's own dreams and family memories of growing up in Mexico and California, and vibrantly illustrated by Paula Barragán, these joyous, universal poems will inspire all readers to dream their own dreams for a better, compassionate, and loving world. "Close your eyes / and now get ready / to hop on a dream."
Louella Mae, She's Run Away!
by Karen Beaumont Alarcon"Louella Mae, she runs away! Look in the cornfields! Look in the hay!" Can you guess where Louella Mae might be? This playful interactive text invites the reader to participate in the search that takes place on a large family farm.
Sensaciones
by Norberto AlbalongaSi lees éste hermoso poemario, tan fluido como el agua, no quedará indiferente. <P><P>El poemario está compuesto por una serie de poemas que trascienden la línea de lo meramente poético para engarzarse a todo un rosario de sentimientos y experiencias que hacen de la poesía de Norberto Albalonga un arte estético único. <P>La sabiduría histórica y cultural, así como la amplia temática, hacen de este libro una obra que ahonda en la dificultad de la sencillez donde cada palabra adquiere un significado revelador y emocionante para entregar al lector la verdadera razón del placer de la lectura.
Elmo Says Achoo! (Step into Reading)
by Sarah Albee Tom BrannonElmo's bringing a present to Oscar. But the mysterious wrapped gift has a curious effect--it's making Elmo sneeze! And every time Elmo sneezes, something funny happens. The youngest readers will love following along as Elmo's sneezes cause laundry to fall off a line and much more in this Early Step into ReadingTM story
Elmo's Tricky Tongue Twisters (Big Bird's Favorites Board Books)
by Sarah Albee Maggie SwansonPacked into the pages of this sturdy Sesame Street board book is a collection of tongue-tripping rhymes about everyone's favorite Sesame Street Muppets, including Elmo, Grover, Ernie, Bert, Betty Lou, Herry, Hoots the owl, and Oscar. The rhyming language and singsong rhythm of tongue twisters are key concepts in language development for babies and toddlers. The humor and playfulness of the tongue twisters in this collection will give toddlers a fun into into the world of wordplay, the foundation of a lifelong enjoyment of the written and spoken word. This book is ideal for use in pre-school classrooms as well as parent/child sharing.
Rafael Alberti: Selected Poems
by Rafael AlbertiThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.
Vivir poco y llorando
by Rafael AlbertiLa colección «Poesía portátil» nos trae Vivir poco y llorando, antología que permite explorar el mundo lírico de Rafael Alberti, uno de los poetas más representativos de la Generación del 27. Una reflexión de una intensidad extraordinaria sobre el amor, la nostalgia y el exilio. Esta selección recoge algunos de los poemas de un autor que ha llenado con sus versos las páginas más importantes de la poesía contemporánea, configurando una obra vasta y poderosa, comprometida con la lengua y la colectividad. Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) nació en Puerto de Santa María y en 1917 se trasladó con su familia a Madrid. Abandonó los estudios y se dedicó a la pintura. Sin embargo, a partir de 1921 consolidó su vocación poética y en los años siguientes frecuentó la Residencia de Estudiantes, donde conoció a Lorca, Dalí, Buñuel y otros artistas de la Generación del 27. En 1925 obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura con Marinero en tierra. Tras la Guerra Civil, empezó un largo exilio que le llevó primero a París, donde trabó amistad con Neruda y Picasso, y luego a Argentina y Roma. Finalmente, el 27 de abril de 1977, treinta y ocho años más tarde, regresó a España. Personaje singular de nuestra historia reciente, su vida está ligada durante casi un siglo a los acontecimientos culturales, políticos y sociales más destacados de nuestro país. -------«A través de los siglos,por la nada del mundo,yo, sin sueño, buscándote.»-------
Vivir poco y llorando (Flash Poesía #Volumen)
by Rafael AlbertiLa colección «Poesía portátil» nos trae Vivir poco y llorando, antología que permite explorar el mundo lírico de Rafael Alberti, uno de los poetas más representativos de la Generación del 27. Una reflexión de una intensidad extraordinaria sobre el amor, la nostalgia y el exilio. Esta selección recoge algunos de los poemas de un autor que ha llenado con sus versos las páginas más importantes de la poesía contemporánea, configurando una obra vasta y poderosa, comprometida con la lengua y la colectividad. Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) nació en Puerto de Santa María y en 1917 se trasladó con su familia a Madrid. Abandonó los estudios y se dedicó a la pintura. Sin embargo, a partir de 1921 consolidó su vocación poética y en los años siguientes frecuentó la Residencia de Estudiantes, donde conoció a Lorca, Dalí, Buñuel y otros artistas de la Generación del 27. En 1925 obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura con Marinero en tierra. Tras la Guerra Civil, empezó un largo exilio que le llevó primero a París, donde trabó amistad con Neruda y Picasso, y luego a Argentina y Roma. Finalmente, el 27 de abril de 1977, treinta y ocho años más tarde, regresó a España. Personaje singular de nuestra historia reciente, su vida está ligada durante casi un siglo a los acontecimientos culturales, políticos y sociales más destacados de nuestro país. -------«A través de los siglos,por la nada del mundo,yo, sin sueño, buscándote.»-------
Vecino
by Alfonso AlcaldeUna amplia selección con lo mejor del destacado poeta Alfonso Alcalde. La figura de Alfonso Alcalde (1921-1992) es ya legendaria en la literatura chilena: admirada por figuras tan distintas como Neruda, Ángel Rama, José Miguel Varas o Bolaño, su obra es irreductible, de una variedad y una riqueza asombrosas. En su poesía combina magistralmente la distancia del observador con la calidez y la cercanía del habitante, del amigo. De ahí el título de esta antología, Vecino, que recoge una parte importante del que fue su gran proyecto poético, El panorama ante nosotros, publicado en 1969, así como una amplia selección de poemas de sus libros anteriores y posteriores. Las voces y los diálogos, la muerte y la imaginación, la risa y el llanto, la expresividad y la delicadeza, las tradiciones y la invención son conceptos que, sin agotarla, permiten dar señas del talante de esta poesía única, que desborda libertad y emoción.
Three Unpublished Poems
by Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 - March 6, 1888) was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys.
Here a Face, There a Face
by Arlene AldaAuthor/photographer Arlene Alda has produced yet another brilliantly simple rhyming safari -- this time in search of faces in unusual places. These faces are found on buildings, in trees, mailboxes, and fountains. Coy, funny, grumpy, comical, or sad, they are almost anywhere a child's imagination wants to go. Whimsical text heightens the search and helps us find the unusual characters who are quietly gathered all around us. Alda's unique through-the-lens perceptions will launch young children on a visual adventure that just might be hard to return from. The easy-to-read text and trampe d'oeil photos make Here a Face, There a Face perfect for the young or young at heart. Images removed. This is Arlene Alda's third, and perhaps her most clever photographic essay. Look for The Book of ZZZs and Did You Say Pears?
Formal Matters in Contemporary Latino Poetry
by Frederick Luis AldamaToday's Latino poetry scene is incredibly vibrant. With original interviews, this is the first meditation on the thematic features of such poetry. Looking at how Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat, Rafael Campo, and C. Dale Young use structures such as meter, rhyme, and line break, this study identifies a poetics of formalist Latino poetry.
A Concise Companion to Postwar British and Irish Poetry (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture #31)
by Nigel Alderman C. D. BlantonThis volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. An historical overview and critical introduction to the poetry published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century Introduces students to figures including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and Andrew Motion Takes an integrative approach, emphasizing the complex negotiations between the British and Irish poetic traditions, and pulling together competing tendencies and positions Written by critics from Britain, Ireland, and the United States Includes suggestions for further reading and a chronology, detailing the most important writers, volumes and events
Cytherea's Breath
by Sarah AldridgeEmma, establishing herself as a physician in early 20th century Baltimore, meets Margaret, a wealthy patron. Together they fight to be free in a society challenged by fights for women's suffrage, social reform, birth control and the practice of law.
Poesía completa: Edición de Alejandro Sanz
by Vicente AleixandreCuando se cumplen cuarenta años de la concesión del Premio Nobel de Literatura a Vicente Aleixandre, publicamos una nueva edición de su poesía completa, al cuidado de Alejandro Sanz, máximo especialista en su obra. «Cuerpo feliz que fluye entre mis manos,rostro amado donde contemplo el mundo,donde graciosos pájaros se copian fugitivos,volando a la región donde nada se olvida.» Vicente Aleixandre es el poeta del amor, de la contemplación y del conocimiento. Su poesía es irreductible e incomparable y su lectura constituye una experiencia única, llena de iluminaciones. Alejandro Sanz nos ofrece en este libro la disposición definitiva del canon de Aleixandre, que queda completado con material inédito. Tenemos así la oportunidad de calibrar la verdadera dimensión de uno de los poetas más originales e influyentes del siglo XX hispánico, miembro de la generación del 27 y mentor de varias generaciones de poetas. Con este volumen, Aleixandre entre en el siglo XXI. Reseñas:«Fue el primer poeta que me llevó a escribir y por fin siento que voy a leerlo bien, completo. [...] Abre una puerta de mi cerebro que otros autores de su generación no han logrado abrir.»Luna Miguel, declaraciones a ABC «En los siete poemas inéditos hay ausencia, vacío, silencio... El hombre, excluido del amor, parece no existir, y no hay más realidad que la mentira. Así veía entonces Vicente Aleixandre el mundo, y así lo cantó, hasta dar forma al gran poemario del desamor. [...] Sus versos eran -lo son- un canto exaltado del amor y la juventud plena.»Inés Martín Rodrigo, ABC
A Longing for the Light
by Vicente Aleixandre Lewis HydeVicente Aleixandre presents a collection of poems in English and Spanish.
Báilatelo sola
by Alejandra Martínez de MiguelBáilatelo sola es el primer y esperado libro de la poeta Alejandra Martínez de Miguel. «Bienvenidas y bienvenidos, este libro está para ser leído en voz alta, para ser grito compartido o, si os apetece, para hacer todo lo contrario. Sentíos libres. En este poemario están mis contradicciones, mis deseos, mis llantos y mis sueños. Está todo lo que sé y todo lo que me queda por aprender. Están mis ganas de ser alguien en la vida y no alguien de provecho. Está mi voz, nuestra voz, la de muchas. Están todas las veces que he tenido que decirme: "Báilatelo sola". Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a mi baile, contigo, con él, con ella o sin ti. Juntas.»