Poetry

From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.For some of these great men, love is a 'delicious poison' (William...

Andrea Gibson's latest collection is a masterful showcase from the poet whose writing and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA haunting new book by a poet whose voice speaks of all our lifetimesLouise Glück’s thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in the Wild Iris there is a chorus, but the speakers are entirely human,...

This is the definitive centenary edition of the work of one of America's greatest poets, recognised today as a master of her art and acclaimed by poets and readers alike. Her poems display honesty and humour, grief and acceptance, observing nature and...

"The loneliness of healing" is a book for anyone learning how to feel, heal, and begin again.This collection blends poetry, reflection, and honest storytelling to explore childhood wounds, loneliness, heartbreak, self-worth, and what it really means...

The New Life is the masterpiece of Dante’s youth, an account of his love for Beatrice, the girl who was to become his lifelong muse, and of her tragic early death. An allegory of the soul’s crisis and growth, combining prose and poetry,...

**New York Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2013****GoodReads Reader’s Choice Award Winner**Some years ago I wrote a book about a boy named Geryon who was red and had wings and fell in love with Herakles. Recently I began to wonder what happened to them...

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY.WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY.WINNER OF THE 2022 PEN/VOELCKER AWARD FOR POETRY COLLECTION.WINNER OF THE 2021 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY. A resplendent life in...

From the Academy Award–winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and...

Audio journals that document Wojnarowicz's turbulent attempts to understand his anxieties and passions, and tracking his thoughts as they develop in real time. In these moments I hate language. I hate what words are like, I hate the idea of putting these...

"No one else has ever made avant-garde, experimental poems so attractive to both the general and the special reader."—Randall Jarrell   The one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve sections and introduced by E. E. Cummings's...

"The most celebrated writer of verse in the Arab world." -- Adam Shatz, The New York Times.Poetry from former national poet of Palestine, illustrated by original drawings by John Berger.Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the...

Darkness Spoken is the most complete volume of Ingeborg Bachmann’s poetry in English and German. Considered one of the premiere poets of her generation, Bachmann’s various awards include the Georg Büchner Prize, the Berlin Critics Prize,...

'The Anathemata can scarcely fail to be counted a great book... It does what Epic is meant to do. It gives a philosophic view, tenable for our times, of the secret places where nature finds reconciliation with the Divine.' -- The Listener. 'In...

A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The extreme level of sass in Emily Austin's Gay Girl Prayers does not mean that this collection is irreverent. On the...

Discover the joy of expressing what’s inside you, with fill-in-the-blank poems that are sparking a creative movement.We all have stories inside us—whether or not we consider ourselves “creative.” Poet and novelist Joseph Fasano...

With a foreword by Becky Albertalli, author of Imogen, Obviously andLove, Simon. ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or be condemned to life in a convent. Together, Hermia and...

Started 2007, I Wrote This For You is an acclaimed exploration of hauntingly beautiful words, photography and emotion that's unique to each person who reads it. This book gathers together nearly 200 of the most beautiful entries into four distinct...

Crossley-Holland—the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts—introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety.About the...

Noor Unnahar is a young female voice with power and depth. The Pakistani poet's moving, personal work collects and makes sense of the phases of collapsing and rebuilding one's self on the treacherous modern path from teenager to adult. Tinged with the...