Зарубежные стихи
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· Hayden Carruth Award has developed into one of the most prestigious awards for emerging poets · Manuscript enthusiastically selected from over 1200 manuscripts. · Reading 1200 anonymous poetry manuscripts can be a mind-numbing experience, but Olstein’s manuscript shined through at level of reading, and some of the many notes scrawled on her manuscript from the readers include: o YES! o Stunning poems o Generous o Reaches out and grabs the reader o Engaging poetic logic o Lovely arc...
| Автор | Lisa Olstein |
“Abani . . . explores place and humor, exile and freedom with poems of experience and imagination . . . [he] enters the wound with a boldness that avoids nothing. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal “Stunning poems.” —New Humanist A self-described “zealot of optimism,” poet and novelist Chris Abani bravely travels into the charged intersections of atrocity and love, politics and religion, loss and renewal. In...
| Автор | Chris Abani |
"As elliptical and demanding as Emily Dickinson, Valentine consistently rewards the reader."—Library Journal In her eleventh collection—honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry—Jean Valentine characteristically weds a moral imperative to imaginative and linguistic leaps and bounds. Whether writing elegies, meditations on aging, or an extended homage to Lucy, the earliest known hominid, the pared-down compactness of her tone and vision reveals a...
| Автор | Jean Valentine |
– Copper Canyon has been invested in Jane Miller's work for nearly 20 years, and this is the fifth book we've published – In our «Weird Review Quotes» file, Jane has a doozy: «Reading Jane Miller's poetry is like channel-surfing on acid.» – Palace of Pearls was written in a fever-pitch of inspiration, over one summer–"the writing came fast, everyday," she says. What she doesn't say is that it's brilliant. – she got her MFA from Iowa and has taught at the...
| Автор | Jane Miller |
Heather McHugh is one of the country’s leading poets McHugh’s books earn national publicity, including New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” nods and reviews in major metro dailies, all the trade magazines, and academic journals previous titles have been National Book Award finalists and short-listed for the Pulitzer McHugh is very well connected within the poetry world, including eight years as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets very well connected in the academic world, teaching...
| Автор | Heather McHugh |
· C.D. Wright is one of the country’s “watched” poets · This is C.D.’s first book of prose—unruly and undeniably brilliant. · Title refers to a line of legal defense, peculiar to Texas courts, in which it is held that if a man kills before he has had time “to cool” after receiving an injury or an insult he is not guilty of murder. · A bit memoir, a bit poetics, a tad manifesto, and an ongoing argument with books. It is unlike...
| Автор | C.D. Wright |
"The most potent ingredient in virtually every one of Bob Hicok's compact, well-turned poems is a laughter as old as humanity itself."—The New York Times Book Review"Hicok's poems are like boomerangs; they jut out in wild, associative directions, yet find their way back to the root of the matter, often in sincere and heartbreaking ways."—Publishers WeeklyIn Sex & Love &, Bob Hicok attempts the impossible task of confronting love and its consequences, in...
| Автор | Bob Hicok |
"A lyricist at heart, McGriff is a masterful maker of metaphor."—Third Coast "There is majestic beauty in these descriptions, and it is clear that McGriff honors this place as a place—not as mere setting, but as a distinct element of his verse."—Gently Read Literature Michael McGriff's second full-length collection explores interior landscapes and illustrates life in a rural community in the Pacific Northwest. Whether tender or hard-hitting, McGriff...
| Автор | Michael McGriff |
Srikanth Reddy’s second book of poetry probes this world’s cosmological relation to the plurality of all possible worlds. Drawing its name from the spacecraft currently departing our solar system on an embassy to the beyond, <i>Voyager</i> unfolds as three books within a book and culminates in a chilling Dantean allegory of leadership and its failure in the cause of humanity. At the heart of this volume lies the historical figure of Kurt Waldheim—Secretary-General of the U.N. from...
| Автор | Srikanth Reddy |
Dark archive: The purpose of a dark archive is to function as a repository for information that can be used as a failsafe during disaster recovery.<br /><br />Laura Mullen’s fourth collection is a sequence of beautifully interrelated poems that explores how to accurately represent the reality of change and loss. Mullen pinpoints what is at stake: the possibility of communication and connection—and the hope of intimacy. Invoking Wordsworth’s «I wandered lonely as a cloud,» she pushes...
| Автор | Laura Mullen |
Стихи оголтелого человека Старым пиратом назвал меня Тьерри Мариньяк – приятель моих парижских лет. «Comment са va, vieux pirate?!» (Как все идет, старый пират?!) – воскликнул он, похлопывая меня по спине, когда мы встретились недавно в Москве и обнялись. О том, «как все идет» у старого пирата, откроет вам эта книга. В ней читатель найдет стихи моим любимым деткам и злой красавице-жене, подружке Е. и подружке Н., и даже московскому градоначальнику, преследующему поэта судебным иском в...
| Автор | Эдуард Лимонов |
Milton's «Paradise Lost» is considered to be one of the most classic epic poems ever written. It is a retelling of the biblical story of the Genesis of man, of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and of how Eve when tempted by Satan disobeyed God and ate from the tree of knowledge. Written in 1667 by the English Poet John Milton, «Paradise Lost» is a poetic and intriguing interpretation of ancient biblical legend.
| Автор | Джон Мильтон |
Сборник знакомит читателей с творчеством американского поэта Эдвина Арлингтона Робинсона. Переводы были выполнены для творческого вечера «Клуба поэтического перевода» (структурного подразделения ГОНЭФ «Языковая среда»), прошедшего 21 декабря 2014 года в секторе иностранной литературы МУК ЦБС г. Рыбинска БИЦ «Радуга». «Клуб поэтического перевода» был создан в 2012 году по инициативе заведующей сектора иностранной литературы БИЦ «Радуга» Алевтины Антиповой и кандидата филологических наук Алексея...
| Автор | Эдвин Робинсон |
"Fifty years & Other Poems" by James Weldon Johnson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
| Автор | James Weldon Johnson |
One of Walt Whitman's most loved and greatest poems, «Song of Myself» is an optimistic and inspirational look at the world. Originally published as part of «Leaves of Grass» in 1855, «Song of Myself» is as accessible and important today as when it was first written. Read «Song of Myself» and enjoy a true poetic masterpiece.
| Автор | Walt Whitman |