Poetry

Monodies and On the Relics of Saints: The Autobiography and a Manifesto of a French Monk from theTime of the Crusades

by Guibert of Nogent & Joseph McAlhany

The first Western autobiography since Augustine's Confessions, the Monodies is set against the backdrop of the First Crusade and offers stunning insights into medieval society. As Guibert of Nogent intimately...

The Best Spiritual Writing 2012

by Philip Zaleski & Philip Yancey

Penguin's yearly offering of outstanding essays and poetry on faith and spirituality.

Every year, the acclaimed Best Spiritual Writing series offers readers the opportunity to explore the most intriguing work...

Terroir

by Robert Morgan

The first full-length collection in more than a decade from the award-winning poet and author of the bestselling novel Gap Creek.

Robert Morgan has won acclaim for sonorous poems rooted in his native Blue Ridge...

Delightfully Haiku

by M Donna Smith

A beautiful collection of 'Japanese Haiku' poetry depicting snap shots of moments in every day life, including the natural beauty that surrounds us. Experience the taste of ripe plums in spring and feel the...

Pessimism for Beginners

by Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah's sharp pen dissects modern life and relationships with insouciant honesty and ruthless wit, and her love poems evoke timeless feelings with a shrewd simplicity that deepens her range. An edge...

Extended Family

by Linda Chase

Extended Family is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses...

Watering Can

by Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird’s two earlier collections were acclaimed for their exuberant energy, surreal imagination and passion - 'a bit of a Howl for a new generation', wrote the Hudson Review. Watering Can celebrates...

The Good Book

by A C Grayling

Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is...

Cypress Grove

by James Sallis

As he has shown so often in previous novels, James Sallis is one of our great stylists and storytellers, whose deep interest in human nature is expressed in the powerful stories of men too often at odds with...

The Gay Talese Reader

by Gay Talese

As a young reporter for The New York Times, in 1961 Gay Talese published his first book, New York-A Serendipiter's Journey, a series of vignettes and essays that began, "New York is a city of things unnoticed....

Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets

by Dennis Loy Johnson & Valerie Merians

The 10th anniversary edition of this important and inspiring collection is a sweeping overview of poetry written in New York in the year after the 9/11 attacks.

This 10th anniversary edition of the popular anthology...

Paradise Lost

by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich & Stephen M. Fallon

Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon

John Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and...

Come, Thief: Poems

by Jane Hirshfield

A revelatory, indispensable collection of poems from Jane Hirshfield that centers on beauty, time, and the full embrace of an existence that time cannot help but steal from our arms.

Hirshfield is unsurpassed...

Wheeling Motel

by Franz Wright

In his tenth collection of poetry, Franz Wright gives us an exquisite book of reconciliation with the past and acceptance of what may come in the future.

From his earliest years, he writes in “Will,” he...

I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems

by Maya Angelou

The best selling author presents a new collection of poems. This new volume of poetry captures the pain and triumph of being black and speaks out about history, heartbreak and love.

From the Hardcover edition....

And Still I Rise

by Maya Angelou

These new poems are powerful, distinctive and as always, full of lifting rhythms of love and remembering.

From the Hardcover edition.

Absentia

by William Stobb

New from the author of Nervous Systems, winner of the National Poetry Series.

William Stobb has won acclaim for wide-ranging poetry that features tender realism, jazzy dissonance, luminous descriptions, and,...

Dinosaur Bones

by Elaine Whybro

A debut collection of modern contemporary poetry covering subjects of "Parenthood", "Politics" and "Funny Old World". The 30 poems cover many aspects of modern day life including "Facebook", "Haldron Collider",...

Selected Poems of Edward Thomas

by Matthew Hollis

When Edward Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917 his poems were largely unpublished. But in the years since his death, his work has come to be cherished for its rare, sustained vision of the natural...

Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!!

by Daljit Nagra

Look We Have Coming to Dover!, the remarkable debut by Daljit Nagra, marked the arrival of a thrilling new voice in poetry and won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection along the way. In this, his second...