The Struggles and Growth of a Man Part 4 (Struggles and Growth, #4) (Book 4 of 5, #4)
by Jamell Crouthers
There Is No Place Without You (Jewish Poetry Project, #27)
by Maya Bernstein
Tula: a ruined Toltec capital; a Russian city known for its accordions; Tagalog for "poem." Prismatic, startling, rich with meaning yet sparely composed, Chris Santiago's debut collection of poems begins with one word and transforms it, in a dazzling sleight of hand, into a multivalent symbol for the immigrant experience. Tula: Santiago reveals to readers a distant land devastated by war. Tula: its music beckons in rhythms, time signatures, and lullabies. Tula: can the poem, he seems to ask, bu...
I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love
by Mahogany L. Browne
Poeta jest tym, kim pozwoli mu byc czytelnik, poezja jest tylko i az tym, czym ja akurat widzimy, jak ja rozumiemy. Jest miloscia, nienawiscia, odkupieniem, przeklenstwem i przebaczeniem. Poeta zas nosi ja w sobie - zyje i umiera z jej brzemieniem na sercu. Na zycie i smierc poety nigdy nie ma odpowiedniego czasu, mieszka w samym sobie pnac sie wyzej i wyzej po opuszczonych obwarowaniach grozy nastepstw dla chwili, kiedy go nagle zabraknie.
Yet Kunz’s verses are unsentimental, visceral, sprawling between oxys and Bitcoin, crossing the country restlessly. They grapple with the shame and guilt of choosing to leave the culture Kunz was born and raised in, the identity crises caused by class mobility. They pull the reader close, alternating fierce whispers and proud shouts about what working hands are capable of and the different ways a mind and body can leave a life they can no longer endure. This hungry new voice asks: after you make...
"Wesley McNair is a kind of Chekhov of American poetry."--Ted Kooser, Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet LaureateHere are two Wesley McNair's poetry collections in one volume. The Town of No and My Brother Running blend sorrow and humor to create unforgettable portraits of people, places, and rural New England life.