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National Book Award–winner Arthur Sze presents a one-of-a-kind anthology that vividly traces Chinese poetry from its centuries-old lyrical traditions up to the present day.In The Silk Dragon II, National Book Award–winning poet Arthur Sze presents a sophisticated vision of the vitality, diversity, and power of the Chinese poetic tradition. Traveling over one and a half millennia, Sze guides readers through a luminous history of verse, from the contemplative insights of fifth century poet Tao Qian, through Tang dynasty poets such as Wang Wei and Du Fu, and into subsequent centuries in which lived such innovative artists as Li Qingzhao and Bada Shanren, among many others. Extending the work from the original 2001 volume, The Silk Dragon II then traces classical Chinese poetry’s eruption into the free verse of the modern and contemporary eras, introducing groundbreaking poems by the Chinese Modernist master Wen Yiduo, as well as those from major living poets such as Wang Jiaxin, Zhai Yongming, and Xi Chuan. Through this remarkable journey—deepened by Sze’s personal introduction—we see that the “impossible task” of translation is yet rich with encounter, as both long-lost voices and those still speaking enter the same conversation, with the same vivacity.

"A collection of poems by poet Niki Herd"--

"A collection of poetry and prose by John Balaban"--

"A collection of poems by Javier Peänalosa, translated by Robin Myers"--

"A collection of poems by Nikki Wallschlaeger"--

From church barn to apple orchard, from snow-covered pasture to secret moonshine cabin, Manning’s Snakedoctor reinvigorates the Kentucky pastoral through poems that find light in shadow, good in evil, love in a father’s stinging blow.Maurice Manning returns to the Kentucky countryside in his eighth collection, Snakedoctor. Existing between haunting memory and pastoral dreamscape, this quiet collection showcases Manning’s storytelling at its finest. Simple, four-beat lines hold epiphanies—“the barn is just an empty church”— and announce visits from seven-foot strangers named Mr. True. Here, God is reimagined as a “serious banjo player” who calls the world to sing. And sing Manning does. Through rhyme, blues, and haiku, Snakedoctor trains our ears to hear music in the mundane, to find beauty all around us: in the annotated margins of a well-read book, the flight of a father’s shadow puppet, the yellow centers of daisies. Punctuated by rain’s pitter-patter on a tin wash tub, and the “ring of lonely” in a farmer’s voice as he calls his cattle home, Snakedoctor is a collection that will leave you wanting to dog-ear its pages. From childhood to fatherhood, church barn to apple orchard, moonshine to moonbeam, we leave these poems understanding Manning’s wish: “I wanted to make a prayer and I did, / in half-sleep after the dream.”

"A companion to our fiftieth anniversary anthology, this collection highlights over 150 selections of our community members' commentary and recommendations, beautifully celebrating poetry through the collective voice of passionate readers and advocates"--

"A collection of poetry and prose by Tomas Transtrèomer, translated by Patty Crane"--

"A collection of poems by Lisa Olstein"--

"A collection of poems by Tao Yuanming, translated by Red Pine who is also known as Bill Porter"--

A herald of desire, mortality, and the mission of poetry itself, Jane Miller’s Paper Banners catalogs the intimate experiences that create a life, hoping that “what will survive of us is love.”A herald of desire, suffering, mortality, and the mission of poetry itself, Jane Miller’s Paper Banners “say the cosmos/ isn’t hostile/ yet strangles a dove /with one hand.” Against this angst, Miller steps outside of history to contemplate voices of love, aging, and artmaking. Many poems are addressed to family members, friends, and young poets, or pay homage to familiar figures taken by time or tragedy, including Virginia Woolf, Osip Mandelstam, and the Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao. In clear, short lines, these poems harken to ancient banderoles, or pennants, which announced rallying cries on the lances of knights and mottoes on the flags of ships. Here, Miller’s Paper Banners are made of images of the American Southwest and scrutinize its political and physical landscape. Like skywriting streamed in white smoke, this collection bears its message on the wind, its words addressed to anyone. As Miller catalogs the intimate experiences that make up a life—friendships, loves, dreams, our human connection to the environment—Paper Banners becomes a hope that “what will survive of us is love.”

"A collection of poems by Patricia Spears Jones"--

An unflinching study of death, Kevin Prufer’s The Fears invites us to consider what it means to matter.Editor, publisher, and poet Kevin Prufer presents his ninth poetry collection, The Fears, an intimate meditation on storytelling and mortality. "Ghostlit by streetlights” and filtered through tale and recollection, Prufer examines our fears of loss, death, and obscurity. Narratives are braided together as Prufer manipulates white space to mimic the silence of minds at work on unsolvable problems, how time “unravels / endlessly.” Here, visions of classical Greece and the trials of ancient Romans coexist with the everyday—memories of a parent’s death or the loss of a pet. We bear witness as the poet writes to preserve the intricacy of his own mind against the “certainty of absence.” Exploring what it means to be forgotten and how legacy is preserved through poetry, history books, a mummy’s index finger, and love letters from the grave, The Fears invites us to consider what it means to matter.

Warm tenderness and fiery critique sit side-by-side in Bolina’s English as A Second Language, a collection that skewers, laments, and celebrates America with intelligence, humility, and a disarming sense of humor.In Jaswinder Bolina’s English as A Second Language and Other Poems, we are asked to imagine the tender and harsh realities of this world within a single breath— a Steiff monkey resting next to a child in a crib and the tired hands of “a thousand /women in Sidi Bouzid” assembling the stuffed animal. Coated in an armor of wit and humor and steeped in the idiosyncrasies of language, English as a Second Language pits sentimentality against cynicism and the personal against the national. What remains is the kaleidoscopic image of the modern American condition.From elegy to persona, wide-ranging poems tell the story of a child of immigrants becoming a parent against the tumultuous backdrop of our politics and culture. Where the collection asks, “What chance do any of us have?,” the poet finds hope, possibility. Bolina’s musical poems zip across time, challenging the fixity of the book. Clues offer the possibility of an alternate reading, where backwards, a new emotional arc appears—dreamlike, the nostalgic origin story of a sleep-deprived parent tracing a path through language and history. Forwards, backwards, English as a Second Language skewers, laments, and celebrates America with intelligence and humility.

Contributor ListChase Twichell, Marianne Boruch, W.S. Merwin, Camille Rankine, Olav Hauge (Robert Hedin, trans.), Sarah Ruhl, Arthur Sze, David Budbill, Lucille Clifton, Rachel McKibbens, Vicente Aleixandre (Lewis Hyde, trans.), Mark Bibbins, Anna Swir, Jericho Brown, Lao-Tzu, Ghassan Zaqtan (Fady Joudah, trans.), Dana Levin, Hayden Carruth, Alberto Ríos, C.D. Wright, Pablo Neruda (Forrest Gander, trans.), Deborah Landau, Dan Gerber, Brenda Shaughnessy, Ocean Vuong, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bass, Dean Rader, June Jordan, Ruth Stone, Lisa Olstein, James Richardson, Hô Xuân Huong (John Balaban, trans.), James Arthur, Laura Kasischke, Jean Valentine, Roger Reeves, Victoria Chang, Ted Kooser, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lucia Perillo, Bob Hicok, Leila Chatti, Alison C. Rollins, Jim Harrison, Matthew Zapruder, Jenny George, Richard Jones, Heather McHugh, Olena Kalytiak Davis, John Taggart, Tishani DoshiCreated through suggestions from CCP staff and interns during the Covid-19 Pandemic

"An expanded anniversary edition of a collection of poems by Ted Kooser and Jim Harrison"--

"A new collection of poems by Bob Hicok"--

Gander won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for poetry book BeWith Gander has collaborated with photographers visual andartists throughout his career, including Sally Mann, Dan Borris, Lucas Foglia,Raymond Meeks, Rikki Ducornet, and Tjibbe HooghiemstraGander is a leading literary figure, working acrossmultiple genresGander also has a translation title on the FW22 listfrom Copper Canyon: Names and Rivers, by Japanese poet Shuri KitoJack Shear is known for architectural photography, aswell as portraits of writers and artists such as Jasper Johns, William S.Burroughs and Ellsworth KellyThis book co-published with the art publisher MWEditions. The production will be high-quality with a consumer-friendly pricepoint

Copper Canyon Press celebrates its first 50 years of poetry publishing in anticipation of the next 50 years.Poetry is vital to language and living. This anthology celebrates 50 years of Copper Canyon Press publications, one extraordinary poem at a time. Since its founding, Copper Canyon has been entirely dedicated to publishing poetry books; here Editor in Chief Michael Wiegers invites press staff and board—past and present—to help curate a retrospective. The result is a collection of beloved poems from books spanning half a century: representing Pulitzer Prize-winning books, debut collections, works in translation, and rare books from Copper Canyon’s early days. This book is a tribute to Copper Canyon poets and readers everywhere, because, as Gregory Orr writes, “Certain poems / In an uncertain world— / The ones we cling to: // They bring us back.”

Copper Canyon Press celebrates its first 50 years of poetry publishing in anticipation of the next 50 years.Poetry is vital to language and living. This anthology celebrates 50 years of Copper Canyon Press publications, one extraordinary poem at a time. Since its founding, Copper Canyon has been entirely dedicated to publishing poetry books; here Editor in Chief Michael Wiegers invites press staff and board—past and present—to help curate a retrospective. The result is a collection of beloved poems from books spanning half a century: representing Pulitzer Prize-winning books, debut collections, works in translation, and rare books from Copper Canyon’s early days. This book is a tribute to Copper Canyon poets and readers everywhere, because, as Gregory Orr writes, “Certain poems / In an uncertain world— / The ones we cling to: // They bring us back.”

"A collection of poems by Shuri Kido, translated by Tomoyuki Endo and Forrest Gander"--

This is the fourthGerber poetry book published by Copper Canyon Gerber’s work hasappeared in many popular national publications, including The New Yorker;Poetry; Playboy; Sports Illustrated; and The NationBorn and raised inMichigan, Gerber retains strong ties to the Midwest, winning the Mark TwainAward for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature, a MichiganAuthors Award, and the Society of MidlandAuthors awardGerber’sfiction was brought back into print, and his nonfiction collected in book form,through Michigan State University PressAs apoet, Gerber is known especially for his ability to offer consolation and grace through aestheticcontemplation, epiphanies in nature, and deep recollection of memories.Gerber is the onlyAmerican poet who also had a career as a race-car driver and was honored with alimited-edition replica of his car, a1966 Shelby Mustang. (As of January 2022,you could find one on Ebay for about $250.)Gerber is an ordainedZen priest.

A politically urgent yet timeless collection that studiesthe devastating failings of humanity and the redemptive possibilities of love.In Wind, Trees, John Freeman presents a meditation onpower and loss, change and adaptation. What can the trees teach us aboutinhabiting space together? What might we gain if we admit we do not control thewind, and cannot possibly carry all we’ve been handed? Offering a stark moral critiqueof pandemic self-preservation—as “justifications grew / with greed like vines /up the side of a tree / taking everything”—Wind, Trees joins the ranksof politically urgent yet timeless collections like The Lice by W.S.Merwin. Through narrative lyric and metaphysical pulse, meandering thought andpunctuating quiet, Freeman studies the devastating failings of humanity and theredemptive possibilities of love.

"The balance of rigidity, rhyme and ruin . . . makes an Olena Kalytiak Davis poem extraordinarily distinct. Even when she’s alluding to Dante and Rilke and Chekhov, her voice is like no one else’s.”—New York Times, Editors ChoiceIn Late Summer Ode, Olena Kalytiak Davis writes froma heightened state of ambivalence, perched between past and present tensions.With Chekovian humor and metered pathos, from a garden in Anchorage not piningfor Brooklyn, these poems “self -protest, -process, -recede.” Davis is aconductor of sound and meaning, precise to the syllable: a commanding talent incontemporary poetry.

Julian Gewirtz is a China expert who speaks fluent Mandarin.Graduated from Harvard, was a Rhodes Scholar, and earned aPhD at OxfordServed in the Obama administrationPublished articles on Asia for New York Times, WallStreet Journal, Washington Post, The Guardian, Financial Times, Harper’s,and Foreign Policy.His book Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers,Western Economists, and the Making of Global China was published by HarvardUniversity PressAs a poet, Gewirtz allows for fierce observationsbetween the state and a solitary worker, asking us where does justice exist andfor whom.  Gewirtz can home in on a single character or ahistorical moment, allowing the reader to interpret the connections betweenpeople and place.Gewirtz has worked and lived in China, lending first-handexperience and insight into his narrative voice. His poems refer to and utilize historical accounts,artwork, news-clippings, and personal encounters. Gewirtz has published poetry criticism and nonfictionessays in The Economist, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Los Angeles Review ofBooks, Poetry Foundation, and The Washington Post.

Intimacies, Received signals agency, as trauma isheld to the light and finally named.In this astonishing second collection by Taneum Bambrick,violence hides in the glint of the carving knife—every intimacy a shadow, everymemory a maze to navigate. Set primarily in rural Southern Spain, Intimacies,Received moves through streets and fields, households and years, followinga survivor of sexual assault as she painstakingly reassembles a narrative ofself. A brilliant storyteller, Bambrick builds through palimpsest—layeringvivid imagery to recall embodiment and dissociation, illness and isolation,queer female sexuality amidst acts of misogyny—utilizing varied forms includingekphrasis, persona, and a lyric essay. Ultimately, Intimacies, Receivedsignals agency, as trauma is held to the light and finally named.

Ruhl's poetry sings with a humbling honesty about who we share our lives with and those who form our hollows.