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Ed Skoog meticulously documents family bonds, disruptions, and the crucible of travel while researching the 1955 murder of his grandfather

Young uses the surreal as the thread which weaves in and out of complications of existence. The result is a textured, honest work that grapples with what it means to love, lose, and hang in the afterward.

Prophetic and rich in rural folklore and literary allusions, this seventh collection from Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Guggenheim Fellow Manning, envisions the role of poetry in the life of Abraham Lincoln, transcending the darkness of Lincoln's time and imagining new lore entirely.

This haunting lyrical sequence considers the body's vulnerability under the threat of terror and in the light of love.

A fierce, contemporary reworking of ancient mythology-from Ovid to Eden-confronts sexual violence, loss, and existential reckoning.

Stroud's poems move reverently across the earth and through time with keen observation and wonder at the world's luminous presence.

Writing into the wounds and reverberations of the Israel/Palestine conflict, Shrapnel Maps is at once elegiac and activist.

Wilson weaves an intricate critique of race, gender, and isolation into the context of epics, space dust, and intimacy.

The world's first substantial selection of English translations of this great T'ang Dynasty poet.

';A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended.'Library Journal';With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of the Taoteching works as both a readable text and a valuable resource of Taoist interpretation.'Publishers Weekly';Read it in confidence that it comes as close as possible to expressing the Chinese text in English.'Victor Mair, professor of Chinese studies, University of PennsylvaniaLao-tzu's Taoteching is an essential volume of world literature, and Red Pine's nuanced and authoritative English translationreissued and published with the Chinese text en faceis one of the best-selling versions. What sets this volume apart from other translations are its commentaries by scores of Taoist scholars, poets, monks, recluses, adepts, and emperors spanning more than two thousand years. ';I envisioned this book,' Red Pine notes in his introduction, ';as a discussion between Lao-tzu and a group of people who have thought deeply about his text.'Sages have no mind of their owntheir mind is the mind of the peopleto the good they are goodto the bad they are gooduntil they become goodto the true they are trueto the false they are trueuntil they become true . . .Lao-tzu (ca. 600 BCE) was a Chinese sage who Confucius called ';a dragon among men.' He served as Keeper of the Royal Archives and authored the Taoteching.Red Pine is one of the world's foremost translators of Chinese literary and religious texts.

With her characteristic sparse lyricism, Chase Twichell explores how the past persistently parallels the present to reimagine the self.

Drawing from strikingly disparate material, David Orr's debut collection concerns itself with the mysteries and incongruities of recognizably contemporary life.

Alison Rollins, a librarian by trade, disrupts the canon by re-cataloging language, culture, and history in her debut collection.

Miller's latest collection interrogates itself as much as its readers with questions of desire and loss, empathy and accountability.

This ambitious collection by Palestine's leading poet provides a documentary perspective of an embattled region through delicate narratives and lyricism.

This gorgeous debut speaks with heart-wrenching intimacy and first-hand experience to the hot-button political issues of immigration and border crossings.

"Michael McGriff lets his bucket down on a long long rope, to tug the darkness up into light."-Albert Goldbarth

This poignant, sometimes comic, meditation examines the joys and sorrows of loving another person in rich, microscopic detail.

One of the greatest living Latin American poets compiles and introduces an essential anthology.