2003 Poets House Showcase: suggested titles

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2003 Poetry Publication Showcase suggested titles
Collections by single authors
* Ai, Dread, W.W. Norton & Co., New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $23.95, ISBN 0‐393‐04143‐3)
* Beatty, Jan, Boneshaker, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002 (paperback, $12.95, ISBN 0‐8229‐5779‐5)
Campo, Rafael, Landscape With Human Figure, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 2002 (paperback, $15.95, ISBN 0‐8223‐2890‐9; hardcover, $42.95, ISBN 0‐8223‐2875‐5)
Collins, Billy, Nine Horses, Random House, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $21.95, ISBN 0‐375‐50381‐1)
* Cook, Matt, In the Small of My Backyard, Manic D Press, San Francisco, CA, 2002 (paperback, $13.95, ISBN 0‐916397‐78‐5)
Darwish, Mahmoud, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003 (paperback, $16.95, ISBN 0‐520‐23754‐4)
Dorfman, Ariel, In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems in Two Languages, translated by Ariel Dorfman and Edith Grossman, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 2002 (Bilingual Spanish/English, paperback, $15.95, ISBN 0‐8223‐2987‐5; hardcover, $45.95, ISBN 0‐8223‐2951‐4)
Emerson, Claudia, Pinion: An Elegy, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA, 2002 (paperback, $15.95, ISBN 0‐8071‐2766‐3; hardcover, $22.95, ISBN 0‐8071‐2766‐3)
Espada, Martín, Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982‐2002, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐393‐05192‐7)
Forché, Carolyn, Blue Hour, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐06‐009912‐7)
* Giovanni, Nikki, Quilting the Black‐Eyed Pea, HarperCollins Publishers/William Morrow, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $16.95, ISBN 0‐06‐009952‐6)
Greenberg, Arielle, Given, Verse Press, Florence, MA, 2002 (paperback, $12, ISBN 0‐9723487‐1‐9)
Grennan, Eamon, Still Life with Waterfall, Graywolf Press, St. Paul, MN, 2002 (paperback, $14, ISBN 1‐55597‐363‐9)
* Hall, Donald, The Painted Bed, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $23, ISBN 0‐618‐18789‐8)
* Hayes, Terrance, Hip Logic, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2002 (paperback, $16, ISBN 0‐14‐200139‐2)
Hikmet, Nazim, Poems of Nazim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk, Persea Books, New York, NY, 2002 (paperback, $17.95, ISBN 0‐89255‐274‐3)
Kim, Myung Mi, Commons, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2002 (paperback, ISBN 0‐520‐23144‐9)
Kovner, Abba, Sloan‐Kettering, translated by Eddie Levenston, Random House/Schocken, 2002 (hardcover, $17, ISBN 0‐8052‐4198‐1)
Laâbi, Abdellatif, The World’s Embrace: Selected Poems, translated by Anne George, Edris Makward, and Victor Reinking, City Lights Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 2003 (Bilingual French/English, paperback, $16.95, ISBN 0‐87286‐413‐8)
Lennon, Brian, City: An Essay, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 2002 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐8203‐2321‐7)
McCallum, Shara, Song of Thieves, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003 (paperback, $12.95, ISBN 0‐8229‐5813‐9)
McCarthy, Lee, Good Girl, Story Line Press, Ashland, OR, 2002 (paperback, $14, ISBN 1‐58654‐020‐3)
Muldoon, Paul, Moy Sand and Gravel, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $22, ISBN 0‐374‐21480‐8)
Mullen, Harryette, Blues Baby: Early Poems, Bucknell University Press, Lewisberg, PA, 2002 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐8387‐5515‐1)
Olds, Sharon, The Unswept Room, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $25, ISBN 0‐375‐41489‐4)
* Perdomo, Willie, Postcards of El Barrio, Isla Negra, San Juan, PR, 2002 (Bilingual English/Spanish, paperback, ISBN 1‐881715‐90‐6)
Phillips, Carl, Rock Harbor, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $20, ISBN 0‐374‐ 25140‐1)
Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing, translated by Coleman Barks, HarperCollins Publishers/HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA, 2002 (hardcover, $21.95, ISBN 0‐06‐052316‐6)
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire, Elegies in Blue, Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso, TX, 2002 (paperback, $13.95, ISBN 0‐938317‐64‐4)
Sappho, If Not, Winter, translated by Anne Carson, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2002 (Bilingual Ancient Greek/English, hardcover, $27.50, ISBN 0‐375‐41067‐8)
Sasanov, Catherine, All the Blood Tethers, Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, 2002 (paperback, $14.95, ISBN 1‐55553‐538‐0)
Shumaker, Peggy, Underground Rivers, Red Hen Press, Granada Hills, CA, 2002 (paperback, $11.95, ISBN 1‐888996‐50‐1)
Snyder, Gary, Look Out: A Selection of Writings, New Directions, New York, NY, 2002 (paperback, $10.95, ISBN 0‐8112‐1525‐3)
Stone, Ruth, In the Next Galaxy, Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA, 2002 (hardcover, $20, ISBN 1‐55659‐178‐0)
Tran, Barbara, In the Myna Bird’s Own Words, Tupelo Press, Dorset, VT, 2002 (paperback, $9.95, ISBN 0‐9710310‐5‐3)
Troupe, Quincy, Transcircularities: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2002 (paperback, $17, ISBN 1‐56689‐135‐3; hardcover, $30, ISBN 1‐56689‐137‐X)
* Williams, Crystal, Lunatic, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI, 2002 (paperback, $18.95, ISBN 0‐87013‐642‐9)
Wright, C.D., Steal Away: Selected and New Poems, Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA, 2002 (hardcover, $25, ISBN 1‐55659‐172‐1)
* Young, Kevin, Jelly Roll: A Blues, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $23, ISBN 0‐375‐41460‐6)
Youssef, Saudi, Without an Alphabet, Without a Face: Selected Poems, translated by Khaled Mattawa, Graywolf Press, St. Paul, MN, 2003 (paperback, $16, ISBN 0‐155597‐371‐X)
Anthologies
Barnstone, Aliki (Ed.), The Shambhala Anthology of Women’s Spiritual Poetry, Shambhala Publications, Boston, MA, 2002 (paperback, $14.95, ISBN 1‐57062‐975‐7)
Beaumont, Jean Marie and Claudia Carlson (Eds), The Poets’ Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales, Story Line Press, Ashland, OR, 2003 (paperback, $19.95, ISBN 1‐58654‐027‐0)
Bowen, Kevin and Nguyen Ba Chung (Eds), 6 Vietnamese Poets, Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT, 2002 (paperback, $15.95, ISBN 1‐880684‐76‐4)
Caws, Mary Ann (Ed.), Surrealist Love Poems, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2002 (hardcover, $22.50, ISBN 0‐226‐09871‐0)
Ciuraru, Carmela (Ed.), Poems For America: 125 Poems that Celebrate the American Experience, Scribner, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $25, ISBN 0‐7432‐4486‐9)
Collins, Billy (Ed.), Poetry 180, Random House, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $13.95, ISBN 0‐8129‐6887‐5)
Esselman, Mary D. and Elizabeth Ash Vélez (Eds), Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free, Warner Books, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $14.95, ISBN 0‐446‐69028‐7)
Gemin, Pamela (Ed.), Are You Experienced?: Baby Boom Poets at Midlife, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, 2003 (paperback, $19.95, ISBN 0‐87745‐850‐2)
Gioseffi, Daniela (Ed.), Women on War: An International Anthology of Writings from Antiquity to the Present, Feminist Press at CUNY, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $19.95, ISBN 1‐55861‐409‐5; hardcover, $55, ISBN 1‐55861‐408‐7)
Goodwin, Daisy (Ed.), 101 Poems that Could Save Your Life: An Anthology of Emotional First Aid, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $15, ISBN0‐06‐052913‐X)
Hamill, Sam (Ed.), Poets Against the War, Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $12.95, ISBN 1‐56025‐539‐0)
Keillor, Garrison (Ed.), Good Poems, Penguin Books, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐670‐03126‐7)
McHugh, Heather and Ellen Bryant Voigt (Eds)., Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Contemporary American Poets, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 2002 (paperback, $24.95, ISBN 0‐8203‐2416‐7; hardcover, $50, ISBN 0‐8203‐2406‐X)
Norton, Philip and Todd Swift (Eds), Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry, Rattapallax Press, New York, NY, 2002 (paperback, $24.95, ISBN 1‐892494‐53‐1)
Reed, Ishmael (Ed.), From Totems to Hip‐Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas, 1900‐2002, Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $17.95, ISBN 1‐56025‐458‐0)
Shapiro, Harvey (Ed.), Poets of World War II, Library of America, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $20, ISBN 1‐931082‐33‐2)
Washington, Peter (Ed.), Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Poems about Food and Drink, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $12.50, ISBN 1‐4000‐4023‐X)
Weinberger, Eliot (Ed.), The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, New Directions, New York, NY, 2003 (hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 0‐8112‐1540‐7)
For young adults only
Levithan, David (Ed.), You Are Here, This Is Now: Poems, Stories, Essays, and Art from the Best Young Writers and Artists in America, PUSH/Scholastic, New York, NY, 2002 (paperback, $6.99, ISBN 0‐439‐37618‐1)
Sones, Sonya, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $6.99, ISBN 0‐689‐85553‐2)
Wayland, April Halprin, Girl Coming In for a Landing: A Novel in Poems, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2002 (hardcover, $14.95, ISBN 0‐375‐80158‐8)
WritersCorps (Ed.), Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps, HarperTempest, New York, NY, 2003 (paperback, $6.99, ISBN 0‐06‐447264‐7)

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2003 Poets House Showcase: suggested titles

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Jen Abrams

Jen Abrams is the Poetry in The Branches Coordinator based at Poets House, New York, New York, USA.

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing

Online ISSN: 2054-5592

Print ISSN: 0160-4953

2004

Collection Building (2004) 23 (1): 13–23.

https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950410514695

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