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poetry 21 stone milk anne stevenson the poems of stone milk address the way the written word preserves yet distorts the lives depending on it for fame or survival anne stevenson s highly engaging new collection opens with a lament for the makers an experimental sequence based on medieval dream poetry that plays with a dantesque yet modern scientific vision of an underworld of poets this is followed by a series of shorter poems mostly related to aging and the prospect even the comfort of dying the myth of medea ends the book on a note both stoic and merry despite its frank look at the reality of death no lover of poetry in english should not know stevenson s work booklist darling jackie kay humor gender sexuality sensuality identity racism cultural difference when do any of these things ever come together to equal poetry when jackie kay is part of the equation darling brings together into a vibrant new book many favorite poems from her four bloodaxe collections the adoption papers other lovers off colour and life mask as well as featuring new work some previously uncollected poems and some lively poetry for younger readers poetry book society recommendation recommended work from a gifted young poet library journal socially aware poems kirkus reviews march 5½ x 8½ 72 pages bloodaxe isbn 978-1-85224-775-1 1-85224-775-4 paper $22.95 other rooms new and selected poems neil curry there is a powerfully dramatic and narrative quality to the new poems which preface neil curry s other rooms and we hear in them a wide variety of voices speaking to us from different times and different places but speaking to us of things which nevertheless concern us deeply today whatever form curry adopts is handled with flexibility and skill and wherever the poems are set there is a geographical and linguistic exactness which makes them as compelling as his acclaimed translations of the classics no lover of religious verse should miss reading him booklist may 5½ x 8½ 240 pages bloodaxe isbn 978-1-85224-777-5 1-85224-777-0 paper $28.95 perfect blemish new and selected poems 1995-2007 menna elfyn menna elfyn is the best-known most traveled and most translated of all welsh-language poets the extraordinary international range of her subjects breathtaking inventiveness and generosity of vision place her among europe s leading poets this bilingual edition of her later poetry includes all her work from cell angel and blind man s kiss as well as the first english translations of perffaith nam and a selection of new poems the poems are unified by elfyn s distinctive voice easy intimate and direct world literature today april 6 x 9 168 pages enitharmon isbn 978-1-904634-44-7 1-904634-44-3 paper $31.95 strong in the rain kenji miyazawa translated by roger pulvers kenji miyazawa 1896-1933 is now widely viewed as japan s greatest poet of the 20th century little known in his lifetime he died at 37 from tuberculosis but has since become a much loved children s author whose magical tales have been translated into many languages adapted for the stage and turned into films and animations recognition for his poetry came much later strong in the rain ­ the title poem of this selection ­ is now arguably the most memorized and quoted modern poem in japan june 5½ x 8½ 302 pages bloodaxe isbn 978-1-85224-779-9 1-85224-779-7 paper $34.95 from me to you love poems u.a fanthorpe this is a collection of poems written between two lovers over the course of their relationship while some coincide with important dates such as valentine s day birthdays or christmas most are simply what comes when one lover wishes to reach out the other july 5½ x 8½ 128 pages bloodaxe isbn 978-1-85224-781-2 1-85224-781-9 paper $25.95 june 5½ x 8½ 64 pages enitharmon isbn 978-1-904634-55-3 1-904634-55-9 $24.95

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