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In this anniversary anthology, editor Sam Hamill has selected nearly 300 poems by Copper Canyon Press poets. The sampling is…
arranged alphabetically by poet's name and includes Hayden Carruth, Carolyn Kizer, and Pablo Neruda. Hamill's introduction covers the history of the press and its "commitment to publishing poetry exclusively."The complete poems to solve
Par May Swenson. 1993
A collection of seventy-two poems celebrating the natural world, including such topics as cats, birds, water, sound, space and flight,…
and creatures. The first group of poems are riddles that challenge the reader to figure out what the poet is describing. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe alphabet versus the goddess: the conflict between word and image
Par Leonard Shlain. 1998
A vascular surgeon poses a correlation between a society's acquisition of literacy and the development of the left-brain ("linear-thinking") hemisphere…
at the expense of the right. Suggests that the resulting decline in both the use of imagery and respect for women's rights has contributed to the disappearance of goddesses and priestesses from Western religionThe bird catcher: poems
Par Marie Ponsot. 1998
A collection of fifty-two poems, some of which were previously published in periodicals. Grouped under four headings, each bearing the…
title of a poem in that section: For My Old Self; Separate, In the Swim; The Split Image of Attention; and Explorers Cry Out Unheard. Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award. 1998The collected poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Par Paul Dunbar. 1993
Poetry by a nineteenth-century African American writer whose works transcend race. Includes the entire contents of a 1913 collection; sixty…
other poems, some found in manuscript form after Dunbar's death at thirty-three; and a biographical introduction by Braxton. "Sympathy" was authored during an assignment at the Library of Congress. 1993Report from part two
Par Gwendolyn Brooks. 1996
A selection of essays and poems about events, people, and travel that were important to Brooks. In "Keziah," she pays…
loving tribute to her mother. These writings are a continuation of themes found in Report from Part One (RC 47475) (BR 11948)Seamus Heaney
Par Helen Vendler. 1998
A guide to understanding the works of the Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Explains…
the background and evolution of his poetry from Death of a Naturalist in 1966 through The Spirit Level in 1996Ten of Shakespeare's plays retold in simple language. Nesbit compiled the collection after a visit to the poet's home with…
her children. She encouraged them to try reading some of the original plays, only to be told the writing was too difficult to understand. This volume includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Othello. For grades 5-8 and older readersVain empires: poems (Penguin poets)
Par William Logan. 1998
Thirty-one poems on disparate topics, many of which depict historical figures and events from Pliny the Elder to Keats in…
India. The work "Van Gogh in the Pulpit" issues a harsh pronouncement on sin, penance, and self-abasement. 1998Selected poetry (Oxford World's classics)
Par William Wordsworth. 1997
Works of the English Romantic, including lyrical poems arranged in order of composition. Also presents portions of Wordsworth's introspective The…
Prelude, which was written from 1799 to 1805, and a chronology of his lifeHope in a jar: the making of America's beauty culture
Par Kathy Peiss. 1998
The author explores the social history of cosmetics in America. She notes that although only wanton women wore "paint" during…
the early nineteenth century, there was always a women's cottage enterprise--among all races and classes--that developed products for the complexion. Gradually make-up became acceptable, and men soon took over, transforming the customs into an industryTaking responsibility: self-reliance and the accountable life
Par Nathaniel Branden. 1996
Two hundred poems selected by Americans as their favorites in response to an appeal from poet laureate Pinsky to mark…
the bicentennial of the Library of Congress. Each work is preceded by comments on why it was chosen. Writers represented include Anna Akhmatova, John Ashbery, Andrew Marvell, Pablo Neruda, W.B. Yeats, and others. 2000Desire
Par Frank Bidart. 1997
A collection of poems in two parts: thirteen short poems, many revealing the poet's grief and loss after the death…
of his lover; and one long poem, "The Second Hour of the Night," based on Ovid's story of MyrrhaTyra's beauty inside & out
Par Tyra Banks. 1998
Supermodel offers health, relationship, and beauty tips as well as biographical information. Discusses skin and hair care, makeup techniques, and…
daily beauty regimens geared for a healthy lifestyle. For senior high and older readersCircé des hirondelles (Fugues/Paroles)
Par Gilles Lacombe. 2022
Circé des hirondelles est centré sur les rapports entre deux personnages : un « on » ou « nous »,…
celui qui tient le discours dans le texte et un « elle », le personnage du titre. Les rapports multiples des 2 personnages commencent à la première strophe du premier poème et aboutissent peut-être au poème 47 qui exprime une fusion des 2 personnages.Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber
Par Rona Arato, Isabel Muñoz. 2023
Ruth Gruber didn't want to live an ordinary life, and she wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Born to a…
Jewish American family in 1911, she grew up to become a renowned journalist and activist. Her career spanned seven decades and led her to places that other reporters wouldn't or couldn't go, from Nazi Germany to the remote Arctic regions of the Soviet Union. At a time when women were expected to stay at home and raise families, Ruth told the stories of people in need and fought for their rights to live in safety and freedom.Welcome, Dark
Par Charis St. Pierre, Rachel Wada. 2022
A stunningly illustrated picture book that introduces young readers to the importance of night as a time for animals to…
thrive, rains to fall, winds to blow and the world to rest.Here there be unicorns
Par Jane Yolen. 1994
This collection of eight poems and ten stories relates tales of the well-known mystical beast in both medieval and traditional…
settings. The story "Unicorn Tapestry" was inspired by two famous unicorn tapestries, the Hunt of the Unicorn and the Lady with the Unicorn. For grades 4-7 and older readersThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
Par Robert Browning. 1993
Folktale in verse. The town of Hamelin employs a mysterious piper to save them from a plague of rats. When…
the townspeople refuse to pay him for his work, the piper takes magical revenge. For grades 3-6