The New Testament by Jericho Brown Hardcover, The New Testament is Jericho Brown's second collection of poetry. A Collection Of Poems That Offers An Unlikely Kind Of Hope Ice Cube Sculptures, Tulips And Death: A 2014 Poetry Preview
Citizen An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Paperback, 169 pages Black Bodies In White Words, Or: Why We Need Claudia Rankine In 'Citizen,' Poet Strips Bare The Realities Of Everyday Racism NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2014's Great Reads
The Feel Trio by Fred Moten Paperback, 93 pages Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award
This Blue by Maureen N. McLane Hardcover, 107 pages Maureen McLane presents her third poetry collection that contains songs for and of a new century, poems both archaic and wholly now. Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award
Second Childhood by Fanny Howe Paperback, 77 pages Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award
Faithful and Virtuous Night Poems by Louise Gluck Hardcover, 96 pages Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award The Ecstatic Blankness Of Poet Louise Glück
Velocities New and Selected Poems 1966-1992 by Stephen Dobyns Paperback, 299 pages A collection of poetry draws from the poet's eight published volumes and includes several new poems For The Autumnal Equinox, A Poem As Chilling As The Fall Weather
Lighthead by Terrance Hayes Paperback, 95 pages A fourth collection by the author of Wind in a Box investigates through verse how humans construct experience and combines the loftiness of dreams and the reality of everyday life into poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Original. MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes: Poems Are Music, Language Our Instrument Word Power: The Year's Best Poetry
Gabriel A Poem by Edward Hirsch Hardcover, 78 pages This poignant volume was inspired by the author's son's tragic early death. It reflects on the young man's boisterous youth, his rebellious early adulthood and the author's experience of grief. A Poet On Losing His Son: 'Before You Heal, You Have To Mourn'
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones Paperback, 64 pages Prelude to Bruise is a glittering and unsparing collection of poems centered around Boy, a black child negotiating gender, sexuality, desire and family in the American South. NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2014's Great Reads Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise
Above the Dreamless Dead World War I in Poetry and Comics by Chris Duffy Hardcover, 144 pages Presents graphic novel adaptations of twenty works of trench poetry from World War I, including pieces from such poets as Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling, and Isaac Rosenberg. Songs Of Innocence And Bitter Experience In 'Dreamless Dead'
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Hardcover, 703 pages Presents Whitman's classic collection celebrating himself and the American experience On July 4, A Celebration Of Walt Whitman's Irreverent Hymnal
Hustle by David Tomas Martinez Paperback, 95 pages A collection of poems details the Latino author's youth in San Diego, a time marked by car thefts, sex and shootings. David Tomas Martinez Turns Hustle In The Street To Poetry On The Page
Tape for the Turn of the Year A Poem by A. R. Ammons Paperback, SCOTUS On Cellphones And The Privacy Of Poetry
Ardency A Chronicle Of The Amistad Rebels by Kevin Young Paperback, 249 pages Summer Doldrums? These Nautical Reads Will Put Wind In Your Sails Summer Doldrums? These Nautical Reads Will Put Wind In Your Sails
Rhode Island Notebook by Gabriel Gudding Paperback, 436 pages Hitch A Ride! We've Got Road Trip Reads For Every Passenger Hitch A Ride! We've Got Road Trip Reads For Every Passenger