Hikayat Abi l-Qasim al-Baghdadi (The Portrait of Abu l-Qasim al-Baghdadi) is an 11th-century Arabic work by Abu l-Mutahhar Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Azdi which tells the story of a Baghdadi party-crasher crashing a party in Isfahan.
A Poetry Book Society RecommendationInheritance is a profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone, and what we learn from being loved.
The Greatest Poems & Carols for Christmas Time (Illustrated Edition) gathers a resonant treasury of seasonal verse, devotional lyric, narrative poetry, and beloved carol-like pieces that illuminate Christmas as both sacred observance and cultural memory.
Im November 2020 jährt sich Paul Celans Geburt in Czernowitz zum hundertsten Mal, im April diesen Jahres vor fünfzig Jahren hatte er seinem Leben in Paris ein Ende gesetzt.
Best Literary Translations is a new, annual anthology that celebrates world literatures in English translation and honors the translators who create and literary journals that publish this work.
This book proposes new understandings of modern life in Britain by bringing constructs of female spirituality centre stage and examining three 'forgotten' artists identified with the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorianism.
This book proposes new understandings of modern life in Britain by bringing constructs of female spirituality centre stage and examining three 'forgotten' artists identified with the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorianism.
A major new career-spanning selection from one of the world s foremost poets, an international treasure, from 1968 to the present day Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years.
Todos alguna vez tuvimos que superar a alguien o algo, comenzar de cero, sanar y rearmarnos luego de sobrevivir al tsunami que arrasó nuestra vida y nos descolocó.
En este poemario la autora busca reflexionar sobre el daño emocional que producen las infancias vulneradas y se sumerge en la profundidad de su historia para mostrar lo que su niña llevaba pidiendo en silencio, ese duelo tardío que parecía detener las agujas del reloj.
Im November 2020 jährt sich Paul Celans Geburt in Czernowitz zum hundertsten Mal, im April diesen Jahres vor fünfzig Jahren hatte er seinem Leben in Paris ein Ende gesetzt.
La narradora o hablante lírica o espectro virtual de este libro puede estar muteada, o retozando en 3D, o hablando con un bot, o asumida en la fascinación de la carencia del tiempo.
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE ONLY WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD'Reading this is like receiving a warm hug' Vex King, author of Good Vibes, Good Life'A warm and reassuring path through the most challenging moments of our lives' Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone***Modern life doesn't always go our way.
Filled with remarkably vast but somber poetry, the book of Lamentations mourns the sufferings of the ancient kingdom of Judah, conquered by Babylon in 587/6 BCE.
Originally published in 1925, A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse is an impressive and beautifully crafted collection of the best of Irish poetry from ancient times to the early twentieth century.
Elizabeth Bishop's hawkweed, John Berryman's hummingbirds, Ted Hughes's burnt fox - the birds, beasts and flowers of Isobel Dixon's new collection are at times kin to D.
The Field in Winter, the third collection of poetry by David Clarke, winner of the Michael Marks Award, elegantly reflects on memory, time, and the very particular landscape of loss, in a calendar of poems, a 'charm of words' that track and loop through seasons of nature and living.
Fleur Adcock (1934-2024) was one of Britain's most accomplished poets, unmasking the deceptions of love and unravelling family lives through her poised, ironic poems.
A book of poetry, spoken word and poetic prose highlighting Life and You, the major events of 2020, including Coronavirus/COVID-19, the Elections, Race, Social Unrest, MBP (Murder By Police), BLM (Black Lives Matter), and Protests, highlighting George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
La poesía de Efraín Huerta, reunida en este volumen, alcanzó una sorprendente variedad y una sensible riqueza de registros: desde el canto lírico, donde la vena amorosa y erótica es de una asombrosa energía, hasta los violentos textos de protesta y de indignación civil; desde la viñeta delicada hasta el gran fresco histórico.
Over the centuries the Christian festival of the celebration of Christ has lost much of its religious element as it has morphed into becoming a convenient date for mass marketing and the consumption of excess food, drink and material goods to a now global audience.
