Like the novella in fiction, the long poem is an oft-neglected form. Too long for publication in most literary journals and anthologies, too short to merit book-length publication, the long poem occupies a lonely space in literature. M. Travis Lane is a master of the form, in which her considerable poetic skills reach their apex. There are few that match her brilliance. This volume collects all of her long works - most of them now out of print - from...

Woman Awakened, Is Length Novel Collection. There Are So Many Poems Filled With Consolations. Written By Carmen Wallace. Her Aspiring Words On The Inside Pages Offers, Treasures, And Experiences That Are Relatable, To Our Alike Humanity. This Is The Author's Life Journey. Her Hope, And Her Passion Is, That Readers Come Into Her Journey. Go On A Path Of Enlightened Discoveries, And New Found Understanding. There Are Healings, Joys, Laughers, And Many...

An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has also been marginalized within Japanese literature for reasons including the gender of its author, the work's complex textual history, and its thematic and stylistic depth. In Unbinding The Pillow Book, Gergana Ivanova offers a reception history of The Pillow Book and its author...

Foxes, Mostly: Partially pastoral poems is a slim volume of poetry that is, indeed, mostly about foxes. There is a little riffing on pastoral techniques to engage the imagination of the reader.

The Favorite is, in Cig Harvey's words, "an arrow to the heart." Its sixty-four poems are gently, shaped into three parts as Watson leads readers into her childhood's world of social privilege, recognizes the psychological costs inhabitants pay, and demonstrates a wide and wonderful range of reactions. Most of the fifteen poems in Part I are, based on childhood memories. Four sisters ride uncomfortably in the back seat of the big car, ordered not...

House of the Silverfish explores the reckoning of inevitable loss on both a personal and global scale, from learning to loosen our hold on children as they grow older to coming to terms with our annihilation of vast swathes of species. The story of an unraveling marriage is interspersed with poems questioning ownership of all kinds-of place, of people, and of time itself.

The sister to her debut book, show me your scars, courageous conversations looks to embracing one's self while living with mental illness and aims to remove the stigma around the topic by having the uncomfortable and courageous conversations. This collection highlights Erin's experience living with depression and anxiety, trying to give words to indescribable feelings. It is raw and beautiful, full of immense pain and love. This story of self-love...

Bursts is the translation of O. T. Socas' first poetry book titled Ráfagas, written between 1977 and 1979, just before she exiled to the United States. Through a sequence of poems, readers are taken on a journey of rebellion, passion, and self-discovery, as the author navigates the complexities of life as a young woman in a repressive society. She grapples with themes such as gender roles, societal expectations, and the struggle for identity, all...

Amy Wright, conductor extraordinaire, has managed to piece apart, then fold together conversations from a bevy of thinkers like Dorothy Allison, Rae Armantrout, Gerald Stern, Lia Purpura, Raven Jackson, Wendy Walters, Kimiko Hahn, Philanese Slaughter, and others, blended into one harmonious whole. Wright opens the book: "This essay anchors a central thread of dialogue over a dizzying divide. It weaves decades worth of questions and answers from a...

He aquí un muestrario de pequeñas miserias, de posesiones demoníacas, trapos sucios, polvos blancos y pequeños crímenes cotidianos que cursan sin castigo. El amor es a la vez pócima y veneno, cielo e infierno. Resaca eterna, o flor salvaje de un día. Quizá estemos a tiempo de arrancar las malas hierbas. De que el dolor nos sea útil y la pena leve. De encontrar el pañuelo con el que limpiarnos los restos de sangre y beber, como si fuera un...