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University of Arizona Press Ojo En Celo Eye in Heat
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£16.96
Duke University Press Dub
Book SynopsisThe concluding volume in a poetic trilogy, Alexis Pauline Gumbs''s Dub: Finding Ceremony takes inspiration from theorist Sylvia Wynter, dub poetry, and ocean life to offer a catalog of possible methods for remembering, healing, listening, and living otherwise. In these prose poems, Gumbs channels the voices of her ancestors, including whales, coral, and oceanic bacteria, to tell stories of diaspora, indigeneity, migration, blackness, genius, mothering, grief, and harm. Tracing the origins of colonialism, genocide, and slavery as they converge in Black feminist practice, Gumbs explores the potential for the poetic and narrative undoing of the knowledge that underpins the concept of Western humanity. Throughout, she reminds us that dominant modes of being human and the oppression those modes create can be challenged, and that it is possible to make ourselves and our planet anew.Trade Review“Grounded in oríkì-like references to Sylvia Wynter’s oeuvre, Dub simultaneously contracts and expands to create a new form of proprioception, which allows us as a species, phantomed by the corrosive and lacerating actions of history, to locate ourselves in relation to other species, as well as within the time-space continuum of the yet to be, the now and the ‘past.’ Part prayer, oration, exhortation, commentary and story, Dub amplifies ancestral voices to become mythopoesis in the making.” -- M. NourbeSe Philip, author of * Zong! *“Offering a sweeping, thoughtful, and exquisite meditation on Sylvia Wynter's work, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's poetic engagement represents a new and unique way of encountering and paying homage to Black feminist theory and Black feminist theorists. A beautiful and graceful text, Dub will inspire readers to return to and to rethink Wynter's work and her place within African Diaspora studies, Caribbean studies, and Black feminist studies.” -- Lisa B. Thompson, author of * Single Black Female *"Breath is an important theme in Dub. As is gratitude in the face of environmental decline. Because our ancestors navigated so intimately through change, Gumbs sets out to prove, so can we. . . . [An] exquisitely rendered love letter. . . ." -- Ashia Ajani * Sierra *"People throw around terms like Genius and Magic frequently but if you open this book, flip to any passage, and don’t feel moved from your soul then I will assume that you don’t have one. 5 Stars aren't enough for this sacred text but it's all we got so . . . ." -- Adrien Julious * Authentically Adrien blog *"I am so grateful that Alexis Pauline Gumbs listens to Black women writers and scholars the way that she does. . . . Dub is a book of our now. As tends to be the case with the books that Gumbs summons, the timing of Dub is prescient. With our breathless global attention set to registering the various way a virus connects all life forms, I cannot think of a better time for a book that tarries with and makes ceremony with Sylvia Wynter." -- Tiffany Lethabo King * Antipode *"[G]round-breaking. . . . Gumbs’s trilogy embraces the lyric beauty in the acts of naming, remembering, and finding one’s way back to the source. . . . Reading Gumbs’s books feels like reading an archive that will someday, who knows maybe even someday soon, usher in an era of radical transformation." -- Kathryn Nuernberger * West Branch *“Both a gathering and a recovery, this last pivotal volume in a trilogy commits to a new poetics. . . . Dub wakes us concussively. Both wrenching and playful, it offers instructions (two sets of them), warnings, and its central bid to listen to the undrowned.” -- Susan McCabe * Los Angeles Review of Books *Table of ContentsA Note ix Request 1 Commitment 3 Instructions 5 Opening 7 Whale Chorus 15 Remembering 21 Nunánuk 34 Boda 40 Anguilla 47 Another Set of Instructions 66 Red August 74 Relation 92 Prophet 94 And 110 Skin 114 Losing it All 120 It's Your Father 126 Edict 145 Edgegrove 153 Unlearning Herself 163 Birth Chorus 177 Conditions 194 Jamaica 199 Blood Chorus 202 Shop 214 Orchard 220 Cycle 227 Saving the Planet 231 Staying 239 Letting Go 246 Acknowledgments 253 Notes 261 Crate Dig 273
£18.99
University of Calgary Press the book of sentences
£15.29
MI - New York University Isidlamlilo The Fire Eater
Book SynopsisAn electrifying one-woman play inspired by the true story of a woman who served as a political assassin during South Africa's transition to democracy. As the protagonist confronts her past, she becomes a powerful symbol of defiance and compassion in a story of resistance and survival in a conflict-torn country.
£15.19
Columbia University Press Writings on Art and Poetical Theory
£19.00
Eris Press Paris Spleen
£14.24
Washington State University Press Crow Genesis
Book SynopsisThrough an ever-widening range of vision, Thomas Mitchell chooses not to withdraw from the world, but to engage with it. These poems emerge with a musicality, a precision, that offers a persuasive affirmation of what it means to know ourselves, and to recognize the magic that appears all around us.
£16.16
The New York Review of Books, Inc After Lorca
Book SynopsisOut of print for decades, this is the legendary American poet''s tribute to Federico García Lorca, including translations of the great Spanish poet''s work.Jack Spicer was one of the outstanding figures of the mid-twentieth-century San Francisco Renaissance, bent on fashioning a visionary new lyricism. Spicer called his poems “dictations,” and they combine outrageous humor, acid intelligence, brilliant wordplay, and sheer desolation to incandescent effect.“Frankly I was quite surprised when Mr. Spicer asked me to write an introduction to this volume,” writes the dead Federico García Lorca at the start of After Lorca, Spicer’s first book and one that, since it originally appeared in 1957, has exerted a powerful influence on poetry in America and abroad. “It must be made clear at the start that these poems are not translations,” Lorca continues. “In even the most literal of them Mr. Spicer seems to derive pleasure in inserting or substituting one or two words which completely change the mood and often the meaning of the poem as I had written it. More often he takes one of my poems and adjoins to half of it another of his own, giving rather the effect of an unwilling centaur. (Modesty forbids me to speculate which end of the animal is mine.) Finally there are an almost equal number of poems that I did not write at all (one supposes that they must be his).” What so puzzles Lorca continues to delight and inspire readers of poetry today.
£13.29
Nick Hern Books The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Book SynopsisSummer 1860, an elegant country house, a young boy is found dead in an outside privy. All clues point towards the murderer being a member of the grieving household. Called to the scene is the most celebrated detective of his day, Jonathan Whicher from Scotland Yard. But this case challenges him in ways he's never been challenged before. Over twenty years later, still haunted by the case, Whicher visits the murderer. As they replay the past, they start to question the nature of truth, the desire for certainty and the possibility of redemption. This compelling stage adaptation of Kate Summerscale's gripping bestseller opened at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in May 2023. This ensemble piece provides rich opportunities for companies looking to intrigue their audiences with a fresh take on a dark Victorian mystery. Trade Review'A true crime classic turned into a tense drama... ingeniously plotted... Kate Summerscale's Victorian potboiler is deftly condensed in a production that brings out the misogyny and class snobbery of the era' * Guardian *'Taut and magnetic... Alexandra Wood's bold adaptation turns the book's structure on its head... electric' * The Times *'An utterly transporting piece of storytelling that will keep you gripped as it carefully carries you towards its conclusion' * Broadway World *'Powerful... a wonderfully concise retelling and reexamination of the facts... The story unfolds with pleasing clarity' * WhatsOnStage *'Alexandra Wood's dramatisation for the stage intuitively captures the atmosphere of Summerscale's book... keeps the audience on its toes, piecing together fragments of the case and steering toward a remarkable conclusion... exposes the deep-seated, class-ridden misogyny of the Victorian era' * The Stage *
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Rumi Bridge to the Soul
Book SynopsisPresents poems which are a bridge between the mystery of being human and the mystery of the divine.
£11.69
Nick Hern Books Macbeth
Book Synopsis'O, full of scorpions is my mind.' The spellbinding story of love and murder, power and paranoia, and the internal struggles of a married couple as they try to control their destiny, and one another… This official tie-in edition to the Donmar Warehouse's hotly anticipated 2023 revival of Shakespeare's extraordinary psychological drama features rich and revealing behind-the-scenes material exploring how the production was conceived and developed. Starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, and directed by Donmar Associate Director Max Webster, this bracingly fresh version used binaural sound technology to place the audience inside the minds of the Macbeths, asking us: are we are ever really responsible for our actions? In addition to the version of Shakespeare's text performed, this volume also includes a fascinating rehearsal diary, colour photos, and interviews with its leading cast and creative team: Tennant, Jumbo and Webster, plus designer Rosanna Vize, sound designer Gareth Fry and composer and musical director Alasdair Macrae.Trade Review'Magical and revelatory... Max Webster's production is so chilling and exhilarating that watching it is like discovering the play for the first time' * Telegraph *'Cool, cocky and utterly arresting... there is an intensely focused vision behind [this production]. Superbly directed by Webster, it is full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise. The action takes place at under two hours' traffic yet it is not a classically fevered Macbeth but coolly creepy, and horrifying' * Guardian *'An ingenious and uncanny production full of shards of darkly glittering ingenuity... a sensory, helter-skelter plummet into horror, paranoia and psychological disintegration... a production of galvanising flair and originality, with two absorbing, highly charged and intricate performances at its centre. It's a murky psychodrama in which minds, bodies and body politic are shattered, and where nothing, thrillingly, is quite what it seems' * The Stage *'A Macbeth for the digital age... stylish and evocative... never for a moment can you tear your attention away... richly imaginative... The sense of mystery and of evil is all-encompassing... Macbeth has only to whisper his darkest thoughts and we are there, with his vaulting ambition, inside his head' * WhatsOnStage *'Astonishing... one of the most powerful and interesting takes on the play I've ever seen' * Sardines Magazine *'A radically inventive production that gives Shakespeare's tragedy a new lease of life' * Theatre Weekly *'The unique concept of this particular rendition propels the audience into 11th-century Scotland, and deeper into Macbeth's downfall than ever before... the technological risk pays off in big ways; witches whisper in your ears, ravens swoop from the skies and above all, the characters' innermost thoughts are spoken as if to you' * West End Best Friend *
£10.44
Andrews McMeel Publishing In Her Light
Book SynopsisIn Her Light is breakout poet Christi Steyn’s second collection of poetry, exploring the all-encompassing journey back to the truest version of the self.Christi Steyn has made a name for herself across social media as a poet who speaks right to the heart, allowing readers to connect and feel seen; In Her Light is a beautiful example of this talent and skill at work. Her second collection of poems—and the follow-up to 2022’s What the Moon Gave Her—takes readers struggling with mental health by the hand, helping them to find their own inspiration and beauty within themselves. Encouraging and honest, In Her Light is a beautiful evolution of Christi Steyn’s talent as a writer and a conduit of hope.
£11.69
Zondervan How Far You Have Come
Book SynopsisAs popular Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols shares glimpses of her story in How Far You Have Come, she inspires us to reframe the stories we tell ourselves so we can see through our own brokenness to the beauty inside.
£13.49
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Wanderer's Havamal
Book SynopsisThe Wanderer's Hávamál features Jackson Crawford’s complete, carefully revised English translation of the Old Norse poem Hávamál, newly annotated for this volume, together with facing original Old Norse text sourced directly from the Codex Regius manuscript.Rounding out the volume are Crawford’s classic Cowboy Hávamál and translations of other related texts central to understanding the character, wisdom, and mysteries of Óðinn (Odin). Portable and reader-friendly, it makes an ideal companion for both lovers of Old Norse mythology and those new to the wisdom of this central Eddic poem wherever they may find themselves.Trade Review"Hávamál, ‘Words of the High One’—purportedly delivering the wisdom of Odin in his own voice—is one of the most important mythological poems of the Poetic Edda and simply the most important witness to early Norse cultural ethics. Jackson Crawford has now given us a clean text and a new facing-page translation in contemporary idiom. A highly trained linguist, Crawford has already published with Hackett a complete translation of the whole of the famous ancient anthology, the Poetic Edda, and acquired many fans for his YouTube videos teaching Old Norse. Crawford is a poet in his own right with a recognizably Western voice. A scholarly commentary on the whole poem is an accomplishment made palatable for the general reader by Crawford’s informal style. All in all, a fresh start on the mysteries of this classic." —Joseph Harris, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Folklore, Emeritus, Harvard University"Jackson Crawford offers his readers an excellent entry into the world of Hávamál, where the high-god Óðinn from the Old Norse Pantheon mediates some age-old wisdom to his audience. Crawford provides a clear translation that points directly into the original text itself, while his extensive commentary emphasizes its nuances and ambiguity, strips away popular notions of paganism, and draws attention instead to the poem’s universal down-to-earth attitude. The humorous and entertaining cowboy-version that Crawford offers at the end serves as a tribute to the wisdom of his own grandfather, a fitting epilogue that updates this ancient poem which the Christian people of Iceland assembled from oral tradition into a book in the thirteenth century." —Gísli Sigurðsson, Research Professor and Head of the Folklore Department, Árni Magnússon Institute, University of Iceland"Jackson Crawford's new translation of Hávamál is a valuable addition to the rich textual history of this poem. Infused not only by his learning and understanding of the medieval language and culture but also by his own poetic creativity, this is a translation that is likely to bring Hávamál to a new audience. Of no less value is his more freely translated Cowboy Hávamál, which, even more than most translations, brings the vitality and poetic strength of this text to the fore." —Ármann Jakobsson, Professor of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland
£25.19
Nick Hern Books Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Book Synopsis'Love's irrelevant – we're talking about marriage.' This unique take on Jane Austen's beloved novel is an adaptation like no other, drawing on over two hundred years of romantic pop history, and featuring five young women with a story to tell. You might have seen them before, emptying the chamber pots and sweeping ash from the grate; the overlooked and the undervalued making sure those above stairs find their happy ending. Of course, these women have always been running the show – after all, 'You can't have a whirlwind romance without clean bedding' – but now the servants are also playing every part. Let the ruthless match-making begin! Isobel McArthur's acclaimed Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) was first produced in 2018 by theatre company Blood of the Young at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, before a UK tour the following year, produced by the two companies and the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. It transferred to the Criterion Theatre in London's West End in October 2021, and won Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the 2022 Olivier Awards, with its author winning the Emerging Talent Award at the 2022 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an amateur company in want of an irreverent all-female adaptation of a literary classic to perform, need look no further.Trade Review'Frankly sensational... the shocking truth of Isobel McArthur's smart, riotously funny five-woman adaptation is how faithful it is to Austen while being gloriously entertaining' * Variety *'This sweary, anarchic reboot of Pride and Prejudice, in which an all-female cast of five play all of the characters, pretty much nails it. It's a joy whether you're a paid-up Janeite or not... brilliantly blunt and wears its feminism on its sleeve. And… it's got KARAOKE, employed to excellent effect as a modern twist on Austen's social commentary... a deep affection for the source material is never in doubt... Teachers will go down in history for taking their students to see this... It's the kind of warm, big-hearted show the West End needs' * Evening Standard *'An awful lot of fun, a naughty-but-nice celebration of Austen's classic' * Time Out *'Isobel McArthur's roistering all-female pop musical adaptation remains unexpectedly true to the novel's familiar twin themes of hidden passions and economic hardships... There are laughs aplenty, both period and modern, as the cast exchange roles and genders at break-neck speed... It would have won the approval of Austen herself' * The Stage *'A raucous and transgressive, yet surprisingly faithful, adaptation... the gags are plentiful' * Guardian *'A total blast of hilarity from start to finish... sticks faithfully to Austen's brilliant story while opening it up into a riot of fun, colour and mischief-making. It is dramatic re-invention at its most enjoyable and if Austen aficionados don't enjoy it just as much as Austen virgins, I'll eat my pink Regency bonnet' * WhatsOnStage *'Unfettered joy from start to finish' * Herald *'Laugh out-loud funny, with sudden bursts of un-lady-like swearing too; Austen's foible-alert wit and emotionally astute reading of her characters are at once counterpointed and impeccably served... I doubt Jane Austen is turning in her grave. In fact I suspect she'd wish that she were there' * Daily Telegraph *'Clever, funny, feminist, and not even shy, in the end, of a few powerful moments of true romance' * Scotsman *
£10.44
Harvard University Press Iliad Volume I
Book SynopsisThe Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles’ anger over an insult to his honor during the Trojan War, and of its consequences for the Achaeans, the Trojans, and Achilles himself.
£23.70
Andrews McMeel Publishing The Moonflower Monologues
Book SynopsisJust as the moonflower dares to stand and blossom, growing bright and free in the shadows of the night, may these gentle pages inspire you to bloom, bursting with poetry, in the most unexpected of moments.From celebrated Australian artist Tess Guinery comes The Moonflower Monologues, her second book of beautifully designed poetry and prose. This collection is many things: an exploration of strength and femininity, an invitation to let things go wrong, a reminder that growth comes in many forms, and an acknowledgment that “some things can’t be written in sugar, only salt.” Some of the writings are extravagant, some are sparse, but all are infused with Guinery’s introspection, stillness, and kindness.
£10.79
Union Square & Co. King Lear No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student
Book SynopsisShakespeare everyone can understandnow in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, and the key players. And now they feature expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter, along with links to bonus content on the Sparknotes.com website. A Q&A, guided analysis of significant literary devices, and review of the play give students all the tools necessary for understanding, discussing, and writing about King Lear. The expanded content includes:Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play. What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent? Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behav
£9.49
Cengage Learning, Inc Organizational Communication
Book SynopsisMiller/Barbour/Woo''s ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: APPROACHES AND PROCESSES, 8th Edition, presents organizational communication from both a communication and managerial perspective. Professor Miller, Barbour and Woo''s clear writing style and consistent use of examples and case studies ensures that you''ll find the material comprehensive and easy to understand.
£112.50
Carcanet Press Ltd Switch: The Complete Catullus
Book SynopsisDuring the latter phases of Covid, Isobel Williams completed her celebrated translations of the polyamorous ancient Roman poet Catullus. The poems that proved impossible when she prepared Shibari Carmina, published to acclaim in 2021, finally surrendered to her. 'Translating Catullus has been, for me, like cage fighting with two opponents, not just A Top Poet, but the schoolgirl I was, trained to show the examiner that she knew what each word meant.' The conflict was resolved by a third component, the context of shibari, a Japanese form of rope bondage with its own knotty terminology. Due to its severe restraints Catullus came alive in all his 'tormented intelligence and romantic versatility'. Critics called the work 'explosive and impactful', 'one of the most exciting translation volumes of recent years', 'lyrical, funny, engaging, and insightful', 'a bracingly foul, but also a shrewd and funny Catullus' – 'Isobel Williams' naughty translation puts the Roman poet in a bondage dungeon.' He will never be quite the same again. Switch joins Carcanet's Classics series. Like its incomplete predecessor it is illustrated with bondage drawings by the translator herself. She adds a 'who shagged whom' chart so readers can move confidently from one engagement to the next.Trade Review'Williams has created a bracingly foul, but also a shrewd and funny Catullus' - Colin Burrow, London Review of Books
£15.29
Nick Hern Books Far Away
Book SynopsisA brilliant and unsettling play from one of the UK's leading dramatists. At the opening of the play, a young girl is questioning her aunt about having seen her uncle hitting people with an iron bar; by the end, several years later, the whole world is at war - including birds and animals. Caryl Churchill's play Far Away is a howl of anguish at the increasing – and increasingly accepted – levels of inhumanity in a world seemingly perpetually involved in conflict. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London, in November 2000.Trade Review'Conjures a devastatingly bleak dystopia... every word, every half sentence paints a picture that would make you laugh if it didn't want to make you cry... a tiny play, but an immense one. Chilling and thought-provoking' * WhatsOnStage *'A dystopia of incomprehensible proportions... a masterclass of spare theatrical writing, encompassing tense family drama, political horror story, romance as well as absurdist comedy' * A Younger Theatre *'Perhaps the ultimate fan favourite out of [Churchill's] kaleidoscopic oeuvre... revered because of how powerfully and pithily it reads on the page... a play to witness Churchill at hurricane force, savage, hilarious, totally unlike anyone else' * Time Out *'A short play, but not a small play: it's global in scope, untethered by time, part fable, part prophecy... interlaces the bucolic, the fantastical and the harrowing, pairing [Churchill's] characteristic economy with wild, imaginative flourishes... dread-filled, disturbing, and prescient' * The Stage *'A twisted fairy tale that demonstrates [Churchill's] matchless gift for merging the apocalyptic and the fantastical... brilliantly absurdist... A sliver of genius' * Independent *'Caryl Churchill was expected to produce something explosive in Far Away, but... she has exceeded the critics' highest expectations' * Observer *'You know you are in the hands of a master' * Sunday Times *
£9.49
Andrews McMeel Publishing Dirty Pretty Things
Book SynopsisDirty Pretty Things is the international bestseller by Michael Faudet. A finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers Choice Awards, his whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the world. He paints vivid pictures with intricate words and explores the compelling themes of love, loss, relationships, and sex. All beautifully captured in poetry, prose, quotes, and little short stories. * Self-published edition sold 40,000 copies in one year * 66 weeks and counting on Bookscan Poetry Bestseller List and B&N Poetry Bestseller List * #1 Bestseller in Love Poems on Amazon * Social Media as of 3/11/16: Facebook: 305,000 fans, Twitter: 43,000 followers, Instagram: 77,000 followers
£10.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Botanical Shakespeare
Book SynopsisA captivating, beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind color compendium of the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited in the works of the world’s greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, accompanied by their companion quotes from all of his plays and poems.Trade Review"BOTANICAL SHAKESPEARE [is] a comprehensive guide to the flora that appears in Shakespeare's work." -- The New York Times "The book [has] stunning illustrations paired with beautiful (and, sometimes, downright bawdy) lines from Shakespeare." -- Paste Magazine "Each plant's one-page entry (a few get two) features a lovely full-color drawing and the line(s) where it appears, fully cited ... Nature buffs and general readers as well as students will enjoy this interesting book, which is suitable for both browsing and quick reference." -- Booklist
£17.00
Andrews McMeel Publishing Empty Bottles Full of Stories
Book SynopsisA joint poetry collection from the virally popular and bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake.What are you hiding behind your smile? If those empty bottles that line the walls of your room could speak, what tales would they spill? So much of your truth is buried beneath the lies you tell yourself. There’s a need to scream to the moon; there’s this urge to go out into the darkness of the night to purge. There are so many stories living inside your soul, you just want the opportunity to tell them. And when you can’t find the will to express what lives within your heart, these words will give you peace. These words will set you free.
£11.69
Carcanet Press Ltd Selected and New Poems
Book SynopsisJohn F. Deane opted for a Selected and New rather than the tombstone of a Collected to mark his eightieth year before heaven. He is still a living force, in physical and spiritual space: a Selected Poems (Snow Falling on Chestnut Hill, 2012) already exists. With substantial new work to share, it seemed timely to produce an essential volume, with compelling new work added to underline his witness. Deane's poems explore the beauty of the island where he was born, on the west coast of Ireland, and the wonders of natural creation everywhere. His imagination is most at home in rural Ireland, where the long centuries of scholarship and faith have retained their focus and shape. Music is present everywhere in his selection, in the poems' lyricism and in their reference to composers and compositions, particularly Beethoven and Olivier Messiaen. The poems move from a childhood encounter with a basking shark off his Achill Island home, to an elderly gentleman climbing the stairs to bed. A love of the landscape of his home island is developed in poems that combine an awareness of beauty and fragility with the spiritual significance the physical world offers those who are open to it. A 'rewilding' of old certainties of faith and worship, a movement through the gifts of spirit and Spirit occur. A new sequence, 'For the Times and Seasons', completes this generous celebration of a long life spent, and still spending, in poetry and faith.Trade Review'Deane has assembled poetry of the most sublime beauty' - Thomas McCarthy
£15.29
Central Avenue Publishing Aphrodite Made Me Do It
Book SynopsisVoted one of the best poetry collections of 2019 by readers on Goodreads! Bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award winning poet Trista Mateer takes a magical approach to self-care with her new collection, Aphrodite Made Me Do It. In this empowering and feminist retelling, Mateer transforms the mythology of the goddess into 224 pages of modern poetry and full-color artwork. Broken into sections alternating between the perspective of The Poet and Aphrodite herself, the work within tackles the timeless topic of love--romantic, platonic, and self-love. The collection addresses issues like heartbreak, sexuality, womanhood, trauma, and the restorative power in taking control of your own lore, speaking your truths, and rewriting your origin story. If you let her, by the end of this book, Aphrodite will make you believe in the possibility of your own healing."If you were only made to be beautiful, we wouldn't have put you down here in the dirt."Perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace, Nikita Gill, Rupi Kaur, Elizabeth Acevedo, Rick Riordan, and Madeline Miller; or anyone interested in Greek myths, tarot, and Instagram poetry.Try Trista Mateer's other book of poetry, Honeybee.Trade Review"Aphrodite Made Me Do It is a gentle scream from outside of your window. You will find grace between these pages and a little sadness, too -- the kind that makes flowers grow in all of the places you need them most." -- Wilder, author of Nocturnal"Aphrodite Made Me Do It is a dazzling portal of a collection. Trista Mateer erupts with spells of thunder and then gifts you with a careful platter of language to cast them yourself." Blythe Baird, Author of If My Body Could Speak
£11.86
Dover Publications Inc. The Theban Plays
Book SynopsisThe stirring tale of a legendary royal family''s fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles'' 3-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus''s search for the truth and its tragic results, remains essential reading for English and classical studies majors as well as for all students of Western civilization.
£7.14
Oxford University Press The Major Works
Book SynopsisThis edition, previously published in the Oxford Authors series, includes all Tennyson's classic poems and The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, Enoch Arden in full, as well as several of the Idylls of the King. It includes letters and extracts from Hallam Tennyson's Memoir of his father.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Catching Flies
Book SynopsisA beautiful poetry book by June Crebbin exploring the themes of wildlife, the seasons and life's simple pleasures.Gold/Band 9 fiction offers developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.Text type: A poetry bookA map of the places the poems explore on pages 22 and 23 provide recapping opportunities.Curriculum links: Literacy: Shape poetry and calligrams; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
£9.53
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Lysistrata
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA perfect Lysistrata for the new millennium: rich apparatus and a sparkling, metrical, accurate translation of this inexhaustible treasure of a play. --Rachel Hadas, Rutgers UniversityPresents a readable, clear translation with the assistance students will need to understand this play and the society that produced it. . . . A worthy addition to Hackett's growing series of translations of classical literature in accessible editions. --Anne Mahoney, New England Classical Journal
£11.99
WW Norton & Co The Importance of Being Earnest
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£13.99
Central Avenue Publishing What We Lost in the Swamp: Poems
Book SynopsisHow do you untangle the real you from the curated you? In this introspective yet whimsical collection, poet Grant Chemidlin takes readers into the thicket of self-discovery. What We Lost in the Swamp is a lush and vibrant collection of poems that examines the many manifestations of green: nature, inexperience, jealousy, burgeoning love, and exploring sexuality. It is a slow unfurling. It is a love letter to growth, to rediscovery, to finally learning how to speak the truth. These astonishing poems ask the reader: Who do you want to be in this world? How do you want to build a life? This is not a coming out. This is a coming in to one’s truest self.
£12.71
Pushkin Press Aednan
Book SynopsisIn Northern Sámi, the word Ædnan means the land, the ground, the earth. In this majestic verse novel, Linnea Axelsson chronicles the fates of two Indigenous Sámi families, telling of their struggle and persistence over a century of colonial displacement, loss and resistance. It begins with Ristin and Ber-Joná, who are trying to care for their troubled young sons while migrating their reindeer herd in northernmost Scandinavia during the 1910s. The coming of the Swedes brings new borders that lay waste to Sámi customs and migration paths - and mean devastating separation for this family. In the 1970s, Lise grapples with how she was forced to adapt to Swedish society, haunted by her time in a 'nomad school' where she was deprived of her ancestors' language and history. Lise's daughter, Sandra, seeks to reclaim that heritage, becoming an activist struggling for reparations from the Swedish state. As one generation succeeds another, their voices interweave and form a spellbinding hymn to lands and traditions lost and reclaimed. Written in sparse, glittering verse that flows like a current,?Ædnan is a profound and moving epic of Sámi life.
£11.69
Andrews McMeel Publishing I Hope This Reaches Her in Time Revised Edition
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author, r.h. Sin, presents a revised and expanded edition of his bestseller I Hope This Reaches Her in Time.There will come a time when the weariness of your soul will urge you to seek out a sign, some sort of indication that things will get better. Your heart will be drawn to this place, to these pages. These words were written for you, this book is your manifesto. I hope this reaches you in time.
£13.49
Little, Brown Book Group Brute
Book SynopsisSelected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets''Taut, ferocious . . . This is a book about survival, and a welcome, confident debut'' New York Times Book ReviewEmily Skaja''s debut collection is a fiery, hypnotic book that confronts the dark questions and menacing silences around gender, sexuality and violence. Brute arises, brave and furious, from the dissolution of a relationship, showing how such endings necessitate self-discovery and reinvention. The speaker of these poems is a sorceress, a bride, a warrior, a lover, both object and agent, ricocheting among ways of knowing and being known. Each incarnation squares itself up against ideas of feminine virtue and sin, strength and vulnerability, love and rage, as it closes in on a hard-won freedom.Brute is absolutely sure of its capacity to insist not only on the truth of what it says but on the truth of its right to say it. 'Trade ReviewBrute, though a collection of singular poems, is essentially one long, elegiac howl for the end of a relationship. It never lets up - this living - even when the world as we knew it is crushed. So what do we do with the brokenness? We document it, as Emily Skaja has done in Brute -- Joy Harjo, judge's citation for the Walt Whitman AwardThe poems in Emily Skaja's Brute speak of brutality, of breaking, of endings, of beginnings. Brute is an elegy for a relationship's end, an intimate excavation, but also, these poems are a rhapsody, a rage. Skaja's poetry is deft, nimble, willing to inhabit contradictions?'What is this impulse in me to worship & crucify / anyone who leaves me.' Each poem is exquisitely crafted, visceral, indelible. Brute will cut right through you, cut deep, but the writing is so assured, so necessary, that you will welcome the wound -- Roxane Gay[In Brute], the anguish comes from an emotionally abusive lover and the abrupt end of a relationship. As the speaker excavates her grief and disbelief, she slowly moves from self-condemnation to a fiery insistence that she can overcome her boyfriend's damaging assessments of her worth and reclaim the power she once had . . . The speaker's brutal honesty and emotional transformation offer an engrossing guide for anyone dealing with a devastating loss * The Washington Post *Emily Skaja's [Brute] is lyrical, visceral, sharp like a fang, and filled witJh lines that pierce and prod and stay embedded inside your skin * NYLON *Brute is an unflinching exploration of gender, violence, and recovery . . . Within the pain of Skaja's poetry is an unrelenting force, a brutish will to survive that bursts forth with every stanza, announcing her resilience * The Paris Review *Skaja's poems are both primal scream-songs and elegies to the end of a relationship . . . With relentless, driving energy, Skaja's poems seek brutal truths while searching for meaningful transformation * Booklist *
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Bloodaxe Books Ltd Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala and English
Book SynopsisSri Lanka has thrilled the foreign imagination as a land of infinite possibility. Portuguese, Dutch and British colonisers envisioned an island of gems and pearls, a stopping-point on the Silk Road; tourists today are sold a vision of golden beaches and swaying palm trees, delicious food and smiling locals. This favours the south of the island over the north rebuilt piecemeal after the end of the civil war in 2009, and erases a history of war crimes, illicit assassination of activists and journalists, subjugation of minorities, and a legacy of governmental corruption that has now led the country into economic and social crisis. This first ever anthology of Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry – many exiles refuse to identify as “Sri Lankan” – features over a hundred poets writing in English, or translated from Tamil and Sinhala. It brings to light a long-neglected national literature, and reshapes our understanding of migrational poetics and the poetics of atrocity. Poets long out of print appear beside exciting new talents; works written in the country converse with poetry from the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. Poems in traditional and in open forms, concrete poems, spoken word poems, and experimental post-lyric hybrids of poetry and prose, appear with an introduction explaining Sri Lanka’s history. There are poems here about love, art, nature – and others exploring critical events: the Marxist JVP insurrections of the 1970s and 80s, the 2004 tsunami and its aftermath, recent bombings linked with the demonisation of Muslim communities. The civil war between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers is a haunting and continual presence. A poetry of witness challenges those who would erase, rather than enquire into, the country’s troubled past. This anthology affirms the imperative to remember, whether this relates to folk practices suppressed by colonisers, or more recent events erased from the record by Sinhalese nationalists. Poetry Book Society Special Commendation.Table of ContentsE = written in English S = translated from Sinhala T = translated from Tamil 19 Introduction Aazhiyaal (b. 1968) T 37 Unheeded Sights 38 Manamperis Bashana Abeywardane (b. 1972) S 39 The Window of the Present Packiyanathan Ahilan (b. 1970) T 40 Days of the Bunker III 41 A Poem about Your Village and My Village 43 Corpse No. 182 43 Corpse No. 183. Newborn No. 02 Alari (b. 1976) T 44 When Someone Is Killed 44 A Lifeless Sea 45 The Sun Wanders, Searching for Shade Liyanage Amarakeerthi (b. 1968) S 47 Once Upon a Foreign Country 49 Will We Find the Strings of the Veena? 52 A Poem’s Plea Premini Amerasinghe (b. 1933) E 52 The Matrimonial Column 53 A Rustic Scene Indran Amirthanayagam (b. 1960) E 54 The Death Tree 55 Not Much Art Anar (b. 1974) T 58 Killing a Woman 58 Woman 59 Zulaikha Jean Arasanayagam (1931–2019) E 60 The Wasp 61 The Poet 62 A Country at War 63 Ancestors Parvathi Solomons Arasanayagam (b. 1964) E 67 Identity 68 A Familiar Terrain 68 Human Driftwood Thiagarajah Arasanayagam (b. 1934) E 69 Kappal Matha – Kayts Ki. Pi. Aravindan (1953–2015) T 72 Look at the Sky 73 Directions 74 The Night Approaches Upekala Athukorala (b. 1986) S 74 Snaggle tooth 75 Some Yashodaras 76 Crazy Woman Avvai (b. 1965) T 77 The Homecoming 78 The Return Thilakaratha Kuruvita Bandara (b. 1941) S 80 The Gods Alarmed, Descend to Earth 80 A Child’s Pestering Ruwan Bandujeeva (b. 1983) S 81 Earthworms 82 A Tree to its Flowers 82 A Joy – A Bliss 82 What Answers from the Common Crows? Briyanthy (b. 1985) T 83 Sorrow Created and Sorrows Relieved S. Bose (1975–2007) T 85 My life in Books 86 from The Veenai 86 Now Suresh Canagarajah (b. 1957) E 87 Lavannya’s Twilight Bike Ride Cheliyan (1960–2018) T 88 Those Who Enter the Pit 89 Untitled 89 Merciless Ones 90 On a Rainy Day Cheran (b. 1960) T 91 I Could Forget All This [1983] 92 My Land [1981] 94 Nandikadal [2009] 94 Grave Song Rienzi Crusz (1925–2017) E 96 Song of the Immigrant 97 Leaving – Michael-style 98 The Elephant Who Would Be a Poet A.P. David (b. 1964) E 99 Fishermen Megan Dhakshini (b. 1983) E 100 In Lockdown 101 21 Wimal Dissanayake (b. 1939) S 101 Anuradhapura 102 Strange Flowering 103 Homecoming 103 Anjali Dushyanthan (b. 1964) T 104 They Do Not Know Patrick Fernando (1931–82) E 106 The Fire Dance 107 Aeneas and Dido 108 Ballad of a River Sandra Fernando (———) E 109 … and in the middle 110 Setting the Table for Dinner 112 Shirt Ru Freeman (b. 1967) E 113 Erasure 114 Loose Change 114 In Your Hour of Need, God Buddhadasa Galappathy (b. 1947) S 116 I Am Not Sita 117 Alms for King Vessantara Kapila M. Gamage (———) S 118 Teriyum Kokila 119 Prayers to Konesvaran V.V. Ganeshananthan (b. 1980) E 121 the faithful scholar dreams of being exact 121 from The Five-year Tongue Twisters Yasmine Gooneratne (b. 1935) E 123 Horoscope 124 Peredeniya Landscape 124 The Brave Man Who Keeps Snakes as His Pets Sunil Govinnage (b. 1950) E 126 The City of Light 126 My English Verse 127 On Becoming an Intellectual Amali Gunasekera (b. 1971) E 128 How to Watch a Solar Eclipse in a Bowl of Water 129 from Beloved 130 Peace Dayasena Gunasinghe (1936–96) S 131 The Blue of My Eyes Siri Gunasinghe (1925–2017) S 133 A Memorial 134 The Water Buffalo 135 Renunciation Yvonne Gunawardena (1926–2022) E 138 Homecoming 138 Ancestral Voices 139 Thoughts on a Train Journey 140 Letter to England Romesh Gunesekera (b. 1954) E 141 The Big Wave 142 Circled by Circe Rohitha Gunetilleke (b. 1954) E 144 Eventually 145 Cowboys Aparna Halpé (———) E 146 Poson 147 5.45 at St George Ashley Halpé (1933–2016) E 149 the tale of Divnuhamy 150 all our Aprils 151 The Second Reading Tashyana Handy (b. 1998) E 152 C189 Lal Hegoda (b. 1947) S 154 I’m a Man Because You Are a River 155 Bhikku at the Ferry Ajith C. Herath (b. 1967) S 156 Last Station 157 from Seven Dreams Vipuli Hettiarachchi (b. 1968) S 160 We Are Women 161 Balachandran 161 ‘Iron Lady’ Eric Illayapparachchi (b. 1954) S 163 The Bomb at the Rooftop Restaurant 164 Against Colombo Faheema Jahan (b. 1973) T 165 The Sea’s Waters 166 After Catastrophe V.I.S. Jayapalan (b. 1944) T 167 One Night in Frankfurt 168 Hope 169 Blue 169 from Song of the Defeated Ramya Jegatheesan (b. 1993) E 172 from The Ariel Collection, Or, Colonise my tongue and laugh at the irony A. Jesurasa (b. 1946) T 174 Under New Shoes 175 In Memory of the Nameless 176 Afterwards 176 Yet, Time Remains Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe (b. 1971) E 178 Food for My Daughter 179 On Waiting with a Friend Getting His Heart Tested Madri Kalugala (b. 1990) E 180 Last night I dreamed your horse had died 181 Sundowning Karunakaran (b. 1963) T 182 Along That Very Road 183 Burning Nests 184 The Warrior Who Could Not Part from His Shadow U. Karunatilake (———) E 185 Letter from Boralanda 186 Hometown Timran Keerthi (b. 1980) S 187 The Forgotten Book George Keyt (1901–93) E 189 Kandyan Village Parakrama Kodituwakku (b. 1943) S 195 Court Inquiry of a Revolutionary. 196 An Unfinished Lesson 197 Little Brother Senerath Gonsal Korala (———) S 199 The Song of a New Shawl Sita Kulatunga (1930s–2014) E 200 Pitu padam namamaham (I worship at the feet of my father) 201 Why Neetha Kunaratnam (b. 1976) E 202 The Afterlife 203 Poppy 204 Beeline Latha (b. 1968) T 205 from Untitled Sundra Lawrence (b. 1975) T 208 Gold 208 Rassam Mahakavi (1927–71) T 209 Ahalikai 212 from Birth 213 from Excellence Sunanada Mahendra (b. 1938) S 215 The Mountain Imaad Majeed (b. 1991) E 216 arma christi 217 ‘keppetipola mawatha’ Sharanya Manivannan (b. 1985) E 219 The Mothers 220 River Arji Manuelpillai (b. 1981) E 221 credit card 221 after the Sri Lankan bombing that kills 360 (after the 20-year war that killed significantly more) 222 after being called a paki Mishal Mazin (b. 1994) E 223 Rajagiriya 224 Té Kadé Ciara Mandulee Mendis (b. 1991) E 226 The Dancing Woman at Embekke 227 SWOT Analysis on Marriage Tyrrell Mendis (1934–2021) E 228 Pivot 228 Spring Morning Carl Muller (1935–2019) E 229 Deiyyo Saakki! 233 Que sera, sera R. Murugaiyan (1935–2009) T 234 Variations 236 Toil 236 Aboard a Van Neelaavanan (1931–75) T 238 Sleep 239 Murungaikaai 240 Faster, Faster Nilanthan (b. 1970) T 241 End of an Age 2 241 Kanji Song 1 242 The Mother of Two Martyrs 243 Pina Koorai S. Niroshini (b. 1984) E 244 Neruda’s Last Word(s) 245 Period Party / 246 Girl, Ceylon M.A. Nuhman (b. 1944) T 249 from Saluting Heroic Vietnam from the Corners of Our Little Village 250 Last Evening, This Morning 252 Buddha Murdered Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943) E 253 Letters & Other Worlds 255 The Cinnamon Peeler 257 House on a Red Cliff S. Pathmanathan (b. 1939) T 258 See Through 259 A Thorn in My Flesh Vihanga Perera (b. 1984) E 260 The Playwright 261 The Memory of Fragrance Kasro Ponnuthurai (b. 1995) T 262 Amir’s Lover S. Porawagamage (b. 1993) E 265 My Kinda Name 266 The Wings 266 The First Name Pramil (1939–97) T 268 The Desert 268 (your) Name 269 The Great Wind Tamer Shirani Rajapakse (b. 1967) E 269 Unwanted 270 Chant of a Million Women S. Rajasingham (b. 1927) T 272 Lizards T. Ramalingam (1933–2008) T 273 The Future Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016) E 275 Judgement 276 At What Dark Point 278 July 1983 Ariyawansa Ranaweera (b. 1942) S 279 Today’s Lion 280 The Giraffe 281 Paintings at Gothami Vihara 282 The Intersection Eva Ranaweera (1924–2010) E 283 In the Street of the Pearl Tree Chalani Ranwala (b. 1991) E 284 The in-betweeners A.M. Rashmy (b. 1974) T 285 from Songs in a Time of Confinement Sahanika Ratnayake (b. 1989) E 287 from Murmur 288 from Case Study #1: Vocabulary Lesson 289 Case Study #3: Chariot Vidyan Ravinthiran (b. 1984) E 290 Uncanny Valley 291 Ceylon 291 The Annupoorunyamal Monica Ruwanpathirana (1947–2004) S 293 My Grief 293 Wife Lamenting 294 from Your Friend She Is Woman Pubudu Sachithanandan (b. 1980) E 295 Anthem: The war is over Minoli Salgado (b. 1960s) E 297 Blood Witness 298 Telegraph A. Sankari (b. 1948) T 299 Living and Dying 300 In Their Eyes Dipti Saravanamuttu (b. 1960) E 301 Among the Icons 302 Landscape Art 304 Line Drawing 305 Flying North in Winter Peter Scharen (———) E 306 Landscape 306 Winter Lines 307 Transitory Mahagama Sekera (1929–76) S 308 The Moon and New York City. 309 No. 16 309 No. 24 310 See Yourself in My Poetry Selvi (1960–91) T 311 Summertime 312 Raman, like Raavanan 312 Within Me G.B. Senanayake (1913–85) S 314 Philosophers and Pundits Dishani Senaratne (b. 1986) E 316 Dreams 316 Lament Gamini Seneviratne (———) E 317 Tune for Ariel 319 Nangi 319 Arjuna Malinda Seneviratne (b. 1965) E 320 Nangi 321 Oil-bullets 321 Mitsi Seni Seneviratne (b. 1951) E 322 Dear Mum 323 Opus Tesselatum 324 Slave Lodge, Cape Town Natchathiran Sevvinthiyan (b. 1974) T 326 Until My Wineglass Was Empty 326 Kokkatticholai 166 Sharmila Seyyid (b. 1982) T 327 Three Dreams 328 Keys to an Empty Home 329 Fire Alfreda de Silva (1930–2001) E 330 Grassfields in Sunlight 331 Cormorants and Children 331 The End of Something 332 Kotmale Lakshmi de Silva (b. 1936) E 333 Tangalla, 9th April 1971 334 Addition and Subtraction S.J. Sindu (b. 1987) E 335 Gods in the Surf 335 For Sale: 1997 Christmas Barbie, $600 Regi Siriwardena (1922–2004) E 337 Birthday Apology and Apologia 340 Colonial Cameo 340 To the Muse of Insomnia Shirani Situnayake (b. 1957) E 341 Beginnings Shanmugam Sivalingam (1936–2012) T 342 Nowadays 342 Unsung Songs 343 In Memory of Our Songs Sumathy Sivamohan (b. 1959) E 345 on reading the astonishing novel ‘mm’ by shoba shakthi S. Sivaramani (1968–91) T 347 Oppressed by Nights of War 348 [Untitled] S. Sivasegaram (b. 1942) T 350 from Faces of War Solaikili (b. 1957) T 353 The Story of a Golden River 354 A Refugee Poet Talking to the Moon Isuru Chamara Somaweera (b. 1981) S 355 The Little Fellow 356 My Pillow Is Wet 357 Mother’s Actress Friend 357 The Meaning of Life. Sandaresee Sudusinghe (b. 1984) S 358 from Gini Wadunu Piyapath Pireeni Sundaralingam (b. 1977) E 360 Lot’s Wives 361 Fugue 362 Times Two Yasmin V. Tambiah (b. 1961) E 364 The Civil War 365 Sandalwood M.J.T. Tambimuttu (1915–83) E 366 My Country, My Village Theepachelvan (b. 1983) T 369 The Lost Kitten 370 A Friend Stands Behind Me 371 An Unpublished Poem Ajith Thilakasena (b. 1933) S 371 Where 372 I do not know if… Thiru Thirukkumaran (b. 1978) T 373 Resurrection 374 This Is How the Buddha Disappeared 375 A Detached Feather Thirumavalavan (1955–2015) T 376 Mullaitivu 376 Living Shash Trevett (b. 1974) E 377 Uduvil, Nightfall 378 The Sinhala Only Act, 1956 379 My Grandfather’s House Urvasi (b. 1956) T 380 Do You Understand? 381 Why Must We Wait? Vivimarie Vanderpoorten (———) E 382 Cadaver 383 Traditional 384 Diplomatic S. Vilvaratnam (1950–2006) E 385 There Was a Time 386 The Echo of Moonlight S. Vinothini (b. 1969) T 388 The Mask Maker 389 The Night Nandana Weerasinghe (———) S 390 The Moon-shadow 390 Full Moon on a Dewdrop. 391 Kalidasa and the Moon 392 Something Square-shaped Rushika Wick (b. 1973) E 393 Hair 393 Ultramarine Pink PV15 394 Yellow Phone in the Yellow House Illavalai Wijayendran (b. 1961) T 395 To Those Who Bear Sticks 395 The Missing Children 396 The Veenai and the Sword Ratna Sri Wijesinghe (b. 1953) S 397 Two Teardrops 398 from The Motherless Two Lakdasa Wikkramasinha (1941–78) E 400 Don’t Talk to Me about Matisse 400 The Flames, 1972 401 Luis de Camoes 402 Middle Richard de Zoysa (1958–90) E 402 Animal Crackers 404 Corporation Love Song (1) 405 [as Angela de Silva] Gajagavannama 406 The Poet 409 Translators 415 Acknowledgements
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Harvard University Press Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid Books 16
Book SynopsisVirgil (70–19 BC) was a poet of immense virtuosity and influence. His Eclogues deal with bucolic life and love, his Georgics with tillage, trees, cattle, and bees. His Aeneid is an epic on the theme of Rome’s origins. Poems of the Appendix Vergiliana are traditionally, but in most cases wrongly, attributed to Virgil.
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Samuel French Ltd Gaslight
Book SynopsisThis classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham''s true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.
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Carcanet Press Ltd Proofs and Theories
Book SynopsisA collection of essays in which the author writes of her own upbringing, her human and literary antecedents, and also dwells on lives and poems. The book includes writings on T.S. Eliot, George Oppen, Sylvia Plath, Robinson Jeffers, Wallace Stevens, and John Berryman.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Vinland Sagas
Book SynopsisContains the descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. This title counts the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red and the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land.
£9.49
Harvard University Press Minor Latin Poets Volume II
Book SynopsisAn anthology of Latin poetry produced during a period of four and a half centuries.
£23.70
Oxford University Press Palgraves Golden Treasury
Book SynopsisPalgrave's Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language is probably the most famous poetry anthology ever compiled.This sixth edition, faithful to the spirit of the original, includes poems from the last thirty years, along with all of the material from previous editions. Fleur Adcock, Tony Harrison, Seamus Heaney, Peter Porter, and Anne Stevenson are among the many names to figure in the book for the first time.Table of ContentsAVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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Harvard University Press Iliad Volume II
Book SynopsisThe Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles’ anger over an insult to his honor during the Trojan War, and of its consequences for the Achaeans, the Trojans, and Achilles himself.
£23.70
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd MaratSade
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University of California Press Memory for Forgetfulness
Book SynopsisWhat is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? This title offers an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions.Trade Review"...a scathing, lyrical, darkly funny, electrifying memoir of his last terrible month in Beirut under Israeli siege. Darwish eschews the heroic mode and instead criticizes everyone, including the Palestinian resistance movement and its Arab allies, just as he exposes his own weaknesses." * New York Review of Books *"...a classic of modern Arabic letters and one of the great war memoirs of the twentieth century. Published four years after the defeat in Lebanon, it is the culmination of Darwish’s first twenty years as a poet, a summing up of his views on literature and politics. . . . Darwish writes as an engaged intellectual, but also as a civilian. Most of the book is spent in quotidian activities: waiting for a taxi, quarreling in cafés, searching for a place to eat lunch. This street-level view allows Darwish to convey the singular helplessness of non-combatants caught up in modern “asymmetric” warfare." * Harper's Magazine *""Extraordinary prose poems translated from Arabic, written out of the siege of Beirut." * The Guardian *"...masterfully translated . . . . The memoir shows us some of the reasons that Darwish is one of the foremost Arab poets . . . . with the tremendous immediacy and emotional power his text encodes, and his subtly drawn implicit arguments." * Review of Middle East Studies *"The publication of Memory for Forgetfulness...is a welcome event for anyone interested in learning more about Arabic literature in general and Palestinian literature in particular. First issued in Arabic in 1986 under the title The Time: Beirut / The Place: August, the book is at once a personal memoir, a work of history, a prose poem, and a political essay--an all-inclusive and fragmented text that defies traditional generic expectations." * World Literature Today *
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Nick Hern Books The Habits
Book SynopsisA funny, gripping and heartfelt play about fantasy, reality, and the blurred lines between the two. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2025.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Retrograde
Book SynopsisRyan Calais Cameron is a writer for theatre and TV. His play Typical, which starred Richard Blackwood, sold out its run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 and its transfer to Soho Theatre Upstairs, garnering 4 star reviews across the board. Queens of Sheba, co-written with Jessica Hagan, won the 2018 Edinburgh Untapped Award. Its four-week run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018 sold out, garnering 4 and 5 star reviews and winning the Edinburgh Stage Award 2018; it transferred to the New Diorama Theatre, London and it went on national tour in 2019. Ryan was the winner of the 2018 Off West End Adopt A Playwright Award for his play Rhapsody, which was produced at the Arcola in March of that year. Retrograde, which he wrote on his year of adoption', was shortlisted for the 2019 Alfred Fagon Award and Verity Bargate Award 2020. Ryan is an alumnus of the Royal Court writer's programme 2017 and the Soho Young Company 2016/17. He has contributed to the Royal Court's Living Newspaper: Edition 2 and is currently under commission to the Royal Court, the Arcola, Soho Theatre and Theatre Centre. Ryan's smash hit For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy was nominated for a 2023 Olivier Award for 'Best New Play'; after its initial New Diorama Theatre run in 2021 and its transfer to London's Royal Court Theatre in 2022, it came to the West End's Apollo Theatre in March 2023 for a sold-out six week run and returned again to the West End's Garrick Theatre for a nine week run starting in February 2024.
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Unicorn Publishing Group Frontlines and Lifelines
Book SynopsisThis work captures personal experience of the Army's Surgeon General as a military doctor in crisis and war, spanning 30 years from Northern Ireland; through Kosovo to the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns; culminating in the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine war. Poetry provides the ability to say what is otherwise difficult or unpalatable. Some of the poems are critical and challenging. Some are humorous, as dark humour is a well-recognised resilience tool of the soldier. All are observationaland all are grounded in the realities of crisis and conflict. It is likely you have read war poetry from the perspectives of the combat soldier: but this book is the alternative perspective of those who manage the consequences of war. The work exposes that saving lives in conflict, picking up the human pieces, takes a toll on the carers. Writing these poems has been a means for the author to sustain mental resilience and to cope with serial morally injurious events.
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