Selected Poems of Wendell Berry

Czeslaw Milosz

Selected Poems 1931-2004

"One of the century's most important poets." --San Francisco Chronicle "One of the greatest poets of our time, perhaps the greatest." --Joseph Brodsky "Nobody tells the story of this age better than Czeslaw Milosz." --New Republic Commemorating the centenary year of Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz, Selected and Last Poems 1934 - 2004 is a sterling collection of some of the finest works of one the most revered poets of our time--including more than forty later poems new to this edition and never before published in English. Selected and Last Poems is a perfect introduction for poetry readers who might still be unfamiliar with this literary giant's monumental body of work.

The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost

"To read Bloom's insights here is to bask in the emanation of genius. As entertaining and erudite as his choices of the works he most loves are, the book's overriding strength is the guidance it gives, in context and comprehension." - Baltimore Sun This comprehensive anthology offers renowned critic Harold Bloom's choice of the best of six centuries of great British and American poetry, selected in accordance with his three absolute criteria: aesthetic splendor, intellectual power, and wisdom. In Bloom's introductory essay "The Art of Reading Poetry," he presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to reading, teaching, and writing about great verse, the literary achievement he loves most. Throughout this volume, Bloom includes extensive introductions to each poet and to many of the individual poems. More than any other anthology, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures of sublime art with nearly everything they need in a single volume.

Charles Bukowski

Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems

"Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and The Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review "He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."--Leonard Cohen, songwriter Los Angeles slums, bars, and more are featured in Slouching Toward Nirvana , the third of five books of unpublished poems from Charles Bukowski, considered by many to be America's most imitated and influential poet.