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This bilingual edition collects Jaime Manrique's lyrical and sensual poems about his childhood in Colombia, memories of his childhood and his more recent experiences and loves in Manhattan. Musical and romantic, these poems are in the tradition of Pablo Neruda.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer brought the vibrant milieu of pre-Holocaust Polish Jewry to the English-speaking world through his subtle psychological insight, deep sympathy for the eccentricities of Jewish folk custom and unerring feel for the heroism of everyday life.
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Elena Georgiou's debut collection of poems unveils the story of a vigorous soul's journey in and out of love. Whether her speaker is buying lunch at a falafel stand or bumping into the ghost of Marvin Gaye in the supermarket, Georgiou's zesty clarity prevails.
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Michael M.J. Fischer draws upon his experience with the mullahs and their students in the holy city of Qum, composing a picture of Iranian society from the... Læs mere
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Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle are among the most important American modernist poets. In this comparative study, Jacob Korg examines their intertwined lives, from an early... Læs mere
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This is Someck's first full-length book to appear in English. His Sephardi voice is rich with slang, hot music, street gangsters and army commandos, and the odours of falafel... Læs mere
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This work makes accessible to English speakers a hidden literature of great beauty and importance. The poems are from the Telegu language of southern India.
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Born on a Kentucky plantation in 1815, Bibb first attempted to escape from bondage at the age of ten. He was recaptured and escaped several more... Læs mere
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Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is an understated tale of moral awakening. He illustrates how easy it was for a German boy without strong convictions to climb into a position of leadership in the Nazi Jungvolk.
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Contends that the ambivalence felt by all humans about sex, death and eating other animals can be explained by a set... Læs mere
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This chronicle of a unique period in the development of printmaking in the U.S. at the University of Wisconsin, 1945-95, tells the story beautifully, in interviews with and about those who taught and those who were taught, and with examples of their prints.
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The poems in Mrs. Dumpty are about a great fall, the dissolution of a long and loving marriage, but they are not simply documentary or elegiac. What interests Bloch is the inner life; how we... Læs mere