Completes the picture of the Louisiana Purchase presented through the journals of explorers Lewis and Clark,... Læs mere
Weaving themes of death, migration, and aging into an exploration of the natural world, Brendan Galvin's work reflects a deep engagement with the places he and his family have called home, as well as with the triumphs and tragedies of human life.
With graceful lines swooping like a bird in flight, Claudia Emerson's newest collection explores the harsh realities of aging and the limitations of the human body, as well as the loneliness, fear, and anger that can accompany us as we live.
In this collection, Jacqueline Osherow gives us perfectly formed, musical poems that glide between the worlds of art, architecture, literature, and religion. Traveling... Læs mere
Solitary, graceful, and contemplative, cats have inspired poets from Charles Baudelaire to Margaret Atwood to serve as their chroniclers and celebrants. With Familiars, Fred Chappell... Læs mere
In Christian theology, a skandalon is a distraction from grace, a maze of error where we wander pointlessly, wasting our lives. To the ancient Greeks, a skandalon was the trigger of a... Læs mere
Looks at the earth and our life on it from two perspectives at once: objectively, as if from a great distance, and subjectively, focusing in on the body with all its cells and hungers. Alice Friman's poems dance between these two vantage points, asking important questions.
Through the poems in Spans, Elizabeth Seydel Morgan examines life from the perspective of one who appreciates the complexities of the world but finds pleasure in events as predictable as the changing of the seasons or as uncomplicated as a visit to an art museum.
The ‘red list’ of Stephen Cushman's new volume of poetry is the endangered species register, and the book begins and ends with the bald eagle, a bird that bounded back from the verge... Læs mere
Using the innovative methods of the New Louisiana Legal History, Mark Fernandez offers the first comprehensive analysis of... Læs mere
Based on a rich cache of personal and business records, Curtis Evans's study of Daniel Pratt and his “Yankee” town in the heart of the... Læs mere
Explores the impact of globalization on contemporary southern culture and the South's persistence in an age of media and what he... Læs mere