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The Academy is pleased to offer the following selection of anthologies and award-winning books.
Visual Collections


Another Language of Flowers Another Language of Flowers
By Dorothea Tanning

Paintings by Dorothea Tanning accompanied by poetry from twelve highly esteemed poets.

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The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript

The Hand of the Poet draws the reader into the real world of the poet by presenting a range of working drafts, letters, diary entries, photographs and memorabilia.

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The Color of Love: An Artist's Book of Poetry and Passion The Color of Love: An Artist's Book of Poetry and Passion

First created more than a decade ago as an extremely limited, silk-screened edition, The Color of Love is a lavish gift for lovers everywhere.

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Tiepolo's Hound Tiepolo's Hound
By Derek Walcott

With twenty-six of Derek Walcott's own paintings, Tiepolo's Hound is a spiritual biography and a history in verse.

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Signed Copies


Man and Camel Man and Camel
By Mark Strand

AUTOGRAPHED
The eleventh collection by Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Strand is a toast to transience and abiding beauty.

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Selected Poems Selected Poems
By Fanny Howe

AUTOGRAPHED
The Lenore Marshall Award prize winning collection by one of America's leading poets, Selected Poems draws from nine of Fanny Howe's previous books of poems.

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Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems
By Alice Notley

Autographed
A hardcover, signed copy of the 2007 Lenore Marshall Award winning collection, including poems culled from over 20 books of poetry and never before published work.

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Poetry For Children


A Family of Poems A Family of Poems

The New York Times bestselling collection of children's poems edited by Caroline Kennedy.

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A Child's Anthology of Poetry A Child's Anthology of Poetry

This tenth-anniversary reissue of a timeless collection celebrates the joys of poetry for children of all ages.

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Notable Collections


The Invisible World The Invisible World
By John Canaday

Winner of the 2001 Walt Whitman Award.

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Radio, Radio Radio, Radio
By Ben Doyle

Winner of the 2000 Walt Whitman Award.

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Notes from the Divided Country Notes from the Divided Country
By Suji Kwock Kim

Winner of the 2002 Walt Whitman Award.

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Flying at Night Flying at Night
By Ted Kooser

Selected poems by the U.S. Poet Laureate.

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Domestic Work Domestic Work
By Natasha Trethewey

Domestic Work, the first book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey, was selected by Rita Dove for the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.

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The School Among the Ruins The School Among the Ruins
By Adrienne Rich

In this new collection Adrienne Rich confronts dislocations and upheavals at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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The Father of the Predicaments The Father of the Predicaments
By Heather McHugh

In this witty and deeply felt collection, McHugh's poems cut to the quick, delivering their revelations with awesome precision.

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The Leaf and The Cloud The Leaf and The Cloud
By Mary Oliver

In this book-length poem, divided into seven sections, Oliver has fashioned an unforgettable poem of questioning and discovery.

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Biographical Interest


The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
By Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath's complete, uncensored journals appear in their entirety for the first time in this collection edited by Karin V. Kukil.

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Academy Exclusives


New Voices: University and College Prizes, 1989-1998 New Voices: University and College Prizes, 1989-1998

A collection of winners of the Academy's University & College Prizes.

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For Writers & Teachers


Rules for the Dance Rules for the Dance
By Mary Oliver

For both readers and writers of poetry, here is a concise and engaging introduction to sound, rhyme, meter, and scansion - and why they matter.

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Modern American Poetry Modern American Poetry

Edited by seasoned high school teachers and published poets, this anthology is an ideal way to introduce yourself or a loved one to some of the best American poets.

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Anthologies


American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volume I: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker) American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volume I: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker)

A historic anthology that rediscovers—and redefines—America's poetic heritage.

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American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volume II: E.E. Cummings to May Swenson) American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volume II: E.E. Cummings to May Swenson)

Presented in full are some of the most influential works of this century.

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American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volumes I and II) American Poetry: Twentieth Century (Volumes I and II)

Between 1900 and the end of World War II, American poetry was entirely transformed, producing a body of work of worldwide influence.

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The Music Lover's Poetry Anthology The Music Lover's Poetry Anthology

An exceptional anthology for the poetry lover and the music lover, including some of the best poets working today and luminaries of the past century.

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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

From the acclaimed Everyman's Library Series, a beautiful, hardbacked anthology featuring some of the best poems of all time celebrating gathering together to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.

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Love Speaks Its Name Love Speaks Its Name

A hardbacked collection of the finest gay and lesbian love poetry throughout history, from Sappho to Muriel Rukeyser, from the acclaimed Everyman's Library Collection.

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Friendship Poems Friendship Poems

A celebration of friendship from some of the best poets of the past and present, this beautiful, hardbacked anthology comes from the acclaimed Everyman's Library Series.

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A Book of Love Poetry A Book of Love Poetry
By John Stallworthy

From the civilization of the Lower Nile to that of the Lower Hudson, more poets have written more convincingly, more poignantly about love than about any other subject.

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Poet's Choice Poet's Choice
By Robert Hass

A collection of the poems selected by Robert Hass during his two years as the U.S. Poet Laureate for a nationally syndicated news column.

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Love Poems Love Poems

A wonderful, hardcover collection of some of the finest love poems ever written.

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The Poem I Turn To The Poem I Turn To

A collection of the poems that have influenced directors and actors. Includes a CD of actors reading their selections.

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Collected & Selected


Joseph Brodsky: Collected Poems in English Joseph Brodsky: Collected Poems in English
By Joseph Brodsky

The definitive collection of poetry in English by Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky.

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The Collected Poems The Collected Poems
By Sylvia Plath

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Sylvia Plath's poems were gathered, annotated and edited by Ted Hughes.

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Opened Ground: Selected Poems Opened Ground: Selected Poems
By Seamus Heaney

The selected poems of Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney.

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Poe: Poems Poe: Poems
By Edgar Allan Poe

Best known for his poems tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe remains one of America's most influential poets.

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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
By Langston Hughes

860 poems from one the most influential and most beloved American poets of the 20th century.

$35.00 | Order Now
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