Adrian Matejka Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Writer of poems & Editor of Poetry magazine. Most recent book: Last On His Feet (Liveright, 2023)
Somebody Else Sold the World
Adrian MatejkaAdrian MatejkaMany thanks to @NewYorker for including Somebody Else Sold the World in this week’s Briefly Noted book reviews https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-love-songs-of-w-e-b-du-bois-radiant-fugitives-bolla-and-somebody-else-sold-the-world
Paperback, 2021
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Youssef DaoudiAdrian MatejkaIt’s pub day for LAST ON HIS FEET. This took almost 10 years for this idea to become a book. Gratitude to my co-creator @Youssef_Daoudi, the architect @HollyMMcGhee and the team at @LiverightPub for making this possible https://t.co/ACs8MxTGVz
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood Dazzler
Patricia SmithAdrian MatejkaPatricia Smith’s “Ethel’s Sestina” from BLOOD DAZZLER is a sestina and a persona poem for anybody who wants a little formal inspiration today https://t.co/A6EN8ktO9O
Paperback, 2008
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bright Scythe: Selected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas TranströmerAdrian MatejkaI should have mentioned this Tranströmer translation is from the book BRIGHT SCYTHE translated by Patty Crane https://t.co/L4EgyUNZAa
Paperback, 2024
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Me and Nina
Monica HandAdrian Matejka@RosebudBenOni Love this question! @MLHDouglas’s Cooling Board, Monica Hand’s me and Nina, @SeanSingerPoet’s Discography, Yusef Komunyakaa’s Testimony
Paperback, 2012
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named: Poems
Nicole SealeyAdrian MatejkaOne of the most romantic poems I've read is @Nic_Sealey's "Object Permanence." It originally appeared in @AmPoetryReview and then in Nicole's gorgeous book Ordinary Beast https://t.co/VhistPEnXN
Paperback, 2016
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002
Sharon OldsAdrian MatejkaWe took turns in class reading our favorite Sharon Olds pieces from STRIKE SPARKS. I chose her electric poem “I Go Back to May 1937” https://t.co/NethrctYtI
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The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French Novels
Julian HawthorneAdrian MatejkaI’ve been waiting @RichieHof new one since I read “French Novel” in the New Yorker. The book is gorgeous https://twitter.com/RichieHof/status/1491072210785959944
Paperback, 2019
$43.50$21.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sestina
Aakriti BhardwajAdrian MatejkaI’ve only written 4 sestinas my entire writing career & reading Elizabeth Bishop’s beautiful “Sestina” this afternoon reminds me of why. The form is (for me) the most difficult to execute gracefully https://t.co/CeEuq2Lp4R
Paperback, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The American Presidents: Briefly
CL GammonAdrian MatejkaMany thanks to @NewYorker for including Somebody Else Sold the World in this week’s Briefly Noted book reviews https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-love-songs-of-w-e-b-du-bois-radiant-fugitives-bolla-and-somebody-else-sold-the-world
Paperback, 2017
$7.24$3.62 + Free shipping50% off your first book