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contemporary primevalist, with poems

15 books
Book Cover for: Mysteries of Small Houses: Poems, Alice Notley

Mysteries of Small Houses: Poems

Alice Notley
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

Krystal Languell & I had a convo on her book Systems Thinking With Flowers, in which we delved into the poems and covered many walks of life with humor and sensitivity of a type -- no less an authority than Alice Notley described it as "geeky" https://t.co/eSf0ab7tFU

Paperback, 1998

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011, Misha Glenny

The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011

Misha Glenny
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

@oh_that_zoe two books I've read that take that on a bit -- The Vanquished, by Robert Gerwarth; & The Ottoman Endgame, by Sean McMeekin -- there's also The Balkans, by Misha Glenny -- none of these are comprehensive on the subject, but worth picking up from a library and checking out

Paperback, 2012

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Be Holding: A Poem, Ross Gay

Be Holding: A Poem

Ross Gay
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@dhami I also think that Ross Gay poem is great, and I think my father's poem Tamborine Life is ultimately a poem suffused with happiness.

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Quite Apart: Poems, Krystal Languell

Quite Apart: Poems

Krystal Languell
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

Krystal Languell & I had a convo on her book Systems Thinking With Flowers, in which we delved into the poems and covered many walks of life with humor and sensitivity of a type -- no less an authority than Alice Notley described it as "geeky" https://t.co/eSf0ab7tFU

Paperback, 2019

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Soap, Francis Ponge

Soap

Francis Ponge
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

some salsa I forgot about spilled at the bottom of my backpack & now my copy of Francis Ponge's Soap, in translation, has new colors at its lower edges.

Paperback, 1998

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Robert Gerwarth

The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End

Robert Gerwarth
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

@oh_that_zoe two books I've read that take that on a bit -- The Vanquished, by Robert Gerwarth; & The Ottoman Endgame, by Sean McMeekin -- there's also The Balkans, by Misha Glenny -- none of these are comprehensive on the subject, but worth picking up from a library and checking out

Paperback, 2017

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Systems Thinking with Flowers, Krystal Languell

Systems Thinking with Flowers

Krystal Languell
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

Krystal Languell & I had a convo on her book Systems Thinking With Flowers, in which we delved into the poems and covered many walks of life with humor and sensitivity of a type -- no less an authority than Alice Notley described it as "geeky" https://t.co/eSf0ab7tFU

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal, John Yau

Joe Brainard: The Art of the Personal

John Yau
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Tyhe Cooper's review of the new Joe Brainard monograph, all of the writing on JB done in one long terrific essay by John Yau: https://t.co/xdV3FDl7QR

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Book Cover for: The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923

Sean McMeekin
Anselm BerriganAnselm Berrigan

@oh_that_zoe two books I've read that take that on a bit -- The Vanquished, by Robert Gerwarth; & The Ottoman Endgame, by Sean McMeekin -- there's also The Balkans, by Misha Glenny -- none of these are comprehensive on the subject, but worth picking up from a library and checking out

Paperback, 2016

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Upend, Claire Hong

Upend

Claire Hong
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Simone White asked a bunch of poets to write about a poem in 100 words and list three books of late or semi-late we especially dug -- hard to just do three - but I put together a little list and wrote 100 words on Claire Meuschke's 2020 book Upend: https://t.co/FAj59OTL1E

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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