Melissa Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Lives of the Poets
Michael SchmidtMelissa@nonsuchbook Michael Schmidt, Lives of the Poets. Stach's Kafka biography.
Paperback, 2000
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningMelissaThy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, And placed it by thee on a golden throne,- -Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese. https://t.co/MGNVkNFMpF
Paperback, 2020
$4.99Member price:$2.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Getting Lost
Annie ErnauxMelissa"I feel no sense of caution or restraint, nor do I have any doubts, finally. Something has come full circle. I commit the same errors as in the past but they are no longer errors. There is only beauty, passion, desire." -Annie Ernaux, "Getting Lost" (tr. A. Strayer)
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Selected Poems
Lorna GoodisonMelissa...and your love comes to prefer your scent above all... -Lorna Goodison, "Balm" Her "Goldengrove: New and Selected Poems" from @Carcanet is a wonderful read. https://t.co/vkYrKOOXtY
Paperback, 1993
$20.95Member price:$20.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright
Charles WrightMelissa@poemakontsa I got a pristine copy of Charles Wright's Oblivion Banjo!
Paperback, 2020
$50.99Member price:$25.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Novel: A Biography
Michael SchmidtMelissa"Innocent reading is an instinct we never entirely lose. From an early age we surrender to stories and resent interruptions even for meals and bedtime; we recline in improbable positions for hours without getting cramps." -Michael Schmidt, "The Novel: A Biography"
Hardcover, 2014
$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningMelissaThy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, And placed it by thee on a golden throne,- -Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese. https://t.co/MGNVkNFMpF
Paperback, 2015
$5.51Member price:$2.76 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Edmund GosseMelissaThy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, And placed it by thee on a golden throne,- -Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese. https://t.co/MGNVkNFMpF
Paperback, 2019
$19.90Member price:$9.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love
Carol Ann DuffyMelissaLove's time's beggar, but even a single hour, bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich. We find an hour together, spend it not on flowers or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditch. -Carol Ann Duffy https://t.co/W5AW7Y80hk
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Odes
Sharon OldsMelissa@neonpajamas Sharon Olds "Odes" are funny. Alexander Theroux has some hilarious poems. And Ogden Nash is very tongue-in-cheek.
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