Mira Rosenthal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Mira Rosenthal on XPoet, translator, creative writing prof. Just out TERRITORIAL (@PittPoetry 2022) & next translation TO THE LETTER by Tomasz Różycki (@archipelagobks 2023)

Sleeping with the Dictionary: Volume 4
Harryette Mullen@a2poet I highly recommend SLEEPING WITH THE DICTIONARY by Harryette Mullen https://t.co/IQB2dUIS36
Paperback, 2002
$23.95Member price:$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Isles of Firm Ground
Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez@PaisleyRekdal I loved Isles of Firm Ground by Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez, trans Mike Soto @DeepVellum and It Must Be a Misunderstanding by Carol Bracho, trans Forrest Gander @NewDirections. Why? The strong lyricism of the English versions and the moving themes
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Deepstep Come Shining
C. D. Wright@danalevinpoet @PeterStreckfus @mason__cw @Poetry_Daily @CopperCanyonPrs Just listened to this and really enjoyed it, especially your comments at the end about CD Wright’s Deepstep Come Shining (a book I too adore) and giving yourself permission. Thank you! 🙏 🙏🙏
Paperback, 1998
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alphabet
Inger Christensen@a2poet @ucpress I also love ALPHABET by Inger Christensen, translated by Susanna Neid. It grapples both with language AND mathematics! https://t.co/v67cgWz8lf
Paperback, 2001
$13.95Member price:$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Evening Train: Poetry
Denise Levertov@DavidRosenthal_ @amjuster Some of my favorite comments about lineation are Denise Levertov’s “On the Function of the Line” and @RobertPinsky in The Sounds of Poetry on how poets string meter across lines https://t.co/ulB5LoqRXG
Paperback, 1993
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mazes For Kids Age: 4-6 Vol: 3: Pizza Maze Activity Book for Kids, Great for Developing Problem Solving Skills, Spatial Awareness, and Cri
My Sweet BooksHow sweet to be signing books in my hometown of Sebastopol, CA, @Copperfields tomorrow (Sunday, 11/13) from 3-5pm. Come say hi! https://t.co/49wfnCqe4H
Paperback, 2019
$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
Irene SolàSuch a stellar shortlist! Especially glad to see WHEN I SING, MOUNTAINS DANCE on the list. If you haven’t yet picked up your copy from @GraywolfPress, I highly recommend it! https://t.co/N6JY2uD21z
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Summer Day in the Company of Ghosts: Selected Poems
Wang Yin“My poems are flecks of salt clinging ambivalently to a horse’s back” –A SUMMER DAY IN THE COMPANY OF GHOSTS by Wang Yin, trans. from Chinese by Andrea Lingenfelter @NYRB_Imprints
Paperback, 2022
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems
Maya Abu Al-HayyatTell me how you crossed the street after you were released from long detention— it matters to me what you’re thinking now as you coerce your kids to sleep in the middle of shelling –YOU CAN BE THE LAST LEAF by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, trans. from Arabic by Fady Joudah @Milkweed_Books
Paperback, 2022
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Books Are Magic: Ten Imaginary Stories
John L. BrownMy sister and I are both writers, and now my eldest daughter says she wants to be a writer! We don't get to see her aunt much. Yesterday, we braved the heat and met up at BOOKS ARE MAGIC to welcome the next generation into the fold! https://t.co/FWZf2Xg7e2
Paperback, 2015
$7.38Member price:$3.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book