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Mira Rosenthal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Poet, translator, creative writing prof. Just out TERRITORIAL (@PittPoetry 2022) & next translation TO THE LETTER by Tomasz Różycki (@archipelagobks 2023)

12 books
Book Cover for: Sleeping with the Dictionary: Volume 4, Harryette Mullen

Sleeping with the Dictionary: Volume 4

Harryette Mullen
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@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
Book Cover for: Isles of Firm Ground, Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez

Isles of Firm Ground

Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez
Mira RosenthalMira Rosenthal

@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
Book Cover for: Deepstep Come Shining, C. D. Wright

Deepstep Come Shining

C. D. Wright
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@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
Book Cover for: Alphabet, Inger Christensen

Alphabet

Inger Christensen
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@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
Book Cover for: Evening Train: Poetry, Denise Levertov

Evening Train: Poetry

Denise Levertov
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@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
Book Cover for: 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 Books

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 Books
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How 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
Book Cover for: When I Sing, Mountains Dance, Irene Solà

When I Sing, Mountains Dance

Irene Solà
Mira RosenthalMira Rosenthal

Such 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
Book Cover for: A Summer Day in the Company of Ghosts: Selected Poems, Wang Yin

A Summer Day in the Company of Ghosts: Selected Poems

Wang Yin
Mira RosenthalMira Rosenthal

“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
Book Cover for: You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems, Maya Abu Al-Hayyat

You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems

Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Mira RosenthalMira Rosenthal

Tell 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
Book Cover for: Books Are Magic: Ten Imaginary Stories, John L. Brown

Books Are Magic: Ten Imaginary Stories

John L. Brown
Mira RosenthalMira Rosenthal

My 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