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Poetry Society Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Year of the Dog, Deborah Paredez

Year of the Dog

Deborah Paredez
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Thursday, June 8: Fred Moten & Deborah Paredez (@debparedez) will read at the Poetry Society for our PSA Reading Series. Moten's PERENNIAL FASHION PRESENCE FALLING (@WavePoetry) and Paredez's YEAR OF THE DOG (@boaeditions) will be available for purchase. https://t.co/Dna1XCcYCX

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Descent

Lauren Russell
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Congratulations to Lauren Russell, winner of the 2021 Anna Rabinowitz Prize, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, for her book Descent published by @TarpaulinSky. Read the judge's citation: http://ow.ly/10z450Eo1DV https://t.co/xq3wiqbsPu

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Book Cover for: The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran
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Even more revolutionary, I realized that a poet could relate their own personal experiences and turn those lived moments into something lyrical, creative, and meaningful for people. —@vadiparty on The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran http://ow.ly/k0q750IbN4N

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Book Cover for: Seeing Into Tomorrow, Richard Wright

Seeing Into Tomorrow

Richard Wright
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Richard Wright's haiku on the side of the 4 Star Candy Deli at 327 Myrtle Avenue, across the street from Fort Greene Park and just around the corner from Richard Wright’s former home on Carlton Avenue. Read about the Seeing Into Tomorrow installation: https://t.co/TwZBXoBbYB https://t.co/Z9Cww9Sz1D

Hardcover, 2018

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Instrument

Dao Strom
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Read Dao Strom (@herandthesea) on her poem “(In) Dead Time” from her new book Instrument published by @fonograf_ed. http://ow.ly/fiLy50DTf5o

Paperback, 2020

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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July

Kathleen Ossip
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Read Kathleen Ossip (@KathleenOssip) on her poem “The Believer” from her new book JULY out now from @sarabandebooks: https://t.co/dqjDkXDU0X

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mothman Apologia: Volume 116, Robert Wood Lynn

Mothman Apologia: Volume 116

Robert Wood Lynn
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Congrats to Robert Wood Lynn (@RobertWoodLynn), a finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award for his collection MOTHMAN APOLOGIA ​(@yalepress)​. https://t.co/7rDanrjk9j

Hardcover, 2022

$45.00$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: In a Few Minutes Before Later, Brenda Hillman

In a Few Minutes Before Later

Brenda Hillman
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Congratulations to Brenda Hillman (@brendalhillman), a 2023 Four Quartets Prize finalist, for “The Sickness & the World Soul” from her book In a Few Minutes Before Later (@weslpress). https://t.co/QXB5bXyKlw

Paperback, 2024

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Index of Haunted Houses, Adam O. Davis

Index of Haunted Houses

Adam O. Davis
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Read Adam O. Davis (@cubist_octopus) on his poem “National Anthem” from his new collection Index of Haunted Houses published by @sarabandebooks: http://ow.ly/mirP50F4Jzu

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Transfigured Light: Philosophy, Science and the Hermetic Imaginary, Leon Marvell

Transfigured Light: Philosophy, Science and the Hermetic Imaginary

Leon Marvell
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Vanessa Ague (@vanessakayague) examines Arnold Schoenberg’s interpretation of Richard Dehmel's poem "Verklärte Nacht" ("Transfigured Night") in the Poetry Society's new series SONG CYCLE: http://ow.ly/nO1J50Gm6iY

Hardcover, 2007

$74.95$49.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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