Poetry Society 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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Year of the Dog
Deborah Paredez
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
Descent
Lauren Russell
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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The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
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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Seeing Into Tomorrow
Richard Wright
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
Instrument
Dao Strom
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
July
Kathleen Ossip
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
Mothman Apologia: Volume 116
Robert Wood Lynn
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
In a Few Minutes Before Later
Brenda Hillman
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
Index of Haunted Houses
Adam O. Davis
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
Transfigured Light: Philosophy, Science and the Hermetic Imaginary
Leon Marvell
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)