Anthologies in Poetry & Fiction & Literature eBooks

The Great Modern Poets

An anthology of the essential poets and poetry since 1900

by Michael Schmidt ...

An essential introduction to the most significant poems and their works since 1900Reproduced within this collection are some of the greatest poems of the 20th century, featuring works from major writers such as T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath to Langston Hughes and W.B. Yeats. For each, Michael Schmidt provides an insight into their themes and the background to their work, opening for the reader a ... Read more

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An essential introduction to the most significant poems and their works since 1900Reproduced within this collection are some of the greatest poems of the 20th century, featuring works from major writers such as T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath to Langston Hughes and W.B. Yeats. For each, Michael Schmidt provides an insight into their themes and the background to their work, opening for the reader a
... Read more
American Poetry

States of the Art

by Bradford Morrow ...

Series Book 35 - Conjunctions
" Conjunctions offers a showplace for some of the most exciting and demanding writers now at work." — The Washington PostWith work from the seventy-five poets who are the game-changing, bar-setting voices of our time first published in this volume, Conjunctions: 35, American Poetry is the definitive collection for the contemporary poetic landscape. Includes astonishing uncollected work from ... Read more

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" Conjunctions offers a showplace for some of the most exciting and demanding writers now at work." — The Washington PostWith work from the seventy-five poets who are the game-changing, bar-setting voices of our time first published in this volume, Conjunctions: 35, American Poetry is the definitive collection for the contemporary poetic landscape. Includes astonishing uncollected work from
... Read more
The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950

by T. S. Eliot ...

An indispensable collection of the Nobel Prize winner's most renowned works“In ten years’ time,” wrote Edmund Wilson in Axel’s Castle, “Eliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English.” In 1948, Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry.”This book is made up of six individual titles: Four ... Read more

$21.49 USD

An indispensable collection of the Nobel Prize winner's most renowned works“In ten years’ time,” wrote Edmund Wilson in Axel’s Castle, “Eliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English.” In 1948, Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry.”This book is made up of six individual titles: Four
... Read more
The Black River

Death Poems

Edited by Deirdre Pulgram-Arthen ...

The Black River: Death Poems is an anthology of poems for people who are grieving and for use in death rituals. 69 authors from 8 countries have contributed to this anthology of 149 poems grouped into 4 stages: Dying, Death, Remaining, and Journeying. The poems are heavily indexed: by relationship to deceased; by themes-memory loss, pregnancy loss, long/short illness, violence/war/suicide, hope, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

The Black River: Death Poems is an anthology of poems for people who are grieving and for use in death rituals. 69 authors from 8 countries have contributed to this anthology of 149 poems grouped into 4 stages: Dying, Death, Remaining, and Journeying. The poems are heavily indexed: by relationship to deceased; by themes-memory loss, pregnancy loss, long/short illness, violence/war/suicide, hope,
... Read more
No Sweet Without Brine

Poems

by Cynthia Manick ...

Voted one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New York Public Library, Cynthia Manick’s poetry collection personifies love of self and culture through fresh observations and bitter truths voiced with breathtaking lyricism.No Sweet Without Brine is both a soulful and celebratory collection that summons sticky sweet memories with an acrid aftertaste of deep thought. Satisfying moments are captured in ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Voted one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New York Public Library, Cynthia Manick’s poetry collection personifies love of self and culture through fresh observations and bitter truths voiced with breathtaking lyricism.No Sweet Without Brine is both a soulful and celebratory collection that summons sticky sweet memories with an acrid aftertaste of deep thought. Satisfying moments are captured in
... Read more
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

by Thomas C. Foster ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be
... Read more
The Best American Poetry 2014

Edited by David Lehman, Terrance Hayes ...

Series series The Best American Poetry series
National Book Award–winning poet Terrance Hayes selects the poems for the 2014 edition of The Best American Poetry, “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune).The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina college. He has since ... Read more

$13.99 USD

National Book Award–winning poet Terrance Hayes selects the poems for the 2014 edition of The Best American Poetry, “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune).The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina college. He has since
... Read more
[Dis]Connected Volume 2

Poems & Stories of Connection and Otherwise

Edited by Michelle Halket ...

Series series A [Dis]Connected Poetry Collaboration
This highly-anticipated second volume of poetry and short stories combines the forces of some of the most popular poets of current day.[Dis]Connected Volume 2 presents poems and short stories about connection wrapped up in a most unique exercise in creative writing. Follow along as your favorite poets connect with each other; offering their work to the next poet who tells a story based on the ... Read more

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This highly-anticipated second volume of poetry and short stories combines the forces of some of the most popular poets of current day.[Dis]Connected Volume 2 presents poems and short stories about connection wrapped up in a most unique exercise in creative writing. Follow along as your favorite poets connect with each other; offering their work to the next poet who tells a story based on the
... Read more
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

Edited by Helen Cooper ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two separate and very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two separate and very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings,
... Read more
sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way

New Poems

by Charles Bukowski ...

One of the most recognizable poets of the last century, Charles Bukowski is simultaneously a common man and an icon of urban depravity. He uses strong, blunt language to describe life as he lives it, and through it all charts the mutations of morality in modern America.Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way is a treasure trove of confessional poetry written towards then end of ... Read more

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One of the most recognizable poets of the last century, Charles Bukowski is simultaneously a common man and an icon of urban depravity. He uses strong, blunt language to describe life as he lives it, and through it all charts the mutations of morality in modern America.Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way is a treasure trove of confessional poetry written towards then end of
... Read more
Being Alive

the sequel to Staying Alive

by Neil Astley ...

Being Alive is the sequel to Neil Astley’s Staying Alive, which became Britain’s most popular poetry book because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful and passionate poems about living in the modern world. Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers who’ve wanted more poems that touch the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit. Being Alive is about being ... Read more

$9.39 USD

Being Alive is the sequel to Neil Astley’s Staying Alive, which became Britain’s most popular poetry book because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful and passionate poems about living in the modern world. Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers who’ve wanted more poems that touch the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit. Being Alive is about being
... Read more
The Best American Poetry 2025

by David Lehman, Terence Winch ...

Series series The Best American Poetry series
Guest edited by Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the “pick of the week” on the Best American Poetry blog—the 2025 edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman, celebrating more than three decades of poetic excellence.For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry series has won widespread acclaim as the nation’s most influential and vital poetry anthology. BAP, which has ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Guest edited by Terence Winch—NEA Fellow and editor of the “pick of the week” on the Best American Poetry blog—the 2025 edition marks a poignant farewell to series editor David Lehman, celebrating more than three decades of poetic excellence.For thirty-eight years, The Best American Poetry series has won widespread acclaim as the nation’s most influential and vital poetry anthology. BAP, which has
... Read more
Out of Sri Lanka

Tamil, Sinhala and English poetry from Sri Lanka and its diasporas

Edited by Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne, Shash Trevett ...

This first ever anthology of Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry features over a hundred poets writing in English, or translated from Tamil and Sinhala. It brings to light a long-neglected national literature, and reshapes our understanding of migrational poetics and the poetics of atrocity.In this anthology, poets long out of print appear beside exciting new talents; works written in the country ... Read more

$17.29 USD

This first ever anthology of Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry features over a hundred poets writing in English, or translated from Tamil and Sinhala. It brings to light a long-neglected national literature, and reshapes our understanding of migrational poetics and the poetics of atrocity.In this anthology, poets long out of print appear beside exciting new talents; works written in the country
... Read more
Poems After Midnight

A Knopf Poem-a-Day Selection

by Knopf ...

Most poets are or have been at one time or another members of what Mark Strand here calls “The Midnight Club”: they are insomniacs, or feel most productive in the middle of the night, or, if nothing else, are people whose work requires an openness to the dreams, visions, and scraps of inspired language that may drift across our path in the wee hours. In this selection, drawn from Knopf’s Poem-a ... Read more

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Most poets are or have been at one time or another members of what Mark Strand here calls “The Midnight Club”: they are insomniacs, or feel most productive in the middle of the night, or, if nothing else, are people whose work requires an openness to the dreams, visions, and scraps of inspired language that may drift across our path in the wee hours. In this selection, drawn from Knopf’s Poem-a
... Read more
The Best American Poetry 2009

Series Editor David Lehman

Edited by David Wagoner, David Lehman ...

Series series The Best American Poetry series
Award-winning poet David Wagoner and renowned editor David Lehman present the 2009 edition of Best American Poetry—"a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune).Eagerly anticipated by scholars, students, readers, and poets alike, Scribner’s Best American Poetry series has achieved brand-name status in the literary world, serving as a yearly guide to who’s who in American ... Read more

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Award-winning poet David Wagoner and renowned editor David Lehman present the 2009 edition of Best American Poetry—"a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune).Eagerly anticipated by scholars, students, readers, and poets alike, Scribner’s Best American Poetry series has achieved brand-name status in the literary world, serving as a yearly guide to who’s who in American
... Read more
Seasons Calling

Haiku & Western-Style Verse

by James R. McCready ...

This collection of haiku and Western-style verse by an American living in Japan brings a special poetic vision to the endless cycle of life, and to its separate rhythmic movements. Readers will find again and again in these pages the sharpened sensibility and clear observation developed by the haiku discipline.One of the aims of this book, according to its author, is to reveal the similarities ... Read more

$1.99 USD

This collection of haiku and Western-style verse by an American living in Japan brings a special poetic vision to the endless cycle of life, and to its separate rhythmic movements. Readers will find again and again in these pages the sharpened sensibility and clear observation developed by the haiku discipline.One of the aims of this book, according to its author, is to reveal the similarities
... Read more
American Journal

Fifty Poems for Our Time

by Tracy K. Smith ...

A landmark anthology envisioned by Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United StatesAmerican Journal presents fifty contemporary poems that explore and celebrate our country and our lives. 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down the registers of American poetry. In the elegant ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A landmark anthology envisioned by Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United StatesAmerican Journal presents fifty contemporary poems that explore and celebrate our country and our lives. 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down the registers of American poetry. In the elegant
... Read more
Sixty Women That Changed the Word. The Classic Poets

by Sappho, Christina Georginia Rossetti, Emily Dickinson ...

Humanity has perhaps one overriding value, one aim that it sets above all others. To be civilised.People everyone declare it to be the way forward, if we are all civilised, then all are equal, all is just. Lofty words but somehow human nature, greed and self-interest keep us all far from our goal.In this volume we look at our history with different eyes. Firstly, in a world where, gender, colour, ... Read more

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Humanity has perhaps one overriding value, one aim that it sets above all others. To be civilised.People everyone declare it to be the way forward, if we are all civilised, then all are equal, all is just. Lofty words but somehow human nature, greed and self-interest keep us all far from our goal.In this volume we look at our history with different eyes. Firstly, in a world where, gender, colour,
... Read more
The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time

by Leslie Pockell ...

Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction.Words of Love...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Revisit the Classics:"He Is More Than a Hero" by Sappho Sonnet 18 ("Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds") by William Shakespeare "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron Enjoy Old Favorites: ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Here in this portable treasury are the 100 most moving and memorable love poems of all time, each accompanied by an illuminating introduction.Words of Love...and seduction, heartbreak, adoration, and passion. Revisit the Classics:"He Is More Than a Hero" by Sappho Sonnet 18 ("Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds") by William Shakespeare "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron Enjoy Old Favorites:
... Read more
100 Poems That Matter

by The Academy of American Poets ...

A moving, thought-provoking, and emotional anthology of classical and contemporary poems from across the world that invites us to celebrate poetry’s power to capture the truths that really matter.100 Poems That Matter brings together a powerful selection of classic and contemporary poems that examine universal themes of love, loss, and the experiences that define us. At turns moving, thoughtful, ... Read more

$8.69 USD

A moving, thought-provoking, and emotional anthology of classical and contemporary poems from across the world that invites us to celebrate poetry’s power to capture the truths that really matter.100 Poems That Matter brings together a powerful selection of classic and contemporary poems that examine universal themes of love, loss, and the experiences that define us. At turns moving, thoughtful,
... Read more
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3

Halal If You Hear Me

Edited by Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo ...

The collected poems dispel the notion that there is one correct way to be a Muslim by holding space for multiple, intersecting identities while celebrating and protecting those identities.Halal If You Hear Me features poems by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar, Warsan Shire, Tarfia Faizullah, Angel Nafis, Beyza Ozer, and many others.Fatimah Asghar is the creator of the Emmy-Nominated web series Brown ... Read more

$14.39 USD

The collected poems dispel the notion that there is one correct way to be a Muslim by holding space for multiple, intersecting identities while celebrating and protecting those identities.Halal If You Hear Me features poems by Safia Elhillo, Fatimah Asghar, Warsan Shire, Tarfia Faizullah, Angel Nafis, Beyza Ozer, and many others.Fatimah Asghar is the creator of the Emmy-Nominated web series Brown
... Read more
Atlantis

Poems by

by Mark Doty ...

The poignant, accomplished new collection of poetry from the author of My Alexandria--1993 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1993 National Book Award Finalist. ... Read more

$8.99 USD

The poignant, accomplished new collection of poetry from the author of My Alexandria--1993 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1993 National Book Award Finalist.
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The Wild Iris

by Louise Gluck ...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunningly beautiful collection of poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realmsBound together by the universal themes of time and mortality and with clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunningly beautiful collection of poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realmsBound together by the universal themes of time and mortality and with clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being
... Read more
Best of the Best American Poetry

25th Anniversary Edition

Edited by David Lehman ...

Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of The Best American PoetryThis special edition celebrates twenty-five years of the Best American Poetry series, which has become an institution. From its inception in 1988, it has been hotly debated, keenly monitored, ardently advocated (or denounced), and obsessively scrutinized. Each volume ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of The Best American PoetryThis special edition celebrates twenty-five years of the Best American Poetry series, which has become an institution. From its inception in 1988, it has been hotly debated, keenly monitored, ardently advocated (or denounced), and obsessively scrutinized. Each volume
... Read more

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