Forward into Fall: Poetry
Edited by Dick Donahue Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Liz Hartman, Lauren Joyce, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Oona Short, Skip Skwarek, Julie Stevenson and Michelle Wildge -- Publishers Weekly, 8/6/2007
American Poetry Review
Totem (Sept., $23) by Gregory Pardlo marks the debut collection from the winner of the 2007 Honickman/American Poetry Review First Book Prize.
Anova/Robson
(dist. by Trafalgar Square)
100 Great Poems of Love and Lust (Jan., $13.95) by Dannie Abse collects love poems through the ages, each preceded by biographical notes.
Harvard Univ. Press
Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form (Nov., $35) by Helen Vendler argues that Yeats's use of poetic forms gave shape to volatile thoughts and feelings.
Host Publications
Return to Calm (Sept.; $35; paper $15) by Jacques Réda, trans. by Aaron Prevots, immerses the reader in lyrical observations of the everyday.
Hyperion
A Family Christmas (Oct., $24.95) by Caroline Kennedy assembles favorite holiday poems. 350,000 first printing.
Seven Stories Press
Verses (Sept., $18.95) by Ani DiFranco. The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter contributes her first book of poetry and paintings.
Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Something About the Blues (Oct., $22.95) by Al Young. The California poet laureate collects blues-inspired poems; includes CD of readings and music.
Souvenir Press
(dist. by IPG)
After You (Oct., $7.95) by Maryalicia Post journeys through the emotions of bereavement.
Univ. of Iowa Press
Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak (Sept., $13.95), edited by Marc Falkoff, collects poetry by men held at Guantánamo.
Wesleyan Univ. Press
The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen (Nov., $49.95), edited by Michael Rothenberg, is the first complete collection of Whalen's work, including previously unpublished poems and “doodles.”
