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Akhmatova was recognised as one of the world's great poets after her death in 1966. Refusing to leave Russia when her work was censored and her name attacked she spoke to and for the soul of her people. There are 800 poems and essays in this edition some of which have not been published in English before.
Poetry. Highly energetic and visionary in its dynamic blend of Western and Asian sensuality and heritage, this debut poetry collection by Fiona Sze-Lorrain carries the voice of a polyglot whose cross-cultural experiences in exile embrace the world with a penetrating eye and illuminating wit. At once tender and grounded, WATER THE MOON inhabits places in Europe and Asia that are both ancient and modern, political and intimate. Drawing inspiration from travel, food, artistic dialogue, struggles and renewed passion in Paris and New York, these delicious poems transcend the limits of memory, striking a balance between imagination and reality with intensity, grace and many surprises.
Retrospective selection from one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures.
A Sorbian-German poet illuminates her culture and native terrain-- and mourns what is lost as they disappear.
A math teacher living 1,000 miles from the literary center of Beijing offers daring, restless nature sonnets, free verse, and genre-bending prose poems.Ya Shi, an "outsider" poet, who teaches math and lives 1,000 miles from the Beijing literary scene, is celebrated among lovers of Chinese poetry from the conservative to the avant-garde. This bilingual (Chinese/English) collection draws together jagged and intense short lyrics, wild nature sonnets, and genre-bending prose poetry from across his career. His work is rooted in the independent spirit, folk imagination and tough music of the people of Sichuan, and combines iconoclasm and heart to demonstrate what's possible in Chinese poetry today.
December 23, 1952. A transcontinental train is stopped cold by a rockslide in a remote Colorado canyon. There’s a murderer aboard, one who has already killed, and will kill again unless stopped. The California Zephyr, with its run from Oakland to Chicago and back, was famous for its Vista-Domes, which provided a 360-degree view of spectacular Western scenery. It was a kind of small city populated by passengers from all walks of life and a large crew whose duty it was to keep them safe. Zephyrette Jill McLeod is the passengers’ primary point of contact. She’s armed for any emergency—with a first-aid kit, a screwdriver, and her knowledge of human nature. But can she figure out a ruthless killer's clever plot in time?
A Russian poet now living in Germany reflects on exile, authoritarianism, the meaning of home (and homeland), and the perilousness of life in a "stony eternity."
An examination of the secret world of children that shows how important special places are to a child's development.
Poetry debut (in English) that explores humans in the natural world using tender, sometimes erotic, always moving language.