For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who share history, culture, beauty, and emotion through their work.
Books for National Poetry Month
By Coll Rowe | February 29 2024 | English Language Arts
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
978-0-14-313423-7
Winner of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Award “The best translation of a work of ancient literature that I read this year”- Emily WilsonThe first female translator of the epic into English verse in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid’s classic.A Penguin Classic
$22.00 US
Nov 14, 2023
Paperback
608 Pages
Penguin Classics
Poems
978-0-593-46508-0
The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, now available in paperback and with bonus content!
$17.99 US
Jan 23, 2024
Paperback
256 Pages
Viking Books
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Poems
978-0-399-58980-5
From the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love, a collection of more than 135 small poems, eleven of them new to this edition, and each a thought or observation compressed to its emotional essence
$17.00 US
Nov 14, 2023
Paperback
192 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
A Cultural History
978-0-525-65701-9
Here is a fascinating history of the art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners, an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion.
$30.00 US
Mar 28, 2023
Hardcover
304 Pages
Knopf
978-0-593-38120-5
An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY.
$19.99 US
Feb 06, 2024
Hardcover
384 Pages
Make Me a World
978-1-59853-726-0
An acclaimed poet and our greatest champion for poetry offers an inspiring and insightful new reading of the American tradition
$26.00 US
Apr 19, 2022
Hardcover
480 Pages
Library of America
978-0-7440-8083-4
An accessible guide to the most important poems ever written— from the Epic of Gilgamesh to The Waste Land—and the poets behind them
$27.99 US
Nov 07, 2023
Hardcover
336 Pages
DK
Tags: Poetry, National Poetry Month
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