Poetry Books
Explore a world of emotions through our Poetry collection at Thryft. Discover works by renowned poets like Rumi, Robert Frost, and Maya Angelou. Our selection also features contemporary voices such as Warsan Shire and Ocean Vuong.
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W.H. Davies
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Oxford
University
Press
The Autobiography of a Super Tramp
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Recommendation: This book is recommended for those who enjoy reading autobiographies of people who have lived unconventional lives. The unique and distinctive feature of this book is its narrative style, which is unvarnished and straightforward. It offers insight into the difficult life of a traveling tramp, and provides a glimpse into the harsher side of American life during the Great Depression. Readers who appreciate a raw human experience and a unique perspective on life will appreciate this book.
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William Shakespeare, SparkNotes |
Sparknotes
The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare)
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No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today. ebook (online read) can be found here Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young men, the hopeful Lucentio and the worldly Petruchio, and the two sisters they meet in Padua. Lucentio falls in love with Bianca, the apparently ideal younger daughter of the wealthy Baptista Minola. But before they can marry, Bianca's formidable elder sister, Katherine, must be wed. Petruchio, interested only in the huge dowry, arranges to marry Katherine -against her will- and enters into a battle of the sexes that has endured as one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable works.
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Samuel Beckett, Mark Nixon |
Grove
Press
Echo's Bones
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In 1933, Chatto & Windus agreed to publish Samuel Beckett's More Pricks Than Kicks, a collection of ten interrelated stories—his first published work of fiction. At his editor's request, Beckett penned an additional story, "Echo's Bones", to serve as the final piece. However, he’d already killed off several of the characters—including the protagonist, Belacqua—throughout the book, and had to resurrect them from the dead. The story was politely rejected by his editor, as it was considered too imaginatively playful, too allusive, and too undisciplined—qualities now recognized as quintessentially Beckett. As a result, "Echo's Bones" (not to be confused with the poem and collection of poems of the same title) remained unpublished—until now, nearly eight decades later.This little-known text is introduced by the preeminent Beckett scholar, Dr. Mark Nixon, who situates the work in terms of its biographical context and textual references, examining how it is a vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work. Beckett confessed that he included "all I knew" in the story. It harnesses an immense range of subjects: science, philosophy, religion, literature; combining fairy tales, gothic dreams, and classical myth. This posthumous publication marks the unexpected and highly exciting return of a literary legend.
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Bazhe
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Iuniverse
Inc
Identities : Poetry
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Recommended for those interested in exploring societal issues through poetry. Its unique and striking imagery offers readers an insightful analysis on some of the biggest issues facing humanity such as love, loss, war, greed, and politics. With his poetic skills, Bazhe captures the essence of the complexities of human identity and relationships, encouraging a deeper understanding and self-reflection. Overall, Identities invites readers to mull over life's pitfalls and beauty, leaving them with a collection that is passionately composed and at times breathtaking.
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Helen Cooper, Thomas Malory |
Oxford
University
Press
Le Morte Darthur : The Winchester Manuscript
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The greatest English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte D'Arthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, knight prisoner. This edition is the first designed for the general reader to be based on the Winchester manuscript which represents what Malory wrote more closelythan the version printed by William Caxton. Extensively annotated, this edition is highly user-friendly.
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John Crowther, SparkNotes, William Shakespeare |
Sparknotes
The Merchant of Venice (No Fear Shakespeare)
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The Merchant of Venice (No Fear Shakespeare) is perfect for Shakespeare enthusiasts who are looking for an easier way to comprehend the play. The guide provides a line-by-line translation of the original play, ensuring readers can easily understand the dialogue. Recommended for those who want to delve deeper into the world of Shakespeare!
Ralph Lazar, Lisa Swerling |
Summersdale
If Our Love Were a Book... : This Is How It Would Look
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Full of imaginative line drawings and heartwarming ballads, this is the perfect gift for any romantic If I were a dreamAnd I were yours to keep,I'd make your dreams come true by day,Not only in your sleep. This collection of heartfelt poems and adorable illustrations captures some of the sweetest, most whimsical, romantic gestures that could ever be imagined—the perfect way to show a loved one just how much they are cared for.
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Daniel Ladinsky, Hafez |
Penguin
Books
I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
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From bestselling poet Daniel Ladinsky, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet Hafiz to Western readersTo Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not “classical literature” from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continues to be quoted in daily life. With uncanny insight, Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the mystic's “path of love”—a journey in which love dissolves personal boundaries and limitations to join larger processes of growth and transformation.With this stunning collection, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in capturing the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and spiritual voices.“If you haven’t yet had the delight of dining with Daniel Ladinsky’s sweet, playful renderings of the musings of the great saints, I Heard God Laughing is a perfect appetizer. . . . This newly released edition of his first playful foray into Hafiz’s divinely inspired poetry is essential reading. . . . Ladinsky is a master who will be remembered for finally bringing Hafiz alive in the West.” —Alexandra Marks, The Christian Science Monitor
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Steven Kellogg, Deborah Guarino |
Scholastic
Is Your Mama a Llama?
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A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals
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From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems from her last years.
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Lewis Hyde, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth |
Penguin
Books
Letters to a Young Poet
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In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters—an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke's greatest poetry. The ten letters reproduced here were written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, and they contain many of the themes that later appeared in his best works. The poet himself afterwards stated that his letters contained part of his creative genius, making this volume essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien |
Harpercollins
The Fall of Arthur
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The world's first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur.The Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere's infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred's rebels and foreign mercenaries.Powerful, passionate and filled with vivid imagery, The Fall of Arthur reveals Tolkien's gift for storytelling at its brilliant best. Originally composed by J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1930s, this work was set aside for The Hobbit and lay untouched for 80 years.Now it has been edited for publication by Tolkien's son, Christopher, who contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work that his father applied to bring it to a finished form, and the intriguing links between The Fall of Arthur and his greatest creation, Middle-earth.
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Robert H. Kellogg, Jane Smiley, Katrina C. Attwood |
Penguin
Classics
The Sagas of the Icelanders
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In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
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an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereLet me tell you a story. No, wait, one's not enough.I'll begin again?Let me tell you stories of the months of the year, of ghosts and heartbreak, of dread and desire. Let me tell you of after-hours drinking and unanswered phones, of good deeds and bad days, of breaking down and making up, of dead men walking and missing fathers, of little French ladies in Miami, of trusting wolves and how to talk to girls.There are stories within stories, whispered in ears in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and enemies, strangers and friends. But all, all are fragile things made up using just 26 letters arranged and rearranged again and again to form tales and imaginings which, if you let them, will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.The following stories are contained in this collection:1) An introduction where Gaiman details some background on each of the stories, and includes a short-short story (The Mapmaker)2) A Study in Emerald3) The Fairy Reel (poem)4) October in the Chair5) The Hidden Chamber6) Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire7) The Flints of Memory Lane8) Closing Time9) Going Wodwo (poem)10) Bitter Grounds11) Other People12) Keepsakes and Treasures13) Good Boys Deserve Favors14) The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch15) Strange Little Girls16) Harlequin Valentine17) Locks18) The Problem of Susan19) Instructions20) How Do You Think It Feels?21) My Life22) Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot23) Feeders and Eaters24) Diseasemaker's Croup25) In the End26) Goliath27) Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisville, Kentucky28) How to Talk to Girls at Parties29) The Day the Saucers Came30) Sunbird31) Inventing Aladdin32) The Monarch of the Glen
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Neil Gaiman
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Headline
Review
Smoke and Mirrors : includes 'Chivalry', this year's Radio 4 Neil Gaiman Christmas special
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"The distinctive storytelling genius of Neil Gaiman has been acclaimed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. Now in this new collection of stories--several of which have never before appeared in print and more than half that have never been collected--that will dazzle the senses and haunt the imagination. Miraculous inventions and unforgettable characters inhabit these pages: an elderly widow who finds the Holy Grail in a second-hand store...a frightened little boy who bargains for his life with a troll living under a bridge by the railroad tracks...a stray cat who battles nightly against a recurring evil that threatens his unsuspecting adoptive family. In these stories, Gaiman displays the power, wit, insight and outrageous originality that has made him one of the most unique literary artists of our day."
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Neil Gaiman
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Headline
Book
Publishing
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
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Global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before published American Gods story, BLACK DOG.In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction-stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013-as well as BLACK DOG, a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods.Trigger Warning is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explores the realm of experience and emotion. In Adventure Story-a thematic companion to The Ocean at the End of the Lane-Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience A Calendar of Tales are short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months of the year-stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale The Case of Death and Honey. And Click-Clack the Rattlebag explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we're all alone in the darkness.A writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Trigger Warning engages the mind, stirs the heart, and shakes the soul. Neil Gaiman is one of the most original and popular literary artists of our day.
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Tim J. Myers, Oki S. Han |
Two
Lions
Basho and the River Stones
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The great poet Basho lives in the woods and shares the cherries from his cherry tree with the local foxes. But one tricky fox becomes greedy––He uses his magic to turn three river stones into gold coins, and then tricks Basho into giving up all of the cherries. When the fox returns to gloat over his victory, he discovers that Basho is content. Wiser than the fox, Basho knows that a poem inspired by the beauty of the river stones is more valuable than gold. Oki S. Han’s watercolors evoke ancient Japan in this sequel to the New York Times bestseller Basho and the Fox.
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Illus. in color. Spot, a polka-dot leopard who can change colors and even juggle his own spots, tries to convince two children that he is special enough to be exhibited in the zoo.
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Mary Engelbreit, Clement Clarke Moore |
Harpercollins
Night Before Christmas
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In her New York Times bestselling holiday favorite, Mary Engelbreit whisks readers away to an enchanting world brought to life by the Queen of Christmas herself. Fans young and old will be delighted with this resplendent edition of Clement C. Moore’s classic poem. It’s the most magical evening of the year, in a house so cozy and bursting with Christmas that only this beloved illustrator could have created it. Behold an unforgettable wonderland full of fascinating detail, rich color, and lively characters! This perennial bestseller will bring joy and warmth into the hearts of families during the holiday season—and beyond!
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Janet Schulman
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Knopf
Books
For
Young
Readers
You Read to Me & I'll Read to You : 20th-Century Stories to Share
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A bright and irresistible invitation to reading, You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You will inspire a love of reading— and reading aloud—in children and parents alike. Compiled by Janet Schulman, editor of the bestselling The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury, this anthology is full of stories from both renowned classic children’s book creators and dazzling newer voices in children’s literature. Each of the 26 selections features original illustrations and complete text from such illustrious authors and artists as Maurice Sendak, James Marshall, Judy Blume, Ursula Le Guin, William Steig, and Roald Dahl. From picture books to short novels, from the poignant to the magical to the just plain silly, these stories have been carefully chosen for broad appeal, accessibility, and high literary quality, making You Read to Me & I’ll Read to You a must-have book for all families who want to inspire their children to develop a lifelong love of reading.
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Dr. Seuss, Charles D. Cohen |
Random
House
Books
For
Young
Readers
The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
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What’s better than a lost treasure? Seven lost treasures!These rarely seen Dr. Seuss stories were published in magazines in the early 1950s and are finally available in book form.They include:- Introduction - By Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen.- The Bippolo Seed - In which a scheming feline leads a duck toward a bad decision.- The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga - About a rabbit who is saved from a bear by a single eyelash.- Gustav, the Goldfish - An early rhymed version of the Beginner Book
A Fish Out of Water
.- Tadd and Todd - A story about a twin who is striving to be an individual.- Steak for Supper - In which fantastic creatures follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner.- The Strange Shirt Spot - The inspiration for the bathtub-ring scene in
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
.- The Great Henry McBride - About a boy whose far-flung career fantasies are bested only by those of Dr. Seuss himself.An introduction by Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen traces the history of the stories, which demonstrate an intentional move toward the writing style we now associate with Dr. Seuss. Cohen also explores the themes that recur in well-known Seuss stories (like the importance of the imagination or the perils of greed). With a color palette enhanced beyond the limitations of the original magazines, this is a collection that no Seuss fan (whether scholar or second grader) will want to miss.With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic 'Cat in the Hat', and ranked among the world's top children's authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
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John Seely
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Heinemann
Educational
Books
Heinemann Advanced Shakespeare: Othello
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This book would be a great read for students studying Othello for their exams, as it provides accessible notes and activities that aid in understanding and encourage insights. The end-of-act activities allow for a further exploration of the text and can prepare students for specific exam questions.
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Will Darbyshire
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Atria/keywords
Press
This Modern Love
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In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People’s Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire.“What would you say to your ex, without judgment?”This is the question filmmaker and vlogger Will Darbyshire posed to hundreds of thousands of his closest friends on YouTube. Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience, and to get at the heart of one of life’s unknowable yet universal love.Over a period of six months, Will posed a series of questions to his audience and asked them to reveal their innermost feelings about their own romantic experiences in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.The result is a curated collection of responses that are, at turns, funny, dark, confessional, awkward, comforting, and uplifting. This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, fantasies, resentments, and fears that reminds us that, whether we’re in or out of love, we’re not alone.
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Kathryn L. Lynch, geoffrey-chaucer-kathryn-lynch |
W.
W.
Norton
&
Company
Dream Visions and Other Poems
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Contexts connects the poems to their classical and medieval foundations and includes works by Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Boethius, Dante, and Boccaccio, among others From the wealth of scholarly work available, the editor has chosen for Criticism six essays that address the poems central themes. Contributors include Charles Muscatine, A. C. Spearing, R. T. Lenaghan, Richard Firth Green, Elaine Tuttle Hansen, and Steven Kruger A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. "
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Richmond Lattimore, David Grene, Sophocles |
University
Of
Chicago
Press
Sophocles
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"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."—Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."—Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."— Times Education Supplement"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."—Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."— Commonweal"Grene is one of the great translators."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."—Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book Review
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William Shakespeare
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Wordsworth
Classics
Romeo And Juliet
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Love, sex and death are the components of Shakespeare's classic story of the love of two young people which reaches across the barriers of family and convention. It encompasses great love, high drama, low comedy and a tragic ending.Romeo and Juliet is a pure tragedy of youth told in verse that is both youthful and intense. The loveliness and the music of the poetry make believable the otherwise commonplace afflications of blighted love. The beautiful personification of some of the main characters has caused Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and the Nurse to become part of the world's literary mythology.The text of this edition is taken from the Cambridge University Press New Shakespeare, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and John Dover Wilson.(back cover)
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John Lithgow, Ard Hoyt |
Simon
&
Schuster
Books
For
Young
Readers
I'm A Manatee - I'm A Manatee
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From time to time, I dream that,I'm a manatee,Undulating,underneath,the sea.A little boy dreams of becoming a manatee, and what a dream it is! With his new gigan-atee manatee proportions, he sets off on an underwater adventure with his manatee friends.Join John Lithgow and Ard Hoyt on this silly aquatic escapade, then sing along with John, who performs "I'm a Manatee" on the enclosed CD.
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Harold Pinter
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Grove
Press
The Essential Pinter : Selections from the Work of Harold Pinter
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Goodreads rating: 4.17
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Harold Pinter is one of our most profound poets and playwrights, with work ranging from his plays The Caretaker , The Homecoming , and Betrayal to such poems as "The Bombs" and "Death." A writer known for his searing exploration of power, Pinter gives us an electrifying look into the often uncomfortable relationships between people — whether family members or political opponents. The Essential Pinter , which includes key plays, poetry, essays, and screenplays, is an indispensable companion for anyone wishing to delve into the astonishingly dazzling and frequently ominous world of Harold Pinter. In voyaging in, we not only come to fully appreciate the breadth of a body of work spanning over fifty years, but acquire a better understanding of human interaction.
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Euripides, John Davie, Richard Rutherford |
Penguin
Classics
The Bacchae And Other Plays
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Euripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. His major themes- religious scepticism, the injustices suffered by women and the destructive folly of war-are issues still vitally important today.
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Winner of England's Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets. As they uncover their letters, journals and poems, and track their movements from London to Yorkshire - from spiritualist séances to the fairy-haunted far west of Brittany - what emerges is an extraordinary counterpoint of passions and ideas.
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Dr. Seuss
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Harpercollins
Publishers
Dr Seuss - Happy Birthday To You!
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"today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." the famous lines from this celebrated classic children's book from 1959 still linger to this day. Published for the first time in 1959, happy birthday to you! has mesmerised millions of children worldwide, and is a considered a classic in children's writing.birthday is a special day, a celebration every child craves for. On your birthday, meet the birthday bird who arranges a boat sized cake, lavish feast, and an elaborate festive celebration just for you. Based in the fantasy land of katroo, the book is a special gift for children celebrating their birthday. It transports them on a magical journey that trails the splendors of celebrating their favourite day.the book has colourful illustration that will make it an interesting read for children. Happy birthday to you! was published by uk children's in 2011. It is available in paperback. Key features: dr seuss has authored over forty books, which have been translated into thirty languages and have sold over hundred million copies worldwide.sixteen books by dr seuss were featured in the top 100 best-selling children's books of all time by publishers weekly in 2000.
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Nin Andrews
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Boa
Editions
Ltd.
Why God Is A Woman
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Why God Is a Woman is a collection of poems written about a magical island where women rule and men are the second sex. It is also the story of a boy who, exiled from the island because he could not abide by its sexist laws, looks back with both nostalgia and bitterness and Why does God have to be a woman? Celebrated prose poet Nin Andrews creates a world both fantastic and familiar where all the myths, logic, and institutions support the dominance of women. Nin Andrews 's books include The Book of Orgasms and Sleeping with Houdini .
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Shaun Usher
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Canongate
Books
Letters of Note: Love
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In Letters of Love , Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love's first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known. Includes letters Simone de Beauvoir, Frida KahloGeorgia O'Keeffe, Zora Neale HurstonEvelyn Waugh, Vita Sackville-WestNelson Mandela, Ansel Adams& many more
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Elizabeth Lowe, Hélène Cixous, Clarice Lispector |
University
Of
Minnesota
Press
Agua Viva
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Clarice Lispector tinha o hábito de dormir cedo, acordar de madrugada e ficar sentada na sua sala pensando, fumando e ouvindo a Rádio Relógio, acompanhada apenas de seu cachorro, Ulisses. Nesses momentos de solidão, nasceram muitas de suas obras, que, depois, ela escreveria com a máquina de escrever apoiada sobre as pernas. “Escrevo-te sentada junto de uma janela aberta no alto do meu ateliê”, diz ela em determinado trecho do romance Água viva, em que a autora se confunde com a personagem, uma solitária pintora que se lança em infinitas reflexões sobre o tempo, a vida e a morte, os sonhos e visões, as flores, os estados da alma, a coragem e o medo e, principalmente, a arte da criação, do saber usar as palavras num jogo de sons e silêncios que se combinam, a especialidade da própria Clarice.Água viva, longo texto ficcional em forma de monólogo, foi lançado pela primeira vez em 1973, poucos anos antes da morte de Clarice que, nessa época, já se consagrara como um dos valores mais sólidos da nossa literatura, por seu estilo único, em que a grande preocupação era a busca permanente pela linguagem.Água viva é um desafio emocionante para quem lê ou relê Clarice Lispector. Traz uma linguagem que não se perde no tempo; ao contrário, é ricamente metafórica, em que coisas, ações e emoções do dia-a-dia se transformam em grandiosas digressões indagadoras sobre o sentido da existência e da vida. Seguindo a linha de características introspectivas de seus livros, Clarice cria uma obra singular, verdadeiro relato íntimo que projeta em flashes, como num caleidoscópio, verdadeiros resumos de estados de espírito em tom de confidência, onde a subjetividade sobrepuja o factual e a narradora é responsável pela cadência do texto.Nova edição do de um dos livros mais conhecidos de Clarice Lispector, agora com projeto gráfico de Victor Burton e capa criada a partir de pinturas da própria Clarice. Esta edição traz posfácio do poeta Eucanaã Ferraz.
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Sandra Boynton
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Boynton
Bookworks
Snoozers - 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories For Lively Little Kids
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Snoozy Choosers Choose Snoozers a delightful, tabbed board book from Sandra Boynton!Here are seven different Boynton bedtime stories for little Snoozers * I’m Not Tired * The Big Yawn * Pajamas * Six Sleepy Sheep * Night Sounds * Silly LullabyGuided by the colorful picture tabs, children can find whichever story they want to hear. And the next one. And then this one. Okay, now this one. And now this one. Ooo, and this. Oh, please, just ONE more!We like to snooze in the morning.We like to snooze all day.We like to snoozeWhenever we choose—Snoozing our cares away.
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Caroline Kennedy
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Hachette
Books
A Family Christmas
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"When I began assembling [this] collection, I was skeptical that I would learn anything new about Christmas, but reading and reflecting on the history and spirit of Christmas brought back many memories, and taught me a great deal. . . . The literature of Christmas ranges from the miraculous to the tragic, the profound to the ridiculous, but always represents the connection to something larger than ourselves." --Caroline Kennedy In A Family Christmas, Caroline shares the Christmas poetry, prose, scriptural readings, and lyrics that are most dear to her, drawing on authors as diverse as Harper Lee, Nikki Giovanni, Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Collins, John and Yoko, and Charles Dickens. There are also many lesser-known gems throughout and personal treasures from her own family--including a young Caroline's Christmas list to Santa Claus and a letter from her father as President to a child concerned about Santa's well-being. This diverse and unique anthology will become a timeless keepsake, and will enrich your heart and mind with the spirit of Christmas. A Family Christmas includes selections from: Groucho Marx, Emma Lazarus, Mark Twain, Sandra Cisneros, Pearl S. Buck, Truman Capote, Gabriela Mistral, Ogden Nash, Clement Clarke Moore, Vladimir Nabokov, Marianne Moore, Calvin Trillin, E. B. White, and many more.
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Dante Alighieri
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Wordsworth
Editions
The Divine Comedy
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Translated by H. F. Cary With an introduction by Claire Honess.Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet Divine was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. At the same time, he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular, to produce a radically new and all-encompassing work.The Comedy tells of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman through the three realms of the Christian afterlife: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. He presents a vision of the afterlife which is strikingly original in its conception, with a complex architecture and a coherent structure. On this journey Dante's protagonist - and his reader - meet characters who are variously noble, grotesque, beguiling, fearful, ridiculous, admirable, horrific and tender, and through them he is shown the consequences of sin, repentance and virtue, as he learns to avoid Hell and, through cleansing in Purgatory, to taste the joys of Heaven.
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William Shakespeare
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Wordsworth
Editions
Much Ado about Nothing
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Much Ado About Nothing is probably the most satisfying, and certainly the liveliest and most charming, of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare films. The witty badinage between Branagh and his then-wife Emma Thompson, as Benedick and Beatrice, is as bright and sunny as the golden sunlight that shines on the Tuscan villa where the picture was shot. This production--and don't ask about the plot, just remember the title--is an ebullient celebration of art and artifice, culminating in a joyous dance, and performed at a brisk pace by an all-star cast, including Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, and Michael Keaton. --Jim Emerson
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William Shakespeare, David Bevington |
Cambridge
University
Press
Antony and Cleopatra
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In this edition of the play David Bevington shows how the theatrical design and imaginative vision of Antony and Cleopatra make it one of Shakespeare's most remarkable tragedies. A substantial critical introduction synthesises the best criticism of the play and presents a fresh consideration of its erotic and political complexities. The edition is throughout attentive to the play as theatre: a detailed, illustrated account of the stage history is followed, in the commentary, by discussion of staging options offered by the text. The commentary is especially full and helpful, untangling many obscure words and phrases, illuminating sexual puns, and alerting the reader to Shakespeare's shaping of his source material in Plutarch's Lives.
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William Shakespeare
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Geddes
&
Grosset
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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This book could be a good read for anyone who wants to experience the timeless works of William Shakespeare, from tragedy to comedy, history to romance, fantasy to horror. The glossary of obsolete words and variations from their ordinary established meaning makes the reading experience easier to understand. This book is a must-have for literature lovers who want to delve into the vast range of human experience that is still poignant in modern times. Users would most likely review this book as a must-read classic that never goes out of style.
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Set against the sumptuousness and intrigues of Queen Elizabeth I’s court, this powerful novel reveals the untold love affair between the famous poet John Donne and Ann More, the passionate woman who, against all odds, became his wife. Ann More, fiery and spirited daughter of the Mores of Loseley House in Surrey, came to London destined for a life at the court of Queen Elizabeth and an advantageous marriage. There she encountered John Donne, the darkly attractive young poet who was secretary to her uncle, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was unlike any man she had ever met—angry, clever, witty, and in her eyes, insufferably arrogant and careless of women. Yet as they were thrown together, Donne opened Ann’s eyes to a new world of passion and sensuality.But John Donne—Catholic by background in an age when it was deadly dangerous, tainted by an alluring hint of scandal—was the kind of man her status-conscious father distrusted and despised.The Lady and the Poet tells the story of the forbidden love between one of our most admired poets and a girl who dared to rebel against her family and the conventions of her time. They gave up everything to be together and their love knew no bounds.
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Axel Scheffler, Julia Donaldson |
Alison
Green
Books
Tabby McTat Tenth Anniversary Edition
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Tabby McTat is a busker's cat. He loves his life with Fred, singing along as people throw coins in their hat. Then one day, Fred has an accident, and the two are separated. How will they ever find each other again?
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Carolyn Kizer
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Copper
Canyon
Press
Cool, Calm, and Collected : Poems 1960-2000
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Selected as a "Best Book of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times and Booklist magazine, and winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award, Cool, Calm, and Collected is a tour de force from one of the nation’s premier poets. For four decades, Carolyn Kizer has been one of the most influential, controversial, and recognizable figures in American poetry. A feminist practically before the term existed, she has never been afraid to say what is on her mind, writing poems infused with sexual politics, social awareness, and literary irreverence.Cool, Calm, and Collected was reprinted four times in cloth and became one of Copper Canyon Press’s bestselling titles. It features new poems, work from all of Kizer’s previous volumes, translations "from a dizzying number of poets" (New York Times), and several prose pieces, including "Pakistan Journal" and "My Good Father.". . . We women, Outside, breathing dust, are still the Other. The evening sun goes down; time to fix dinner. "You women have no major phiolosophers." We know. But we remain philosophic, and say with the Saint, "Let me enter my chamber and sing my songs of love."—from "Pro Femina""We cannot do without Kizer and never could—here are four decades of compelling reasons why."—Los Angeles Times"Carolyn Kizer is a national treasure."—San Francisco Chronicle"The book will appeal to poetry lovers and activists of all stripes."—Publishers Weekly"No library should be without this collection."—Booklist (starred review)Carolyn Kizer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, was educated at Sarah Lawrence College. She co-founded Poetry Northwest; served as the first director of the Literature Program at the National Endowment for the Arts; was a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets; and has been a poet-in-residence at Columbia, Stanford, and Princeton. Kizer lives in Sonoma, California.
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William Shakespeare, Peter Hobley Davison |
Penguin
Books
King Henry IV: Pt.2
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The New Penguin Shakespeare offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume hs been newly prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and helpful commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.
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Edmund Blunden, C. Day Lewis, Wilfred Owen |
New
Directions
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
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Goodreads rating: 4.31
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Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists' Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered to be the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owen's papers in the British Museum and other archives.
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Michael Faudet
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Andrews
Mcmeel
Publishing
Dirty Pretty Things
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Dirty Pretty Things is the international bestseller by Michael Faudet. A finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers Choice Awards, his whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the world.He paints vivid pictures with intricate words and explores the compelling themes of love, loss, relationships, and sex. All beautifully captured in poetry, prose, quotes, and little short stories.Michael lives in a house by the sea in New Zealand with his girlfriend, international bestselling author, Lang Leav.
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Neil Gaiman
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Avon
Books
Smoke and Mirrors : Short Fictions and Illusions
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Recommendation:
- This collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman is a must-read for those who enjoy mind-bending tales that blur the lines between reality and fantasy. Each story is skillfully crafted to reveal the hidden magic of humanity, challenging our perceptions and delving into the depths of the human condition. Gaiman's unique literary style will leave you in awe, as you are transported into a world where anything is possible. Enter the realm of Smoke and Mirrors and prepare to be captivated by the astonishing and impressive tales that await you.
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Homer
|
Award
Publications
Ltd
The Iliad: AND the Odyssey
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Goodreads rating: 4.06
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Librarian note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war story, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's greatest evocation of every man's journey through life. Here again, Fagles has performed the translator's task magnificently, giving us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Each volume contains a superb introduction with textual and critical commentary by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.
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Sheldon I. Pollock, Vālmīki |
Clay
Sanskrit
Ramayana Book Three : The Forest
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The skies darken for the exiles, who have taken refuge in forest hermitages. First one demon, then another, attempts to harm or corrupt them. When these efforts fail, an army of demons is sent, and then a bigger one, but each time Rama again defeats them. Finally Rávana, the supreme lord of the demons, decides to cripple Rama by capturing Sita; he traps her, and carries her off under heavy guard to the island fortress of Lanka. Rama is distraught by grief, and searches everywhere without success.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit
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Nathalie Handal
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University
Of
Pittsburgh
Press
Love and Strange Horses
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Goodreads rating: 4.06
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"Trembles with belonging (and longing) and love and sex."--The New York Times "Nathalie Handal's Love and Strange Horses is riddled with provocative incantations that verge on a conjuring solidly based in this world and beyond. There's a subtle singing locked inside each poem that raises the stakes. This cosmopolitan voice belongs to the human family, and it luxuriates in crossing necessary borders. The pages are lit with scintillations that transport the reader to pithy zones of thought and pleasure."--Yusef Komunyakaa Nathalie Handal is an award-winning poet, playwright, and writer. She is the author of two previous poetry The NeverField and The Lives of Rain. Handal is the editor of The Poetry of Arab A Contemporary Anthology, winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and coeditor of Language for a New Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including Ploughshares, Crab Orchard Review, and the Literary Review. She was named an honored finalist for the 2009 Gift of Freedom Award.
Immerse yourself in the world of Poetry
At Thryft, we value the power of words. Poetry can encapsulate feelings that are hard to express, offering solace and clarity. Our collection includes timeless classics, vibrant modern works, and significant contributions from local poets. Delve into these verses to enrich your mind and soul. Whether you're a poetry novice or a seasoned reader, find the perfect piece that speaks to you.
If you're new to poetry, consider starting with accessible poets like Rupi Kaur for modern emotional expressions, or explore classics by Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, known for their timeless appeal.
Absolutely! Thryft proudly features works by Asian poets including acclaimed authors like Ocean Vuong and Rizal Varma, highlighting diverse voices from the region.
Certainly! Our collection features nature-themed poetry, celebrating the beauty of the natural world. Discover authors like Mary Oliver whose works you can find in our Nature section.
Yes, we have a variety of poetry books suitable for young adults. Young readers might enjoy the modern style of poets like Amanda Lovelace. Explore more options in our Young Adult section.
Contemporary poetry has expanded to incorporate diverse voices and styles, reflecting current societal issues and emotions. Authors like Warsan Shire and Claudia Rankine have broken new ground, resonating with today's readers.