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A Sweetness Rising: New and Selected Poems

A Sweetness Rising: New and Selected Poems
Roberta Spear
Edited with an introduction by Philip Levine
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-063-8, $12.95

The poems of a critically acclaimed, contemporary California poet

Pleasure

Pleasure
Gary Young
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-023-6, $12.95
96 pages (6 x 8)
Poetry

A new collection from a master of the prose poem

The Smokehouse Boys

The Smokehouse Boys
Shaunna Oteka McCovey
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-019-8, $11.95

Poems of grace, heartbreak, and wry, beautiful simplicity.

The High Sierra of California

The High Sierra of California
Poems and Journals by Gary Snyder, Woodcuts by Tom Killion
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-890771-99-6, $24.95

Now available in paperback!

No Other Life

No Other Life
Gary Young
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-59714-004-x, $13.95

Simple, beautiful poems shedding light on pain and loss—back in print with a new design. Winner of the Poetry Society of America’s 2003 William Carlos Williams Award.

The Addison Street Anthology

The Addison Street Anthology: Berkeley's Poetry Walk
Edited by Robert Hass and Jessica Fisher
Trade paper, 296 pages (5.5 x 8.5), ISBN: 1-890771-94-5, $14.95

Berkeley is a wellspring of literary and artistic history. As a way of preserving and celebrating that history, the City of Berkeley called on former poet laureate Robert Hass and award-winning artist David Goines to design a series of poetry panels that have been installed in the sidewalks of Berkeley’s thriving downtown arts and theater district.

Skin Tax

Skin Tax
Tim Z. Hernandez, Foreword by Juan Felipe Herrera
rade Paper, ISBN: 1-890771-93-7, $12.95

Out of California’s Great Central Valley comes the bold new poetic voice of Tim Hernandez, already an established performance poet and community activist. Skin Tax is a powerful print debut of a poet with a mature and complex talent immersed in the themes of a young male wrestling with his sensitivity and his desires for love and affection.

California Poetry

California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present
Edited by Dana Gioia, Chryss Yost, and Jack Hicks
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-72-4, $21.95

California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present is an authoritative yet accessible collection that brings together 150 years of California poetry in one volume: a comprehensive historical anthology of the state’s poetry from the gold rush era to the present that offers the finest poetry by California authors of all schools and ideas.

River of Words

River of Words: Images and Poetry in Praise of Water
Edited by Pamela Michael, Introductions by Robert Hass and Thacher Hurd
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-65-1, $12.00

Culled from the annual River of Words art and poetry contest, here is an exceptional selection of creative work from young people (ages 5–19) across America and around the world. More...

Dark God of Eros

Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader
Edited with an Introduction by Albert Gelpi
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-64-3, $22.95

This carefully chosen selection highlighting the range of Everson’s work will help readers better understand the life and many transformations of one of California’s most fascinating and elusive bards.

The Dirt is Red Here

The Dirt Is Red Here:
Art and Poetry from Native California

Edited by Margaret Dubin
Trade paper, ISBN:1-890771-54-6, $16.95

The Dirt is Red Here brings together works by many of today’s finest artists and poets of California’s Indian communities.

Geography of Home

The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place
Edited by Christopher Buckley and Gary Young
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-19-8, $18.95

An anthology of contemporary poetry devoted to California's many landscapes—rural and urban, emotional and physical.

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