Summary: "The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war. Directly and indirectly, the poems collected in this volume engage with the events and experiences of war, reflecting on the themes of alienation, loss, dislocation, and disability; as well as justice, heroism, courage, resilience, generosity, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.7 WORGarcía Lorca, Federico
Summary: "The revised Selected Verse, which incorporates changes made to Lorca's Collected Poems, is the most complete paperback anthology of his work available in English, and is an essential addition to any poetry lover's bookshelf. In this bilingual edition, Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 GARHorace.
Summary: A new bilingual translation of the works of a Roman poet, with Latin and English versions on facing pages. In Discipline, one reads, "Sweet and proper it is to die for your country / But Death would just as soon come after him / Who runs away."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 474.01 HORKagami, Takaya
Summary: " Ferid Bathory and Krul Tepes have been captured by the other vampire nobles and the members of Shinoa Squad are forced to bide their time while the two vampires are sentenced to days of exposure torture. And what better place to wait than in Ferid's own mansion in Osaka? Meanwhile, the Demon Army is gearing up for a coup in Shibuya, but Guren has a plan of his own that involves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERSummary: "In Spain in the 1840s, a group of women had begun to publish poetry. Their verse - Romantic, predominantly lyric, and often linked to liberal reform - was novel and controversial because few women had ventured into print. The poets collected in this anthology asserted in different ways their imagination and literary voice." "Anna-Marie Aldaz offers a discussion of Spanish versification as well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Language Association of America 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 ANTSummary: Mexican Poetry has flourished during the last thirty years, and this ambitious multi-lingual anthology surveys the vibrant and eclectic work of poets born after 1950. The poetry of this new generation reflects a wealth of backgrounds, regions, styles, and especially influences -- including traditional and inventive narrative, formalism, lyrics, suites, and experimental verse. This is also the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 REVSummary: This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters, in translations by top-flight scholars of the field. Haiku (distilled poems featuring 17 syllables) command enormous respect in Japan. Now readers of poetry in the West can savor these expressive masterpieces in this treasury.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 CLANeruda, Pablo
Summary: "The first book to collect all of Pablo Neruda's odes, in any language; a bilingual edition"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 NERNeruda, Pablo
Contents: First movement -- To search -- Returning -- I am grateful, violins ... -- It appears that a different ship ... -- When I decided ... -- I have four dogs to declare ... -- Some Argentinians sailed with us ... -- My name was Reyes ... -- Salud, we called out every day ... -- Today, how many hours ... -- I met the Mexican ... -- To find out, I called together my tribe ... -- Every day, Matilde --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 NERSummary: "Featuring the original Russian on the left-hand page and new English translations on the right-hand side, contents include "The Fugitive" by Vladimir A. Gilyarovsky, "The Present" by Leonid Andreev, "Trataton" by Dimitry Mamin-Sibiryak, "Life Granted" by Aleksandr Grin, and "Icarus" by Stepan Skitalets, plus stories by Vasily Grossman, Aleksandr Kuprin, and others. No further apparatus or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 FIC GREIsayama, Hajime
Summary: "The world outside the Walls is vaster than Eren and his comrades could have ever imagined. Just beyond the shores of Paradis lies the country of Marley - home to Eren's mortal enemy Reiner. He may have returned home, hoping to consign "the Armor" to his past, but some things can't be so easily forgotten - and Reiner is about to be confronted by a certain someone he turned his back on..."--Back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ATTLa Fontaine, Jean de
Summary: First published between 1668 and 1693, the Fables of La Fontaine rank among the masterpieces of French literature. This volume contains 75 of the best, in the original French with new English line-for-line literal translations. "The Cicada and the Ant," "The City Rat and the Country Rat," "The Fox and the Grapes," many more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "These eleven tales are by four outstanding authors whose work brought new life to Spanish literature. Published between 1870 and 1900, they include 'El Hechicero,' by Juan Valera, an allegorical retelling of an Andalusian legend; Pedro Antonio de Alarcon's tale of bandits, 'La buenaventura,' and his 'La Comendadora,' inspired by an incident in a Granada convent; three tales by Leopoldo Alas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 SPAAlegría, Claribel.
Summary: From the Publisher: Sorrow Claribel Alegria Sorrow is a remarkable collection of love poems which Alegria wrote for her recently deceased husband. The poems are not only a recollection of their past, but also meditations on the meaning of death and the pain of separation as well as reflections on their eventual reunion. Most of the poems are brief piercing lyrics which radiate strength and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 ALEJacobsen, Rolf.
Summary: An early champion of modernism, Jacobsen published a body of work that earned him international recognition and established him as one of Europe's great poets. This bilingual collection spans Jacobsen's fifty-year career and includes, for the first time in English, his final poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 439.82 JACKingsolver, Barbara
Summary: A bilingual collection of thirty-seven political and protest poems about the social conditions of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 KINLeopardi, Giacomo
Summary: Giacomo Leopardi is Italy's greatest modern poet, the first European writer to portray and examine the self in a way that feels familiar to us today. A great classical scholar and patriot, he explored metaphysical loneliness in entirely original ways. ... Leopardi's poetry is notoriously difficult to translate, and he has been less well known to English-language readers than his central...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.4 LEOOgawa, Yayoi.
Summary: "Hasumi has a hard time getting over Sumire, but Fukushima offers him comfort. Meanwhile, Sumire worries about Momo's new status as her lover, especially since he's moving to Belgium! Will her former pet leave her behind for his career? And will Rumi take advantage of the distance to move in on Momo?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2004
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRAResnick, Seymour.
Contents: Poem of the Cid / Anonymous -- Poema del Cid / Anonymous -- The book of good love / Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita -- El libro de buen amor / Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita -- Mountain song of La Finojosa / Marquis de Santillana -- Serranilla de la Finojosa / Marquis de Santillana -- Ode on the death of his father / Jorge Manrique -- Coplas por la muerte de su padre / Jorge Manrique -- Welcome,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvey House 1962
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 RESTranströmer, Tomas
Summary: "Tomas Tranströmer--the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature--can be clearly recognized not just as Sweden's most important poet, but as a writer of international stature whose work speaks to us now with undiminished clarity and resonance. Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Tranströmer is a poet of the liminal: his verse is drawn again and again to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 439.7 TRATōma, Rei.
Summary: "Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: 'You are my property.' With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage-- and a mysterious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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2 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DAWUrasawa, Naoki
Summary: "It appears that Kanna's ambitious gamble has paid off as the leaders of the local Thai and Chinese mafias agree to both call a truce and offer to back her up"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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Summary: Throughout his life, César Vallejo (1892–1938) focused on human suffering and the isolation of people victimized by inexplicable forces. One of the great Spanish language poets, he merged radical politics and language consciousness, resulting in the first examples of a truly new world poetry. The Black Heralds is Vallejo’s first book and contains a wide range of poems, from love sonnets in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Latin American Literary Review Press 1990