Fiction and Poetry

 

Heavier Than Air
Stories
Nona Caspers
Winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction
"These stories are beautiful and devastating and relentless. The quality and originality of language and wide range of subject matter are maintained throughout."—Wendy Brennon
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-556-2
208 pp., 2006

 

Bring Everybody
Stories
Dwight Yates
Winner of the 2005 Juniper Prize
"An electrifying collection of short fiction. Dwight Yates delights in story, character, language, and craft in equal measure, and each tale seems to pivot in a delicious, unexpected way. Tell everybody."—Richard Russo
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-525-8
160 pp., 2006

 

The Last Days of Publishing
A Novel
Tom Engelhardt
"An ex-editor laments the death of the book by writing a wonderfully observant novel about an editor whose career and way of life are both coming to and ed. . . . A brilliantly realized cri de coeur, pulsing throughout with life, sorrow, and thought."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-506-7
224 pp., 2005

 

The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles
Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone
Translated by Robert Bagg, with introductions and notes by Robert and Mary Bagg
"A thrilling, accessible translation of Sophocles' Oedipus plays. . . . Bagg's supple translation, framed by illuminating commentary and notes . . . evokes deep sympathy for Oedipus, tragedy's most poignantly 'god-crushed man,' as well as members of his doomed household."—Kirkus Reviews
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-454-1
288 pp., 2004

 

Puerto Rican Poetry
An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times
Edited and Translated by Roberto Márquez

"Without a doubt, the most complete and comprehensive anthology of Puerto Rican poetry available in Spanish or English."—William Luis
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-562-3
528 pp., 2007


This Waiting for Love
Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Edited by Verner Mitchell

"Johnson proves herself a lyricist of utmost delicacy yet steely precision; restraint attends her every mediation on love, race, and loss."—Washington Post Book World
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-572-2
160 pp., 10 illus., 2006

 

"Words for the Hour"
A New Anthology of American Civil War Poetry
Edited by Faith Barrett and Cristanne Miller

"Without sacrificing literary distinction, editors Barrett and Miller limit their selection to work written between 1834 and 1891 by poets who lived through and often actively participated in antebellum, wartime, and aftermath events. In the thought-provoking introduction, Barrett points out the social and personal functions of poetry in nineteenth-century America. . . . An interpretational, literary, and documentary monument."—Booklist (starred review)
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-509-8
440 pp., 11 illus., 2005

 

All the Lavish in Common
Poems
Allen Peterson
Winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry
"A smart and mature second collection. . . . A southern landscape and a midwestern childhood inform the poems; so does an interest in middle age. Yet biography lies far under the crenellated surfaces of these poems, which gradually brings their topics into view. "—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-526-5
88 pp., 2006

 

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