Contains the nearly three hundred poems of the fifteen-part Canto, written by twentieth-century Chilean poet Pablo Neruda between 1938 and 1950, in which he presents a visionary interpretation of Latin America.
A series of linked poems presented as dramatic monologues that give voice to women and children living in and around the mythical frontier town of Cottonwood. Includes archival photographs and a map.
Presents a selection of writings by Roman poet Ovid, including the complete elegies from the "Amores," and "Heroides," poems of exile, and excerpts from longer works, rendered in English by a variety of translators.
Contains a collection of poems in which the author explores the themes that are present in the history of his culture, including slavery, destruction, spirituality, and hope.
A collection of poems by Natasha Trethewey which were inspired by the early 1900's photographs of E.J. Bellocq which profile prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans.