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Now there is even more to love in this timeless fan favorite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMillie McDeevit screamed a scream\u003cbr\u003eSo loud it made her eyebrows steam.\u003cbr\u003eShe screamed so loud\u003cbr\u003eher jawbone broke, \u003cbr\u003eHer tongue caught fire, \u003cbr\u003eher nostrils smoked. . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous book of poems and drawings by the creator of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Light in the Attic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEvery Thing On It\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Yeats himself.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SECOND SPACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow spacious are the heavenly halls!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproach them on aerial stairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove white clouds, there are the hanging gardens of paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soul detaches itself from the body and soars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt remembers that there is an up and a down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave we really lost faith in the second space?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they've dissolved, disappeared, both heaven and hell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout unearthly meadows how to meet salvation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd where will an association of the damned fill its abode?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us weep, lament the enormity of the loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us smear our faces with coal, loosen our hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us inplore that it be returned to us, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat second space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz's most recent collection \u003cem\u003eSecond Space\u003c\/em\u003e marks a new stage in one of the great poetic pilgrimages of our time. 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It is unified by Milosz's ongoing quest to find the bond linking the things of this world with the order of a \"second space,\" shaped not by necessity, but grace. \u003cem\u003eSecond Space\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to accompany a self-proclaimed \"apprentice\" on this extraordinary quest. In \"Treatise on Theology,\" Milosz calls himself \"a one day's master.\" He is, of course, far more than this. \u003cem\u003eSecond Space\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist peerless both in his capacity to confront the world's suffering and in his eagerness to embrace its joys: \"Sun. And sky. And in the sky white clouds. \/ Only now everything cried to him: Eurydice! \/ How will I live without you, my consoling one! \/ But there was a fragrant scent of herbs, the low humming of bees, \/ And he fell asleep with his cheek on the sun-warmed earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.1 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583912952056,"sku":"9780060755249","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/leiimziSqI9780060755249.webp?v=1782923749"},{"product_id":"overlord-poems-paperback","title":"Overlord: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorie Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Graham is one of those rare poets who not only has created a language and poetic structure all her own, but who seeks to redefine herself with each new book.\"--\u003cem\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her most personal and urgent collection to date, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Jorie Graham explores questions of existence and presence, of being and otherness. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on the coastline known as Omaha Beach in Normandy, the poems in \u003cem\u003eOverlord\u003c\/em\u003e--the code name for the wartime invasion itself--move between visions of that beach during the Allied invasion and that landscape of beaches, fields, and hedgerows as it known as today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverlord\u003c\/em\u003e meditates on our new world, ghosted by, and threatened by, competing descriptions of the past, the future, and what it means to be, as individuals, as a people, \"free.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be fully present in a human life? How -- in the face of the carnage of war, the no longer merely threatened destruction of the natural world, the faceless threat of spiritual oversimplification and reactive fear -- does one retain one's capacity to be both present and responsive? And to what extent does our capacity to be present, to be fully ourselves, depend on our relationship to an other and our understanding of and engagement with otherness itself? With what forces does the sheer act of apprehending make us complicit? What powers lord over us and what do we, as a species, and as souls, lord over?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are among the questions Jorie Graham, in her most personal and urgent collection to date, undertakes to explore, often from a vantage point geographically, as well as historically, other. 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A continuation as well as a departure for one of America's most highly honored poets, this is poetry of formal eloquence and rhetorical power, of vision and engagement. \u003cem\u003ePax Atomica\u003c\/em\u003edescends into the maelstrom of American culture and emerges singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.22 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583913607416,"sku":"9780060758042","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/F_xLLHEOsY9780060758042.webp?v=1782925180"},{"product_id":"its-raining-pigs-noodles-paperback","title":"It's Raining Pigs \u0026 Noodles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Prelutsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe master of mischievous rhyme, Jack Prelutsky, and his partner in crime, James Stevenson, have whipped up a storm of more than one hundred hilarious poems and zany drawings. 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He was a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book Iron John, which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he has presented his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from Silence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns, and Loving a Woman in Two Worlds. A complete section of marvelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat has made Robert Bly one of the most essential voices in modern poetry?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeep Image Poetry: \u003c\/b\u003e Pioneering work that dives below the surface of the everyday, finding startling, surreal connections in the quiet landscapes of the American Midwest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMythopoetic Voice: \u003c\/b\u003e The powerful explorations of myth, masculinity, and the inner life that would lay the groundwork for the groundbreaking bestseller \u003ci\u003eIron John\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnti-War Conscience: \u003c\/b\u003e Fierce, vital poems that confronted the Vietnam War, cementing his role as a leading voice of political protest and moral clarity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Lifetime of Work: \u003c\/b\u003e A career-spanning selection curated by the poet himself, including timeless classics and a section of powerful new poems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Brilliant Collection Spanning Half A Century, From One Of America's Most Prominent And Powerful Poets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bly has had many roles in his illustrious career. He is a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book \u003cem\u003eIron John, \u003c\/em\u003e which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly has continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he presents his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from \u003cem\u003eSilence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLoving a Woman in Two Worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e A complete section of marelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. It is a brilliant collection that confirms Bly's role as one of America's preeminent poets writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Brilliant Collection Spanning Half A Century, From One Of America's Most Prominent And Powerful Poets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bly has had many roles in his illustrious career. He is a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book \u003cem\u003eIron John, \u003c\/em\u003e which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly has continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he presents his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from \u003cem\u003eSilence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLoving a Woman in Two Worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e A complete section of marelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. 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Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in mid-century New York City, Ginsberg influenced several generations of writers, musicians, and poets. When he died on April 5, 1997, we lost one of the greatest figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history. This singular volume of final poems commemorated the anniversary of Ginsberg's death, and includes the verses he wrote in the years shortly before he died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Ginsberg was one of the bravest and most admired poets of this century. Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in mid-century New York City, Ginsberg influenced several generations of writers, musicians, and poets. When he died on April 5, 1997, we lost one of the greatest figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history. 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