A collection of new works by the popular poet exemplifying his talent with words and sound patterns

One of the New York Public Library's 25 "Books to Remember" in 1997 Lux comments on the absurd, the pathetic, and the commonplace in our culture, writing with c

At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of Afr

The 126 poems in this superb collection of 19th and 20th century British and American verse range from famous poets such as Wordsworth, Tennyson, Whitman, and F

The Great Depression was one of the most traumatic events of recent American history. Although this period has been studied extensively, one rich source of mate