Product Description: "Smart, funny, angry, political, and utterly poetic . . . both haunting and humorous." ―The Rumpus

In a compelling anthology of poetry, the National Book Award-winning author of Vice reflects on the nature of evil and on America's loss of innocence in poems that range from the terrifying flight of a World War II pilot and the death of JFK Jr. to the World Trade Center attack and the poet's own illegitimate birth. Reprint.

A collection of new poems that capture in a searing and unforgettable fashion the experiences of ethinic minorities and the urban poor

Product Description: Greed for money, power, sex, and love is the theme of this volume of dramatic monologues by the poet the New York Times Book Review has called "one of the most singular voices of her generation." Beginning with "Riot Act," a monologue about the Los Angeles uprising in April 1992, Ai explored racial and sexual politics through the voices of diverse characters...read more

Poems deal with the Los Angeles riots, and greed for money, power, sex, and love

Dramatic monologues by a powerful American poet include the voices of Mary Jo Kopechne, Lenny Bruce, Alfred Hitchcock, Lyndon Johnson, Elvis Presley and others, exposing human evil and self-destruction

Product Description: This book: Cruelty/Killing Floor by Ali is a gem. This classic reprint series make available Ai's first two classic collection, including the Lamont Poetry Selection Killing Floor, in one volume Her poems are crystal clear, immediately engaging and often apocalyptic.

These collected poems, all centered around the uses and abuses of power, form a series of historical narratives drawn from the actual and imaginary past