The first collection of stories by an acclaimed poet, these fourteen stories are a mix of the satirical and the erotic intensely written, with characters prototypically American

Product Description: The setup is classic and familiar: a table draped with a white cloth, a dish of fruit, a sugar bowl. Yet instead of the meal awaiting an unseen viewer's consumption, as in a classic still life, Laura Letinsky photographs what remains on the table after the food has been eaten, leaving only crumbs, melon rinds, a cantaloupe pocked with rot and a half-finished lollipop...read more

City Secrets Books: The Essential Insider's Guide is an illuminating compendium of personal essays by an all-star line-up of novelists, poets, playwrights, and other esteemed literary figures, all of whom have recommended an under-appreciated or little-known work of literature. The book is comprised of short, often anecdotal essays that share personal, affectionate accounts of why a contributor’s particular choice of book deserves to be rediscovered and read anew. Nearly every genre is featured, in every manner of fiction and nonfiction, including history, biography, autobiography, memoir, humor, nature, crime writing, war reportage, and science fiction. A portion of this book's proceeds is donated to First Book, a four-star charity that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.The 158 contributors to this collection include Jane Smiley, Calvin Trillin, John Guare, Oscar Hijuelos, Buck Henry, Graydon Carter, Pico Iyer, Robert Pinsky, C. K. Williams, Deborah Eisenberg, and Scott Simon.

Presents a compilation of poetry spanning the poet's career, with selections from 'Sleeping with One Eye Open,' 'The Continuous Life,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Blizzard of One,' and his most recent collection, 'Man and Camel.'

Product Description: This eleventh collection by Mark Strand is a toast to life’s transience and abiding beauty. He begins with a group of light but haunting fables, populated by figures like the King, a tiny creature in ermine who has lost his desire to rule, and by the poet’s own alter ego, who recounts the fetching mystery of the title poem: “I sat on the porch having a smoke / when out of the blue a man and a camel / happened by...read more

A collection of one hundred international works from the past century, selected and introduced by a former Poet Laureate, includes pieces by such acclaimed writers as W. H. Auden, Federico García Lorca, and Rainer Maria Rilke. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: Mark Strand is the author of nine books of poems, including Blizzard of One, winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize. He was the Poet Laureate of the United States in 1990, and currently teaches at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.

Book by Strand, Mark

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet discusses art and the nature of poetry, the link between photography and words, the eternal nature of the lyric, four American perspectives on Mount Parnassus, and much more in this insightful collection of essays. Reprint.

Provides a detailed explanation of the different forms of poetry--sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, etc.--and explains their origin, traces their history, and provides examples for each form. Reprint.

A book of lists written in prose reflects the author's observations on the beauty of life.

Provides a sampler of poetry by ninety-two outstanding contemporary writers

The Pulitzer Prizewinning collection of poems offers readers a sensuous feast of poetry about food, weather, lovers, animals, friends, and other joys of life. Reprint.

Product Description: Special collection of photos of Artists, Art Critics, Collectors, Art Curators, Dealers - spanning 1950's through 1990's - Over 660 black and white images - yearbook format - Introduction by Robert Pincus-Witten, Wayne Koestenbaum and Mark Srand.

Product Description: Book by Strand, Mark, Forge, Andrew

A tribute to America's National Parks--including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and the Everglades--is seen through the lens of one of the country's greatest landscape photographers, as well as a former Poet Laureate of the United States.