Steven Wallace
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
xvii, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
What country makes the best chocolate? Most people would answer "Switzerland" or, if they're discerning, "Belgium" or "France." But, how many cocoa trees grow in Zurich? Lyon? Antwerp? Shouldn't the country known for growing the best cocoa beans be the one that makes the best chocolate? So, captivated by theories of international trade bit with precious little knowledge of cocoa or chocolate, Steven Wallace set out to build the Omanhene Cocoa...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 96
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Description
xxii, 1,032 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
10) Selected poems
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
xxii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
11) The blue guitar
Author
Pub. Date
1977.
Physical Description
51 pages : illustrations, etchings (color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Description
144 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Though she is arguably best known for the voluptuous female nudes that populate her paintings, Lisa Yuskavage's work is just as focused on the ethereal settings in which these subjects appear. Yuskavage creates finely detailed landscapes that blur the line between the fantastical and the familiar, melding abstraction with realism to depict self-contained worlds. These outdoor scenes defy conventions of landscape painting with surreal color palettes...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
xxviii, 377 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems by one hundred poets, including pieces from T.S. Eliot, Alexander Pope, W.B. Yeats, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Conrad Aiken, George Meredith, and others. Features critical commentary from Harold Bloom on each poem.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
xxvii, 452 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal readings of forty essential American poems we thought we knew--from...
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
xv, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This compilation of great American poetry contains some of the most fondly remembered works of all time. Representing the earliest days of the Nation through the golden age of the 19th century and up to the present day, this classic collection also includes the lyrics of canonical songs, from "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "This Land is Your Land." Each poet's work is preceded by an introduction.--From publisher description.
20) Home: 100 poems
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Description
xxxvi, 224 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this poignant collection, Christian Wiman draws together one hundred evocative poems and prose fragments about home, exploring home's deep theological, literary, philosophical, historical, political, and social dimensions. Wiman calls home 'a house, a country, a language, a love, a longing, a grief, a god.' It's 'a word that disperses into more definitions than one book can contain.' The tensions between diffusion and concentration, roaming and...
