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Oroonoko (Penguin Little Black Classics)
by Aphra Behn'We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues . . .'Spy, traveller and pioneering female writer Aphra Benn's story of an African prince sold into slavery is considered one of the earliest English novels
Oroonoko and Other Writings
by Aphra Behn Paul SalzmanA collection of Aphra Behn''s work contains Oroonoko and other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy and in addition a selection of her poetry from public political verse to lyrics and witty conversation poems.
Orphan Hours: Poems
by Stanley PlumlyA luminous new volume from a National Book Award finalist and recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Orphan Hours is a book of reconciliation, of coming to terms with time in its most personal and memorable manifestations, and of learning the wisdom of what cannot be changed. The urgency of the elegy has been absorbed by an acceptance of the detail, texture, and small moments that constitute and enrich mortality. from "Lapsed Meadow" I remember, in Ohio, fields of wastes of nature, lost pasture, fallow clearings, buckwheat and fireweed and broken sparrow nests, especially in the summer, in the fading hilltop sun, when you could lose yourself by simply lying down. Who will find you, who will call you home now, at dusk, with the dry tips of the goldenrod confused with a little wind, filling in what's left of the light.
Orpheus & Eurydice
by Gregory OrrHow can I celebrate love/ now that I know what it does? So begins this booklength lyric sequence which reinhabits and modernizes the story of Orpheus, the mythic master of the lyre (and father of lyric poetry) and Eurydice, his lover who died and whom Orpheus tried to rescue from Hades.Gregory Orr uses as his touchstone the assertion that myths attempt to narrate a whole human experience, while at the same time serving a purpose which resists explanation. Through poems of passionate and obsessive erotic love, Orr has dramatized the anguished intersection of infinite longings and finite lives and, in the process, explores the very sources of poetry.When Eurydice saw himhuddled in a thick cloak,she should have knownhe was alive,the way he shiveredbeneath its useless folds.But what she sawwas the usual: a strangerconfused in a new world.And when she touched himon the shoulder,it was nothingpersonal, a kindnesshe misunderstood.To guide someonethrough the halls of hellis not the same as love."A reader unfamiliar with Orr's work may be surprised, at first, by the richness of both action and visual detail that his succinct, spare poems convey. Lyricism can erupt in the midst of desolation."--Boston GlobeWhen Gregory Orr's Burning the Empty Nest appear, Publisher's Weekly praised it as an "auspicious debut for a gifted newcomer...he already demonstrates a superior control of his medium." Kirkus Review celebrated it as "an almost unbearably powerful first book of poetry" and enthusiastically reviewed his second book Gathering the Bones Together, noting that "Orr's power is the eloquence of understatement." Most recently, his City of Salt was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Gregory Orr teaches at the University of Virginia.
Orphic Paris
by Henri ColeA poetic portrait of Paris that combines prose poetry, diary, and memoir by award-winning writer and poet Henri Cole.Henri Cole’s Orphic Paris combines autobiography, diary, essay, and poetry with photographs to create a new form of elegiac memoir. With Paris as a backdrop, Cole, an award-winning American poet, explores with fresh and penetrating insight the nature of friendship and family, poetry and solitude, the self and freedom. Cole writes of Paris, “For a time, I lived here, where the call of life is so strong. My soul was colored by it. Instead of worshiping a creator or man, I cared fully for myself, and felt no guilt and confessed nothing, and in this place I wrote, I was nourished, and I grew.” Written under the tutelary spirit of Orpheus—mystic, oracular, entrancing—Orphic Paris is an intimate Paris journal and a literary commonplace book that is a touching, original, brilliant account of the city and of the artists, writers, and luminaries, including Cole himself, who have been moved by it to create.
Orphic Politics
by Tim LilburnA new collection by the winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry. Tim Lilburn's award-winning work has observed the natural world with an intensity of seeing and a reverence that shifts the way we understand our lives. Now, in his brilliant new collection of poems, Lilburn has turned his meticulous, unerring eye to an intimate, utterly compelling exploration of the body's fall into illness. These haunting poems take the reader below the surface of things into a peculiar world of personal and social alteration. Its incantatory insistence and its shocking imagistic leaps make the poetry a sustained act of therapy, a ritual instrument for change.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ortiga
by Elena Barrio FabregatOrtiga es una selección de poemas de Elena Barrio, un canto a la añoranza, a la tierra, a la familia, a la mujer, a la infancia. «En este álbum familiar: las mujeres que pisaron estos bosques y los domesticaron sin herirlos. las que cuidaron de los suyos por encima de la resistencia de sus carnes. las que abortaron en silencio y se levantaron para continuar labrando, dejando la pena a un lado. las que salieron de noche, a la caza del lobo. las que cultivaron la compasión y la resistencia. las que emigraron. las que permanecieron.»
Ortiga
by Elena Barrio FabregatOrtiga es una selección de poemas de Elena Barrio, un canto a la añoranza, a la tierra, a la familia, a la mujer, a la infancia. «En este álbum familiar: las mujeres que pisaron estos bosques y los domesticaron sin herirlos. las que cuidaron de los suyos por encima de la resistencia de sus carnes. las que abortaron en silencio y se levantaron para continuar labrando, dejando la pena a un lado. las que salieron de noche, a la caza del lobo. las que cultivaron la compasión y la resistencia. las que emigraron. las que permanecieron.»
Os Ensinamentos do Baraka
by Mois Benarroch Jean Pierre BarakatO famoso longo poema "Os ensinamentos de Baraka" do poeta israelense Mois Benarroch é uma jornada espiritual na vivência da vida.
Os cem melhores poemas portugueses dos últimos cem anos
by José Mario SilvaEntre grandes nomes canónicos já desaparecidos e jovens e promissórias vozes, o mundo da poesia portuguesa contemporânea é-nos apresentado com uma frescura e originalidade inesperadas e os poemas vão guiando o leitor numa viagem íntima por esse mundo à parte e imorredouro, apesar de actualíssimo, que é a poesia. Reúne poemas de autores como Fernando Pessoa, Camilo Pessanha, Jorge de Sena, Vitorino Nemésio, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Herberto Helder, Alexandre O'Neill, Mário Cesariny entre outros.
Os cem melhores poemas portugueses dos últimos cem anos
by José Mário SilvaEis a desafiante antologia de um século de poesia singular e liberta, mensageira do moderno e do ancestral, de uma individualidade complexa mas também do clamor colectivo - uma poesia diversa e plural na sua forma, sempre intensa nos seus temas. Selecção e organização de José Mário Silva Entre nomes canónicos já desaparecidos e novas e auspiciosas vozes, a poesia portuguesa é-nos apresentada com um arrojo alheio a espartilhos académicos ou de notoriedade. Este livro constitui uma leitura incontida e luminosa do panorama poético português, marcada sobretudo pelo entusiasmo de dar a conhecer o que de melhor fizeram, ao longo de cem anos, cem dos nossos poetas. Esta é, assim, uma viagem íntima por esse universo paralelo que, nas palavras de Sophia de Mello Breyner, é «uma luta contra a treva e a imperfeição»: a poesia.
Oscar Wilde, Wilfred Owen, and Male Desire: Begotten not Made (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
by James CampbellThis book reads Oscar Wilde as a queer theorist and Wilfred Owen as his symbolic son. It centers on the concept of 'male procreation', or the generation of new ideas through an erotic but non-physical connection between two men, and it sees Owen as both a product and a continuation of this Wildean tradition.
Oscar Wilde, Wilfred Owen, and Male Desire: Begotten, Not Made (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
by James CampbellThis book reads Oscar Wilde as a queer theorist and Wilfred Owen as his symbolic son. It centers on the concept of 'male procreation', or the generation of new ideas through an erotic but non-physical connection between two men, and it sees Owen as both a product and a continuation of this Wildean tradition.
Oscar Wilde: Everyman Poetry
by Oscar WildeRenowned for his wicked wit and bons mots, Wilde also had a deep understanding of the human condition - as revealed with moving simplicity in THE BALLARD OF READING GOAL.
Oscar Wilde: Everyman's Poetry (Everyman Poetry Ser. #No.10)
by Oscar Wilde Robert MignallRenowned for his wicked wit and bons mots, Wilde also had a deep understanding of the human condition - as revealed with moving simplicity in THE BALLARD OF READING GOAL.
Oscuro bosque oscuro
by Jorge Volpi"Si sólo sobreviviera uno de mis libros, querría que fuera Oscuro bosque oscuro" A medio camino entre la prosa y el verso, las novelas aquí reunidas revelan la exploración del género lírico, tan híbrido como inusual. El jardín devastado, de prosa aforística, nos recibe con la historia de una mujer iraquí, quien busca a sus amados entre los muertos. En Oscuro bosque oscuro, escrita en verso y a modo experimental, Volpi reflexiona sobre los ciudadanos comunes que participaron en los grandes genocidios del siglo xx. Mientras que, en Las elegidas, el ritmo ágil de la ficción breve nos traslada a la frontera, donde el empoderamiento ilícito suele tener consecuencias.
Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village
by Marit KaplaA SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZEWINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE'Osebol is a magnificent success; it is hard to imagine it better ... Kapla is a magician ... mesmerizing' Sara Wheeler, TLS'A simple, pared-back and down-to-earth masterpiece' James Rebanks'We listen to them like something caught on the wind ... so moving and so strangely beckoning' Nicci Gerrard, Observer'[Among] the year's most pleasing books' Rishi Dastidar, Guardian, Books of the Year'Engrossing and humbling and quietly revelatory' Max Porter'Fascinating ... I was riveted' Lydia Davis'Like standing outside an open window on a warm summer evening and listening to a piece of contemporary history' Länstidningen'What a wonderful book . . . You want to move into it' ExpressenNear the river Klarälven, snug in the dense forest landscape of northern Värmland, lies the secluded village of Osebol. It is a quiet place: one where relationships take root over decades, and where the bustle of city life is replaced by the sound of wind in the trees.In this extraordinary and engrossing book, an unexpected cultural phenomenon in its native Sweden, the stories of Osebol's residents are brought to life in their own words. Over the last half-century, the automation of the lumber industry and the steady relocations to the cities have seen the village's adult population fall to roughly forty. But still, life goes on; heirlooms are passed from hand to hand, and memories from mouth to mouth, while new arrivals come from near and far.Marit Kapla has interviewed nearly every villager between the ages of 18 and 92, recording their stories verbatim. What emerges is at once a familiar chronicle of great social metamorphosis, told from the inside, and a beautifully microcosmic portrait of a place and its people. To read Osebol is to lose oneself in its gentle rhythms of simple language and open space, and to emerge feeling like one has really grown to know the inhabitants of this varied community, nestled among the trees in a changing world.
Osip Mandelstam: Selected Essays
by Sidney MonasOsip Mandelstam, who died anonymously in a Siberian transit-camp in 1938, is now generally considered to be among the four or five greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, presented in an exceptionally scrupulous and true translation, were selected because they represent Mandelstam's major poetic themes and his thought on literature, language and culture, and the work and place of the poet. Mandelstam's views on literature are profound and original, and they are expressed in striking and dramatic, if sometimes difficult, prose. These essays deal with such topics as the poetic process and the relationship of poetry to politics, culture, the traditions of the past, and the demands of the present. Professor Monas's lively introduction to the work and life of Mandelstam combines the virtues of both the critical essay and detached scholarship. Keeping biographical detail to a minimum, Professor Monas concentrates on the pattern that runs through the essays and lends them that coherence often noted in Mandelstam's poetry.
Ossuaries
by Dionne BrandDionne Brand's hypnotic, urgent long poem - her first book of poetry in four years, is about the bones of fading cultures and ideas, about the living museums of spectacle where these bones are found. At the centre of Ossuaries is the narrative of Yasmine, a woman living an underground life, fleeing from past actions and regrets, in a perpetual state of movement. She leads a solitary clandestine life, crossing borders actual (Algiers, Cuba, Canada), and timeless. Cold-eyed and cynical, she contemplates the periodic crises of the contemporary world. This is a work of deep engagement, sensuality, and ultimate craft from an essential observer of our time and one of the most accomplished poets writing today.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God
by David MccaslandIn Oswald ChambersAbandoned to God, you trace the life of this servant of God from his boyhood home in Scotland through an astounding journey of faith and trust in God's provision. From the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and ultimately to a YMCA training camp in Egypt during World War I, you'll find Chambers to be a man utterly devoted to God, His Word, and to sharing the timeless wisdom of the Bible with others. The last six years of his life were spent as principal of the Bible Training College in London and as chaplain to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World War I. After Chambers died, at age 43 in 1917, the books that bear his name were compiled by his wife from her own verbatim shorthand notes of his talks. Chambers never lived to see the book for which he is best known, My Utmost for His Highest, published. He left a spiritual legacy that has touched men, women, politicians, and preachers ever since. Now you can read about this remarkable life well-lived and find inspiration to persevere for the sake of Christ.
Othello: Large Print (Dover Thrift Editions)
by William ShakespeareOne of the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies, Othello tells the story of a Moorish general in command of the armed forces of Venice who earns the enmity of his ensign Iago by passing him over for a promotion. Partly for revenge and partly out of pure evil, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona, his wife, has been unfaithful to him.Iago succeeds in his evil aims only too well, for the enraged Othello murders Desdemona. When Othello later learns of her innocence, he takes his own life. Bleak and unsparing, this play offers a stunning portrait of an arch-villain and an astute psychological study of the nature of evil.
Other British Voices: Women, Poetry, and Religion, 1766-1840 (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
by T. WhelanThis volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women's keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility.
Other Goose
by J. Otto SeiboldIt's Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, Jack Be Nimble, Miss Muffet, Little Boy Blue, and more, like you've never seen them before! Renowned artist J.otto Seibold re-nursuries and re-rhymes over the Mother Goose classics in this must-have collection. Featuring recurring characters and an ending that brings everyone back for a showstopping finale, this book is the most fun dear old Mother Goose has ever had!
Other Houses
by Kate CayleyFrom acclaimed fiction writer and playwright Kate Cayley—poems that illuminate the deep strangeness of the familiar. In Other Houses, Kate Cayley’s second collection of poetry, objects are alive with the presence of the people who have handled them. Myths and legends are interwoven with daily life. Visionaries, mystics, charlatans, artists, and the dead speak to us like chatty neighbours. An imaginary library catalogues missing people. Reading becomes a way of remembering the dead. Home is an elsewhere we are “called to,” a mystery that impels children to wander off, and adults to grow in unexpected directions. Cayley couples a rich, meaty lyricism with the intimacy of direct address, creating a poetry that is at once embodied and spectral. She directs us to wonder, “Did light and dark have a taste and texture, like food?” At the same time, her command of voice and narrative is masterful—each of these poems unfolds with the sweep and precision of a compressed novel. …Walking alone, you come upon a single glove, or shoe, pressed into the light snow. Or find a handprint on the wrong side of a windowpane. Or find a collection of marbles, still grouped carefully together in the backyard. Messages.(from “The Library of the Missing”) Praise for Other Houses: "Beware of Kate Cayley. With an agility stolen from some other world she flicks this one open and invites us to watch our certainties scuttling away. Predatory and unsettling, these exquisitely crafted poems suggest that we are at our most human when yearning to reach beyond the visible.” —Martha Baillie
Other Influences: An Untold History of Feminist Avant-Garde Poetry
by Marcella Durand Jennifer FirestoneA compelling collection of original essays on influence that restore a feminist avant-garde that includes women of color, queer, and trans women.Other Influences frames a new literary history in which feminist, avant-garde, and poetry practices intersect, foregrounding critically neglected but artistically powerful lineages in twentieth- and twenty-first-century North American poetry. In this collection, Marcella Durand and Jennifer Firestone assemble original essays by a range of leading contemporary feminist avant-garde poets asked to consider their lineages, inspirations, and influences. Their reflections contain many surprises, with writers citing scientists, artists, and little-known feminist writers from other eras and traditions; for example, Tracie Morris discusses the Gee's Bend quilters, Carla Harryman writes about her collaboration with Lyn Hejinian, and Cecilia Vicuña cites the Tao Te Ching.Unlike other collections of &“writers on writing,&” Other Influences demonstrates a complex feminist ethos of paying homage to forebears while at the same time resisting the parts of a history, along with previous concepts of &“influence,&” that might be stale or limiting. Countering a masculinist model of &“influence&” à la Harold Bloom, Durand and Firestone illuminate the diverse, nonhierarchical ecosystems of feminist avant-garde poetry and re-envision &“influence&” through their own lens and on their own terms—aspiring to no less than the unmaking of a canon.Contributors:Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Nicole Brossard, Brenda Coultas, Mónica de la Torre, Tonya M. Foster, Renee Gladman, Carla Harryman, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Erica Hunt, Rachel Levitsky, Bernadette Mayer, Tracie Morris, Harryette Mullen, Eileen Myles, Sawako Nakayasu, Hoa Nguyen, Julie Patton, KPrevallet, Evelyn Reilly, Trish Salah, Prageeta Sharma, Patricia Spears Jones, Stacy Szymaszek, Anne Tardos, Anne Waldman, Rosmarie Waldrop