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Among the Names Apprehend bk of (h)rs cloudlife Discrete Categories Forced into Coupling dust and conscience fine Gorgeous Mourning Human Forest In the Absent Everyday Oh passing world pictures placing the accents The Pleasures of C Rules of the House Speed of Life Verso within the margin Maxine Chernoff Valerie Coulton Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Kathleen Fraser Alice Jones Stefanie Marlis Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes Pattie McCarthy Denise Newman Elizabeth Robinson Edward Smallfield Cole Swensen Truong Tran

In the Absent Everyday by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa "A terrific poet, on any terms" —Ron Silliman Among the Names by Maxine Chernoff "This book is entirely beautiful." —Donald Revell Browse through our recent releases by clicking on the titles below, and view selected excerpts or author biographies. Verso by Pattie McCarthy "One of our most intellectually ambitious poets."—Ron Silliman within the margin by Truong Tran "Truong's masterwork crashes through."—Juan Filipe Herrera cloudlife by Stefanie Marlis "Aphoristic, enigmatic, and startling."—C.D. Wright Discrete Categories Forced into Coupling by Kathleen Fraser "I love Kathleen Fraser's extraordinary intelligence, her persistent care for where she is—and for all those she finds there too."—Robert Creeley Gorgeous Mourning by Alice Jones "Dazzling poems, wholly taken in by where the words are going."—Adam Phillips Rules of the House by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa "A lovely explication of 'dharma' — things as they are, and how precious they are."—Anne Waldman dust and conscience by Truong Tran "Something extremely important is going on, something wonderful."—Lyn Hejinian Winner: Poetry Center Book Award for 2002 passing world pictures by Valerie Coulton "Swift and rich, an entire world passes here in vivid glimpses."—Cole Swensen Apprehend by Elizabeth Robinson "I feel a securing confidence, as if she had given me her hand."—Robert Creeley bk of (h)rs by Pattie McCarthy "This is simply a gorgeous book."—Cole Swensen Oh by Cole Swensen "Oh is opera cool." —Marjorie Perloff Winner: AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2000 fine by Stefanie Marlis "An etymology of our sexual and physical lives, our unknown lives, our daily lives." —Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes Finalist: Bay Area Book Reviewers Award Human Forest by Denise Newman "Like imbibing a divine elixir, making one realize how thirsty one has been all this time." —Gillian Conoley placing the accents by Truong Tran "A voluptuary of the difficult real. To be entered, and entered. Gratefully." —Kathleen Fraser Finalist: Western States Book Award The Pleasures of C by Edward Smallfield "These are poems of thrilling uneasiness and probing reward." —Kathleen Fraser Speed of Life by Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes "These poems are at the harsh center of things." —Eavan Boland