 | In The Importance of Elsewhere Bradley maintains an exemplary standard of literary excellence. His diction is muscular and lean, artfully absent even the slightest hint of carelessness. Whether working in free verse or executing the rigorous demands of the sonnet or rhymed triplet, Bradley writes with the consummate poetic skill of a master. —Larry D. Thomas, Texas Poet Laureate 2008 More |
 | Places We Could Never Find Alone is an accomplished and remarkably varied collection in which the perennial themes of time, love and death—especially love, explored most movingly in the beautiful "Epithalamion"—are juxtaposed with brief, Hardyesque narratives and a sly vein of satire. —Ken Watson, author of Imagined Corners: a Multicultural Anthology of Contemporary Poetry More |
 | Divided into sections that allude to the architectural features of a mosque, Ellery’s new collection is a delightful embrace of place, conflict, history, and philosophy. Enter The Big Mosque of Mercy with the open mind of a seeker; leave knowing more of the peace and hope and beauty that poetry can offer. —Dave Kuhne, editor of descant More |
 | With precision of detail, exquisite sound-sense, and depth of genuine care and knowing, Charles Inge welcomes us to a place in Texas he and his wife Dominique love best. And with the magic of words he makes it ours, too. —Naomi Shihab Nye, author of You and Yours and other collections of poetry More |
 | NEW No End of Vision, an exquisite collection of photographs and poems by two poets laureate of Texas: Karla Morton, with her stark and beautiful photographs and Alan Birkelbach, with his resonant responses that play riffs on those photographs. Photos and poems speak to each other and to us not just about the landscapes of Texas but about ways of seeing beauty in the familiar and about what art is. This collection is a love letter to Texas from two exceptionally talented poets. —H. Palmer Hall, author of Foreign and Domestic and Into the Thicket More |
 | In a dim sum of the day before Steven Schroeder "constantly reminds us that nature and beauty persist in contemporary China, and that dogs wanders, rats scavenge, cats sit and seem to think and the rain pounds the cityscape. a dimsum of the day before does connect after all to the Chinese tradition of nature poetry." —Reid Mitchell, Cha More |
 | a guest giving way like ice melting by Steve Schroeder and Sou Vai Keng "This elegant and beautiful little book helps us understand some of the eternal questions—and some transitory ones as well." —Paul Friedrich, University of Chicago More |
 | Human Resources is a collection of brutal honesty shot through with longing. Waters keeps a close eye fixed on the personal while his poems wrestle history, faith, the darkness and absurdity of the human condition. Waters is a wonderful poet—at turns funny and heartbreaking—and certainly one to watch for the long haul. —Julianna Baggott, author of Compulsions of Silk Worms and Bees More |
 | NEW Dreaming Sam Peckinpah, a unique collection of poetry written by W.K. Stratton that will surpriseand delight. read one of the poems |
 | NEW Nape is Jan Seale's outstanding new collection of poetry. She is the Texas poet laureate for 2012. read a review read one of the poems |
 | NEW This is by far Chuck Taylor's best collection of poetry yet, and he has published some first-rate books of poetry. Connie Lane Williams wrote that in these poems, Taylor "speaks from the mystical heart within the heart, seeking spiritual truths in our secular time, and using a revolutionary new verse form." |