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George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel, A Biography
by Roderick Beaton
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- Near Fine
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- October 1, 2003
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- 9780300101355
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Poet, essayist, diarist, novelist, and diplomat, George Seferis brought about a revolution in the way people viewed his native Greece. Acclaimed for his thought-provoking lyric poetry, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. At the same time, he rose in the diplomatic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Divagations
by Stéphane Mallarmé
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- First edition
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- 2007
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- 9780674032408
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Belknap Press (Harvard University Press),Cambridge MA, 2007. Presumed first paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and price sticker on rear cover, else fine.
This new translation, by Barbara Johnson, is available English as Mallarme arranged it. The result is an entrancing work through which a difficult-to-translate voice shines in all of its languor and musicality. Item Price
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Acta Victoriana Volume 113, Number 2
by Elias Polizoes and Emma Thom (Editors)
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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$6.59
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Condition: Very good, edge wear and corner bumps, spine creasing. corner crease at top rear cover, light scuffing.
Poetry, short fiction, photography by Elaine Yau, Tony Esolen, Thomas Mackay, Hans Straub, Stephen Pender, Margraet Wigglesworth, Carol Ashton, Chris D'Iorio, Antonino Mazza, David K. Fujino and others, and an interview with John Reibetanz. Item Price
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Acta Victoriana Volume 113, Number 1
by Elias Polizoes and Brian Burch (Editors)
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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Poetry, short fiction, photography by Chris D'Iorio, Jacques Servin, Gerry Stewart, Kate Manahan, Katie Jaimet, Louise Allin, Cornelia Hornosty, Robert Martin, David K. Fujino and others, and an interview with Robert Fulfod. Item Price
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Aegean Review Number 9
by Barbara Fields (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- 9780008917210
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The Cypress Issue
Includes profiles of Kyriakos Charalambides, Panos Ioannides, Costas Montis; essays by Theoclis Kouyialis, Andriana Lozides; fiction by Chistakis Georgiou, Andriana Ierodiaconou, Niki Marangou; Poetry by Kypros Chrysanthis, Sophocles Lazarou, Popi Soteriou, Lefkios Zafiriou; photography… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aegean Review Number 8
by Barbara Fields (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- 9780008917210
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Travelling Writers
Includes an interview with Vassilis Vassilakos; essays by David French, Robin Magowan; fiction by David Mason, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Parker, Ersi Sotiropolous; Poetry by Antonis Fostieris, Theresa Pappas; and more. Item Price
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Aegean Review Number 7
by Barbara Fields (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- 9780008917210
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Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and corner bumps, price sticker on front cover, faint sun shadow near spine.
Remembering Cafe Neon
Includes an interview with Olga Broumas; essays by Robin Magowan, Frank J, Frost, Fred A. Reed; fiction by Antonis Sourounis; Poetry by Olga Broumas, Kiki Dhimoula, Nikos Engonopoulos, Nicholas Samaras; photography by Hillary Liss; and more. Item Price
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Aegean Review Number 6
by Barbara Fields (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- 9780008917210
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Gypsy Folktales
Includes an interview with Yannis Tsarouchis; essays by Jacques Bouchard, Frank J, Frost, Savas Patsalidis; fiction by John Bradley, Dimitris Nollas, Lawrence P. Spingarn; Poetry by Andreas Anghelakis, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Theodora Stylianidouu; photo essay y Diane Tong;… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Après-Midi d'un Faune: Mallarmé, Debussy, Nijinsky: [Exposition Musée Dorsay Du 14 Février Au 21 Mars 1989]
by Jean-Michel Nectoux (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- 9782711822485
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Catalogue published in conjunction with the Mallarme, Debussy, Nijinski exhibition at the Musee dOrsay in 1989. Item Price
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Goddess: Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe
by Sheri-D Wilson
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- 9781897181607
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Frontenac House, Calgary, 2012. First, signed edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear, previous owner's inscription on title page, signed by the author.
Sheri-D Wilson is a Canadian poet and playwright known as "The Mama of Dada". Her book "Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe," is the first poetry book to use QR Codes that connect to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arc 43: Canada's National Poetry Magazine
by John Barton and Rita Donovan (Editors)
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- 9770705639003
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$4.42
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Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, price sticker residue.
Features poetry by Richard Lemm, Elizabeth Philips, Jim Roberts, Sephanie Bolster, Neile Graham, Erina Harris, Anita Lahey, Linda Rogers, and P.K. Page. Item Price
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Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son
by Allen Ginsberg and Louis Ginsberg
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- 9781582341071
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$7.32
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Bloomsbury, New York, 2001. First edition. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket, book has light corner bumps, dust jacket has light edge wear and slight scuffing from price sticker that was removed.
A collection of letters between a father and son. Both were published poets, but from very different generations. This volume is a personal insight into… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet
by Elaine Feinstein
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- 9780393049671
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W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2001. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps, dust jacket has lights wrinkling at ends.
Although Ted Hughes's genius was recognized early and he ended his days as England's Poet Laureate, his life was dogged by tragedy and controversy. His marriage to the poet Sylvia Plath marked his whole… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Paris Review 197
by Lorin Stein (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 2011
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$9.53
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Includes interviews with William Gibson and Samuel R. Delany, contributions by Jonathan Lethem, David Gates, Roberto Bolano, Laurel Nakadate, and Mika Rottenberg. Item Price
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In Transition: A Paris Anthology
by Various
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- 9780385411615
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Anchor/Doubleday, New York, 1999. First printing. Condition: Near fine, light edge wear and spine nicks, price sticker on rear cover.
A selection of the some of the best writing to appear in 'Transition', one of the most important literary magazines of the 1920s in Paris. For its time, 'Transition' was a mouthpiece of high modernism unmatched by any other journal in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fiddlehead Summer 1989
by Michael Taylor (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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Features poems, stories, and art by Elizabeth Gifford, Aryeh Lev Stollman, Bruce Hunter, Rose Scollard, Kirk H. Wirsig, Rebecca Raglon, Michael Crummey, George Elliott Clarke, Rod Anderson, Lynn Crosbie, bptruscott, Ken Norris, Griffin Ondaatje. and Peggy Smith. Item Price
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Book of Longing
by Leonard Cohen
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- Near Fine
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- 4th printing
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- 2006
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- 9780771022340
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McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2006. 4th hardcover printing. Condition: Near fine, book and dust jacket have light edge wear, light corner bumps.
Leonard Cohen was one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing was Cohen's eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title, Book of Mercy, and his… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fly in Autumn
by David Zieroth
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- First Edition
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- 2009
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- 9781550174687
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Harbour Publishing, Madeira, BC, 2009. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.
The Fly in Autumn is a nuanced work with an absurdist twist in which recognizable landscapes--of North Vancouver quays and piers and harbour fog--are sometimes irrevocably altered by "water-light" into places of the mind alive with "the hundred thousand thoughts everyone collects in a day."… Read more about this item Item Price
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Selected Poetry
by W. B. Yeats
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- 23rd printing
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- 9780330241991
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Pan, London. 23rd paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge wear and corner nicks, faint yellowing.
Nobel Prize winner W.B. Yeats laid the foundations for an Irish literary revival, drawing inspiration from his country's folklore, the occult, and Celtic philosophy. A writer of both poems and plays, he helped found Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre. The poems here provide an example… Read more about this item Item Price
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xxx - Poems
by Frank Manley, Claude Paradox, and James Whittall
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- 9780969395607
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Jawbone Press, Montreal, 1989. First paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.
As part of their manifesto, these poets wrote, "the modern poet must accept change, for the survival of poetry as an art form." Item Price
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