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Konbit
$20.00 Read morePoems that capture a transformative and visionary way of life in Haiti.
Konbit is a Haitian Creole word, a way of living, for which there is no direct translation in the English language. It captures- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Ton-Aime, Sony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0887487262
- Language: English
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The End of the Clockwork Universe
$20.00 Add to cartA luminous new perspective on aging, science, and the tender strangeness of being alive.
What does it mean to exist in a universe that refuses to stay still? In The End of the Clockwork Universe, Fle- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Brown, Fleda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487149
- Language: English
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The Little Lights of Town: Stories
$24.00 Read moreStories of resilience, belonging, and the quiet beauty of life on the edge of the wild.
In The Little Lights of Town, acclaimed poet and memoirist Jonathan Johnson turns to fiction, bringing to life- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Fiction
- Author: Johnson, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 088748719X
- Language: English
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No
$20.00 Add to cartIdea Vilari?o’s final masterpiece, where poetry becomes both refusal and resilience.
In No, Idea Vilari?o strips poetry to its essence–distilling love, loss, and the inexorable passage of time into- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry in Translation
- Author: Vilariño, Idea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487203
- Language: Spanish
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Angel Sharpening Its Beak
$20.00 Add to cartPoems that depict the reality of life in rural America.
Angel Sharpening its Beak, Michael McGriff’s fifth collection, searches for meaning at the intersection of surrealism, place, and poverty in rur- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: McGriff, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: March 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487106
- Language: English
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Trying X Trying
$20.00 Add to cartPoetry that wrestles with language, loss, and resilience in times of crisis.
In Trying ? Trying, Dora Malech dissects the language of our times; she turns over the familiar phrases of politics, paren- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Malech, Dora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487114
- Language: English
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Tamiami Trail: Miami Stories
$24.00 Add to cartEighteen unforgettable stories of women navigating the beauty and chaos of Miami.
The Tamiami Trail cuts through the contradictions of Miami: a city shaped by swamps and skyscrapers, violence and des- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Fiction
- Author: Bannan, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487181
- Language: English
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Museum of the Soon to Depart
$20.00 Add to cartA poetic exploration of life amid intimate losses.
In Museum of the Soon to Depart, poet Andy Young searches for her place in history as it unfolds around her through revolution, plague, and natural- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Young, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0887487068
- Language: English
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Shine
$20.00 Add to cartPoems that arise from the currents of felt experience.
Joseph Millar’s lyrical poems explore work, love, filial connection, life, and death. This is Millar’s sixth collection, and it reaches a deeper- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Millar, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0887487033
- Language: English
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The Incognito Lounge
$16.95 Read moreRaymond Carver said of The Incognito Lounge, Denis Johnson’s third and most widely acclaimed book of verse: The subject matter is harrowingly convincing, is nothing less than a close examination of th… [more below]
- Series: Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry
- Author: Johnson, Denis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0887484735
- Language: English
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Goat-Footed Gods
$20.00 Read morePoems that center on the sinister American cryptid, the Goatman of Pope Lick.
In her sixth collection Goat-Footed Gods, award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher Kathleen Driskell seeks to rehabilita- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Driskell, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0887487084
- Language: English
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Thomas and Beulah
$15.95 Read moreA collection of poetry by Rita Dove.
- Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry
- Author: Dove, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0887480217
- Language: English
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Fleeing Actium
$22.00 Read moreAn intricate collection of poems that represent the major themes of Pau-Llosa’s career.
Fleeing Actium is Ricardo Pau-Llosa’s ninth book of poetry, and it presents an expansive collection that showcas- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Pau-Llosa, Ricardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486940
- Language: English
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Cemetery Nights
$22.00 Read morePoetry that captures the highs and lows of human life.
In Cemetery Nights, Dobyns explores a full range of human experiences, from the fabulous storytelling of our dreams to the mute, explosive passi- Series: Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Poetry
- Author: Dobyns, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486967
- Language: English
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Joy Ride
$15.95 Read morePoems that navigate the intersection of history and memory, family lore, and world events.
The poems of Joy Ride look for the connections and listen for the echoes between world events, family lore,- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Slate, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486908
- Language: English
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Phone Ringing in a Dark House
$20.00 Read moreRolly Kent returns to poetry with a book that explores the mysteries and comforts of the known and unknown.
Phone Ringing in a Dark House is filled with the mystery of loss, love, and the restorative- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Kent, Rolly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486932
- Language: English
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That Other Life
$20.00 Read morePoems that deftly draw on the sonnet form to follow the speaker’s romantic life.
That Other Life is a narrative about how relationships fail and succeed–or rather, about how the narrator fares on the- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Sutphen, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486959
- Language: English
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Night Wing Over Metropolitan Area
$20.00 Read moreIntrospective poems that balance past and present beauty and pain.
Hoppenthaler’s fourth collection gives voice to a hard-earned weariness that acknowledges but resists resignation. As Grammy Award-w- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry
- Author: Hoppenthaler, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486924
- Language: English
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She Devils at the Door
$29.00 Read moreThe true story of the Gilded Age’s “political twins” who brought women’s suffrage and political reform to the city of Pittsburgh.
Sometimes troublemakers emerge from the most unlikely of places. This- Series: Carnegie Mellon University Press Nonfiction
- Author: Brown, Eliza Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0887486983
- Language: English
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Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison
$15.95 Read moreA collection of poetry by Ted Kooser.
- Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry
- Author: Kooser, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 08 2001
- ISBN10: 0887483364
- Language: English
