POETRY
ALGONQUIN
The Woman I Kept to Myself (Apr., $18.95) by Julia Alvarez depicts Alvarez's Dominican Republic childhood and position as a celebrated Latina writer.
BEACON PRESS
New and Selected Poems, Vol. Two (Apr., $24) by Mary Oliver is a follow-up to the NBA-winning Volume One. Advertising .
BOA EDITIONS
Before and After the Fall: New Poems (June, $22.95) by Sandor Csoori is a new collection from the Hungarian writer.
COPPER CANYON PRESS
Rampant (Apr., $20) by Marvin Bell wants "ideas to have a little dirt on their shoes."
DA CAPO PRESS
Long Life: Essays and Other Writings (Apr., $22) by Mary Oliver combines essays, poems and prose poems.
ENITHARMON PRESS (dist. by Dufour Editions)
Selected Poems and Letters (Apr., $25.95) by Isaac Rosenberg, edited by Jean Liddiard, returns this WWI poet's work to print.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
The Long Meadow (May, $20) by Vijay Seshadri is a second collection by the winner of the 2003 James Laughlin Award. Advertising.
HARCOURT
Crossing the Equator: New and Selected Poems 1972—2004 (Apr., $23) by Nicholas Christopher assembles work from the past three decades. Author publicity.
HARPERCOLLINS
The Best Poems of the English Language (Mar., $34.95) by Harold Bloom is a personal selection illuminated with commentary. 75,000 first printing.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS
The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems (Apr.; $28.95, paper $18.95) by Robert Morgan. Ninety-three pieces span 35 years of work. Advertising.
Backsass: Poems (Apr.; $24.95, paper $16.95) by Fred Chappell. Satiric verse ribs our shortcomings and offers tonic advice. Advertising.
MANOR HOUSE
White Feather: A Journey to Peace (May, $21.95) by Suzanne Stutman finds hope in some of life's darkest moments. 35,000 first printing. Advertising . Author tour.
NBM
Poems in Comics: Victor Hugo (June, $15.95). Hugo's work is adapted to comic-book form.
NEW DIRECTIONS
Americus, Book I (Apr., $21.95) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti contains new work by the writer recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
W.W. NORTON
An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology (Aug., $29.95), edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz, includes a DVD introducing poetry by Shakespeare and Sappho as well as contemporary writers. Author publicity.
PELICAN
Verses for Dad's Heart (Mar., $16.95) by Steven Layne, illus. by Gail Greaves Klinger. Nineteen poems celebrate a father's many roles. Advertising.
SHAMBHALA
Poetry of Zen (June, $14.95), edited by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton, ushers in poetry from China and Japan.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
Father Said (May, $22) by Hal Sirowitz honors the warmth of family affection. Advertising. Author tour.
SOUVENIR PRESS (dist. by IPG)
Led by the Nose: A Garden of Smells (May, $14.95) by Jenny Joseph is a month-by-month collection capturing the scents of an English garden.
SWALLOW PRESS
Then & Now (July; $24.95, paper $14.95) by James Cummins offers wordplay filled with humor, anguish, loss and love.
