BALLANTINE/ONE WORLD
We Speak Your Names: A Celebration (Mar., $9.95) by Pearl Cleage with Zaron W. Burnett Jr. will be the centerpiece of a spring 2006 Oprah documentary of the same name.
COPPER CANYON PRESS
Saving Daylight (Mar., $22) by Jim Harrison is the 10th collection of poetry from the well-known fiction writer.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
Dear Ghosts (May, $20) by Tess Gallagher is her first collection in 14 years. Author tour.
IDEALS
Chocolate Frosted Fingers: Birthday Gift Book (Mar., $8.95) by M.K. Moulton pairs verses and whimsical illustrations that celebrate a mother's love for her child. Ad/promo.
PARACLETE PRESS
A Pentecost of Finches: New and Selected Poems (Mar., $24) by Robert Siegel invites readers to find epiphanies in the ordinary. Ad/promo.
PERSEA BOOKS
Tokyo Butter (Apr., $24) by Thylias Moss. The MacArthur Fellow searches for hints of departed people and manifestations of herself.
PUSHCART PRESS
The Pushcart Book of Poetry (July, $28), edited by Joan Murray, collects the best poems selected over the past 25 years.
SARABANDE BOOKS
Dark Familiar (May, $21.95) by Aleda Shirley. The Mississippi poet's third collection is billed as "lush and noir-glamorous."
SHAMBHALA
Incredible Good Fortune (Mar., $18) by Ursula K. Le Guin contains previously unpublished poems by the Hugo and Nebula Award—winning author.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
On Earth: Last Poems and an Essay (Apr., $21.95) by Robert Creeley. This posthumous volume includes 31 new poems and an essay on Walt Whitman.