American Poetry Review
Totem (Sept., $23) by Gregory Pardlo marks the debut collection from the winner of the 2007 Honickman/American Poetry Review First Book Prize.
Anova/Robson
(dist. by Trafalgar Square)
100 Great Poems of Love and Lust (Jan., $13.95) by Dannie Abse collects love poems through the ages, each preceded by biographical notes.
Harvard Univ. Press
Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form (Nov., $35) by Helen Vendler argues that Yeats's use of poetic forms gave shape to volatile thoughts and feelings.
Host Publications
Return to Calm (Sept.; $35; paper $15) by Jacques Réda, trans. by Aaron Prevots, immerses the reader in lyrical observations of the everyday.
Hyperion
A Family Christmas (Oct., $24.95) by Caroline Kennedy assembles favorite holiday poems. 350,000 first printing.
Seven Stories Press
Verses (Sept., $18.95) by Ani DiFranco. The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter contributes her first book of poetry and paintings.
Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Something About the Blues (Oct., $22.95) by Al Young. The California poet laureate collects blues-inspired poems; includes CD of readings and music.
Souvenir Press
(dist. by IPG)
After You (Oct., $7.95) by Maryalicia Post journeys through the emotions of bereavement.
Univ. of Iowa Press
Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak (Sept., $13.95), edited by Marc Falkoff, collects poetry by men held at Guantánamo.
Wesleyan Univ. Press
The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen (Nov., $49.95), edited by Michael Rothenberg, is the first complete collection of Whalen's work, including previously unpublished poems and “doodles.”
