Login | Sign Up | Settings | Wish List   Searching ... 0 % Hotel Insomnia(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1992 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-15-642182-9, ISBN: 0-15-642182-8 "In this volume, Simic fills the wee hours of his poetry with angels and pigs, riddles and cemeteries. His is a rich, haunted world of East European memory and american present-a world of his own creation, one always full of luminous surprise. “Simic writes so simply that his words fall like drops of water, but they ripple outward to evoke an ominous and numinous world” (Washington Post Book World)." Scribbled in the Dark(Reprint) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2018 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-266118-0, ISBN: 0-06-266118-3 "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent new poems—an American master at the height of his talent  The latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s pen. Scribbled in the Dark brings the poet’s signature sardonic sense of humor, piercing social insight, and haunting lyricism to diverse and richly imagined landscapes. Peopled by policemen, presidents, ..." Dime-Store Alchemy The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2011 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-486-9, ISBN: 1-59017-486-0 "... JAMES MCCOURT Mawrdew Czgowchwz HENRI MICHAUX Miserable Miracle JESSICA MITFORD Hons and Rebels JESSICA MITFORD Poison Penmanship NANCY MITFORD Madame dc Pompadour HENRY DE MONTHERLANT Chaos and Night BRIAN MOORE The Lonely Passion ofjudith I- Iearne BRIAN MOORE The Mangan Inheritance ALBERTO MORAVIA Boredom ALBERTO MORAVIA Contempt JAN MORRIS Conundrum JAN MORRIS Hav PENELOPE MORTIMER The ..." The World Doesn't End(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 1989 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-698350-1, ISBN: 0-15-698350-8 "Yugoslavian-born Charles Simic, who came to the U.S. in 1954, is known as a creator of poetic fantasy. In this volume, he constructs bizarre, startling and entertaining visions in short descriptive sentences that pile one incongruous turn upon another, building images that are fresh and full of surprise. Like the river in one poem which flows backward, the power of Simic's inner world derives from turning logic on its head and taking a ..." The Voice at 3(1st Edition) 00 A.M.: Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603073-1, ISBN: 0-15-603073-X "Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant poetic imagery; his social, political, and moral alertness; his uncanny ability to make the ordinary extraordinary; and not least, the sardonic humor all his own. Gathering much of his material from the seemingly mundane minutiae of contemporary American culture, Simic matches meditations on spiritual concerns and the weight of history with a nimble wit, shifting effortlessly to ..." A Fly in the Soup Memoirs (Poets On Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-08909-3, ISBN: 0-472-08909-9 "A Fly in the Soup is a book of memoirs. Charles Simic was born in 1938 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and spent his childhood in a city bombed by the Nazis in 1941 and then by the Allies in 1944. He was jailed with his mother after the war for trying to flee what was by then a communist country. He managed to emigrate in 1953, first to Paris and then a year later to the United States. He lived in New York, completed his high school education ..." A Wedding in Hell(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1994 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600129-8, ISBN: 0-15-600129-2 "Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” (Bloomsbury Review)." The Book of Gods and Devils(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 1990 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-613546-7, ISBN: 0-15-613546-9 "Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as “one of the truly imaginative writers of our time” by the Los Angeles Times." Another Republic(Reprint) 17 European and South American Writers by Charles Simic, Mark Strand, Strand Simic Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2008 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-191-4, ISBN: 0-88001-191-2 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 1989 Pages: 256 in Publisher: Ecco First published in 1976. This What astonishing anthology from two U.S. Poet Laureates Charles Simic. and Mark Strand. Compiles a selection of the with finest giving translated literature of the time. Showcasing the then -little-known writers who had a profound influence on the current generation of poets." The Life of Images(Reprint) Selected Prose by Charles Simic Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236473-9, ISBN: 0-06-236473-1 "“Decades after immigrating to the States in 1954, [Simic] retains an outsider’s perspective: inquisitive, incredulous, amazed by the apparently ordinary—all excellent qualities for an essayist. There’s ample warmth and charm here.” —New York Times Book Review In addition to being one of America’s most famous and commended poets, Charles Simic is a prolific and talented essayist. The Life of Images brings together his best prose written ..." Selected Early Poems(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2013 by George Braziller Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1620-8, ISBN: 0-8076-1620-6 "Selected Early Poems spans the years 1963-1983 and includes works from Simic’s first twelve collections. United States poet laureate & Pulitzer Prize winner, Charles Simic adds a new introduction to the most comprehensive collection of his early poetry from 1963-1983." That Little Something (Hardback) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2008 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101359-3, ISBN: 0-15-101359-4 "Also by Charles Simic Sixty Poems My Noiseless Entourage The Voice at 3:00 am ... and Vicinity Selected Poems Austerities Classic Ballroom Dances Charon's ..." My Noiseless Entourage Poems [Signed First Edition] by Charles Simic Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 2005 by Harcourt, Inc. Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101214-5, ISBN: 0-15-101214-8 "This new collection of poems from Charles Simic demonstrates once again his wit, moral acuity, and brilliant use of imagery. His settings are a farmhouse porch, a used-clothing store, empty station platforms; his subjects love, futility, and the sense of an individual life lived among a crowd of literal and imaginary presences. Both sharp and sympathetic, the poems of this collection confirm Simic's place as one of the most important a ..." The Unemployed Fortune-Teller(1st Edition) Essays and Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06569-1, ISBN: 0-472-06569-6 "In the essays, memoirs, and journal articles collected in The Unemployed Fortune Teller, he continues to search these experiences for the sources of his poetry." The Hour Between Dog and Wolf(1st Edition) (New Poets of America) by Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Charles Simic Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1997 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-880238-47-9, ISBN: 1-880238-47-0 "Lyrical poetry that sings of farmers, families and nunneries in Belgium and Flanders." Come Closer and Listen New Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-290846-9, ISBN: 0-06-290846-4 "An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets. With his trademark sense of humor, open-hearted empathy, and perceptive vision, Charles Simic roots his poetry in the ordinary world while still taking in the wide sweep of the human experience. From poems pithy, wry, and ..." The Lunatic(Reprint) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2016 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236475-3, ISBN: 0-06-236475-8 "From Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Charles Simic comes a dazzling collection of poems as original, meditative, and humorous as the legendary poet himself. This latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic, one of America's most celebrated poets, demonstrates his revered signature style-a mix of understated brilliance, wry melancholy, and sardonic wit. These seventy luminous poems range in subject from mortality to persona ..." The Monster Loves His Labyrinth by Charles Simic Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by Ausable Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931337-40-3, ISBN: 1-931337-40-3 "“Nabokovian in his caustic charm and sexy intelligence, Simic perceives the mythic in the mundane and pinpoints the perpetual suffering that infuses human life with both agony and bliss. . . . And he is the master of juxtaposition, lining up the unlikeliest of pairings and contrasts as he explores the nexuses of madness and prophecy, hell and paradise, lust and death.”—Donna Seaman, Booklist"As one reads the pithy, wise, occasionally cr ..." Jackstraws(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-601098-6, ISBN: 0-15-601098-4 "In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly. Suffused with hope yet unafraid to mock his own credulity, Simic's searing metaphors unite the solemn with the absurd. His raindrops listen to each other fall and collect memories; his wildflowers are ..." The Horse Has Six Legs An Anthology of Serbian Poetry by Charles Simic, Graywolf Press Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2010 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-557-9, ISBN: 1-55597-557-7 "THE UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF THIS VITAL ANTHOLOGY, WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY EDITOR AND TRANSLATOR CHARLES SIMIC When The Horse Has Six Legs was first published in 1992, as war and hatred tore through the Balkans, this anthology of Serbian poetry became a landmark for some of the most compelling poetry in the contemporary world. “The ironies, in 1993, of giving an award to Serbian poets will be evident to many,” Carolyn Kizer wr ..." A Wake for the Living Poems (Bilingual Edition) by Charles Simic, Radmila. Lazic, Dogan Gürpinar Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2003 by Graywolf Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-390-2, ISBN: 1-55597-390-6 "Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Simic introduces and translates the poems of Serbian feminist, activist, and writer Radmila LazicDead-born will be your wishes.Your every hope will be a widow.And as for love, there won't be enoughTo spread on a slice of bread. --from "Twilight Metaphysics"Translated and introduced with the surrealist wit that is Charles Simic's signature, A Wake for the Living offers American readers, for the first time in ..." New and Selected Poems(1st Edition) 1962-2012 by Charles Simic Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-92828-9, ISBN: 0-547-92828-9 " “It takes just one glimpse of Charles Simic’s work to establish that he is a master, ruler of his own eccentric kingdom of jittery syntax and signature insight.” -Los Angeles Times For over fifty years, Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant and innovative poetic imagery, his sardonic wit, and a voice all his own. He has been awarded nearly every major literary prize for his poetry, including a Pulitzer and a M ..." When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone(1st Edition) The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry by Gal Beckerman, Charles Simic Hardcover, 608 Pages, Published 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-57309-7, ISBN: 0-618-57309-7 "Product Description At the end of World War II, nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the Soviet Union. They lived a paradox--unwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Journalist Gal Beckerman draws on newly released Soviet government documents as well as hundreds of oral interviews with refuseniks, activists, ..." Sixty Poems(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2008 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603564-4, ISBN: 0-15-603564-2 "Here are sixty of Charles Simic's best known poems, collected to celebrate his appointment as the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the United States." Dime-Store Alchemy The Art of Joseph Cornell (New York Review Books Classics) by Charles Simic, Joseph Cornell Hardcover, 116 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-170-7, ISBN: 1-59017-170-5 "In Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic refects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting and luminous as the mysterious boxes of found objects for which Cornell is justly renowned.In a work that is in various degrees biography, criticism, and sheer poetry, Simic tells the story of Cornell’s life and illuminates the hermetic mysterie ..." New and Selected Poems(Reprint) by Professor Michael Ryan, Charles Simic Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2005 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-618-61941-2, ISBN: 0-618-61941-0 "“Ryan is a scrupulously observant poet with a gift for going for the jugular . . . His work is finely honed, provocative, questing, and humane.” - Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Book WorldMichael Ryan’s first collection in fifteen years shows the acclaimed poet at the height of his powers. Highlighting the wit and passion displayed throughout his career, Ryan’s latest work comprises fifty-seven poems from three award-winning volum ..." Walking the Black Cat(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1996 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-600481-7, ISBN: 0-15-600481-X "Hamlet’s ghost wandering the halls of a Vegas motel, a street corner ventriloquist using passersby as dummies, and Jesus panhandling in a weed-infested Eden are just a few of the startling conceits Simic unleashes in this collection. “Few contemporary poets have been as influential-or inimitable-as Charles Simic” (New York Times Book Review)." Unending Blues(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1986 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-15-692831-1, ISBN: 0-15-692831-0 "Whether he draws for inspiration on American blues, Serbian folktales, or Greek myths, Simic's words have a way of their own. Each of these forty-four poems is a powerful mixture of concrete images. Each records the reality and myth of the world around us-and in us. "Short, perfectly shaped, Simic's poems float past like feathers, turning one way, then another" (Village Voice)." Vasko Popa (NYRB Poets) by Vasko Popa, Charles Simic Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Nyrb Poets ISBN-13: 978-1-68137-336-2, ISBN: 1-68137-336-X "An original collection of work by the great Serbian poet of the twentieth century.Vasko Popa is widely recognized as one of the great poets of the twentieth century, a riddling fabulist, whose work, taking its bearings from the songs and folklore of his native his Serbia and from surrealism, has a dark gnomic fatalistic humor and pathos that are like nothing else. Charles Simic, a master of contemporary American poetry, has been transla ..." Darkness Spoken The Collected Poems of Ingeborg Bachmann (German Edition) by Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Filkins, Charles Simic Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2005 by Zephyr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-939010-84-4, ISBN: 0-939010-84-4 ""Darkness Spoken" gathers together Ingeborg Bachmann's two celebrated books of poetry, as well as early and late poems not collected in book form, over 100 of them appearing in English for the first time, as well as 25 poems never before published in German. Bachmann is considered one of the most important poets to emerge in postwar German letters, and this volume represents the largest collection available in English translation. Influ ..." Oranges and Snow Selected Poems of Milan Djordjević (Facing Pages) by Milan Djordjevic, Charles Simic Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14246-3, ISBN: 0-691-14246-7 "Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic has done more than anyone since Czeslaw Milosz to introduce English-language readers to the greatest modern Slavic poets. In Oranges and Snow, Simic continues this work with his translations of one of today's finest Serbian poets, Milan Djordjevic. An encounter between two poets and two languages, this bilingual edition--the first selection of Djordjevic's work to appear in English--features Sim ..." The Prince Of Fire(1st Edition) (Russian and East European Studies) by Radmila J. Gorup, Nadezda Obradovic, Radmilla Gorup, Radmila Jovanović Gorup, Charles Simic, Nadzěśda Obradovicě Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5661-7, ISBN: 0-8229-5661-6 " Winner of the 1998 Misha Djordjevic Award for the best book on Serbian culture in English. Editors Gorup and Obradovic have collected stories from thirty-five outstanding writers in this first English anthology of Serbian fiction in thirty years. The anthology, representing a great variety of literary styles and themes, includes works by established writers with international reputations, as well as promising new writers spanning the g ..." The Gunter Grass Reader(1st Edition) by Helmut Frielinghaus, Gunter Grass, Charles Simic, William Martin Sir, Philip Boehm, Leslie A. Willson, Jonathan Safran-Foer, G†Nter Grass, GŸNter Grass, Ralph Manheim Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-602992-6, ISBN: 0-15-602992-8 "Selected from the vast range of his work, the writings included in this anthology trace Gunter Grass's development as a writer, and with it the history of a nation coming to terms with its past. Excerpts from Grass's major novels-from The Tin Drum to Crabwalk-are included, as are numerous short fictions, essays, and poems, many of which have never appeared before in English. Grass's gifts as an observer of and participant in the social ..." Isn't It Romantic(1st Edition) 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets by Brett Fletcher Lauer, Aimee Kelley, Charles Simic, Aimme Kelley, Wave Books Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2004 by Wave Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9746353-1-6, ISBN: 0-9746353-1-6 "Written by 100 American poets, "Isn't It Romantic" offers an engaging look at how contemporary poets respond afresh to the well-trammeled territory of the love poem. Award-winning poets from across the country lend their voices to this important document of contemporary poetry. The book also features a bonus full-length audio CD of love songs by independent recording artists.Anthology Contributors include: Karen Volkman, Joe Wenderoth, ..." The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, William Weaver, Charles Simic, Trans. Arthur Livingston Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2004 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-115-8, ISBN: 1-59017-115-2 "Mattia Pascal endures a life of drudgery in a provincial town. Then, providentially, he discovers that he has been declared dead. Realizing he has a chance to start over, to do it right this time, he moves to a new city, adopts a new name, and a new course of life―only to find that this new existence is as insufferable as the old one. But when he returns to the world he left behind, it's too late: his job is gone, his wife has remarried ..." The Lunatic(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236474-6, ISBN: 0-06-236474-X "From Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Charles Simic comes a dazzling collection of poems as original, meditative, and humorous as the legendary poet himself.This latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic, one of America’s most celebrated poets, demonstrates his revered signature style—a mix of understated brilliance, wry melancholy, and sardonic wit. These seventy luminous poems range in subject from mortality to personal ..." The Renegade(1st Edition) Writings on Poetry and a Few Other Things by Charles Simic Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 2009 by George Braziller Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1594-2, ISBN: 0-8076-1594-3 "The fifteenth U.S. Poet Laureate collects his latest essays on subjects ranging from poetry to his childhood years in Belgrade. In these essays, Charles Simic delves into the lives and work of poets, novelists, artists, and playwrights, beginning with his own experiences before turning to those of Christopher Marlowe, Odilon Redon, W. S. Sebald, Louise Glu¨ck, and many more. Throughout he celebrates the renegade spirit, whether it inspi ..." Poets on Poetry Ser. Memory Piano by Charles Simic Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09940-5, ISBN: 0-472-09940-X "The Roman centurions in their drunkenness do not notice the switch and crucify the wrong man. The Houses of Belgrade (Hodocasce Arsenija Njegovana, 1970) , Pekic's next novel, has a far more conventional narrative.2 It tells the story of a well-to-do house builder and landlord who shuts himself inside his apartment on March 27, 1941, the day street demonstrations in Belgrade overthrew the government, which had signed a nonaggressio ..." Orphan Factory Essays and Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06663-6, ISBN: 0-472-06663-3 "Orphan Factory collects writing by Charles Simic, hailed as one of our finest contemporary poets. A native of Yugoslavia who emigrated to America in his teens, Simic believes that tragedy, comedy, and paradox are the commonplace experiences of an exile's life. In this delightful collection of journal entries, autobiographical essays, criticism, and prose poetry, the poet reveals once again his fondness for odd juxtapositions that reveal ..." A Wedding in Hell(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 79 Pages, Published 1994 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-100123-1, ISBN: 0-15-100123-5 Austerities(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 61 Pages, Published 1982 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1043-5, ISBN: 0-8076-1043-7 "Book by Simic, Charles" Saul Steinberg(1st Edition) Illuminations by Joel Smith, Charles Simic, Saul Steinberg, Pierpont Morgan Library Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Yale University Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11586-4, ISBN: 0-300-11586-5 "Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg’s extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art, which was that of a mode ..." The World Doesn't End - Lettered Edition by Charles Simic Published 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1-73307-580-0, ISBN: 1-73307-580-1 Come Closer and Listen New Poems by Charles Simic 112 Pages, Published 2019 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-290848-3, ISBN: 0-06-290848-0 "An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets." Book of Gods and Devils by Charles Simic Hardcover, Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN-13: 978-1-199-50362-6, ISBN: 1-199-50362-2 Scribbled in the Dark Poems by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 2017 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-266119-7, ISBN: 0-06-266119-1 "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent new poems—an American master at the height of his talent The latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s ..." Scribbled in the Dark(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2017 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-266117-3, ISBN: 0-06-266117-5 "From the Pulitzer Prize—winning former poet laureate, a collection of elegiac, irreverent, lyrical new poems—an American master at the height of his talent, shining light out into the darkThe latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic hums with the liveliness of the writer’s pen—Scribbled in the Dark brings the poet’s signature sardonic sense of humor, piercing social insight, and haunting lyricism to diverse and richly imagined landsca ..." The Life of Images Selected Prose by Charles Simic 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Harper Collins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236472-2, ISBN: 0-06-236472-3 "Culled from five collections, these works demonstrate the qualities that make Simic's poetry so original yet accessible." The Lunatic Poems by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 2015 by Harper Collins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236476-0, ISBN: 0-06-236476-6 "This latest volume of poetry from Charles Simic, one of America’s most celebrated poets, demonstrates his revered signature style—a mix of understated brilliance, wry melancholy, and sardonic wit." The Life of Images Selected Prose by Charles Simic Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-236471-5, ISBN: 0-06-236471-5 "A collection of new and selected essays by the Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate.In addition to being one of America s most famous and commended poets, Charles Simic is a prolific and talented essayist. The Life of Images brings together his best prose work written over twenty-five years.A blend of the straightforward, the wry, and the hopeful, the essays in The Life of Images explore subjects ranging from literary criticis ..." New Poets of America Ser. The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Charles Simic Digital, 80 Pages, Published 2014 by Boa Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-938160-76-9, ISBN: 1-938160-76-2 "Laure-Anne Bosselaar's poetry captures the lives of "lost souls roaming"--be they young girls in convents, merchants, whores, widows, soldiers." The Literary Review(1st Edition) Artificial Intelligence by Minna Proctor, Okla Elliott, Maggie Mk Hess, Mark Svenvold, Christopher Buckley, Charles Simic, Becky Adnot-Haynes, Jesse Goolsby, John Mcmanus, Carlos Labbé, Carlos Labbã, Renée Ashley, Craig Morgan Teicher Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2013 by Fairleigh Dickinson University ISBN-13: 978-0-9860204-9-0, ISBN: 0-9860204-9-4 "America's premiere literary quarterly explores themes of pretense, intelligence, creativity, new mechanisms for emotional and artistic thought. There are poems, stories, essays, crimes, harassment, mortuary science, and ham. Read curiously. Read bravely. Read more." New and Selected Poems 1962-2012 by Charles Simic 384 Pages, Published 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-92830-2, ISBN: 0-547-92830-0 "This retrospective collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet contains “some of the strangest, most opalescent poems of the past half century” (Boston Globe)." The Monster Loves His Labyrinth by Charles Simic 100 Pages, Published 2012 by Copper Canyon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61932-059-8, ISBN: 1-61932-059-2 "Poetry Books by Charles Simic What the Grass Says Somewhere among Us a Stone Is Taking Notes Dismantling the Silence White, ... for Utopia and Vicinity Selected Poems Unending Blues Nine Poems, Exact Change The World Doesn't End The Book of Gods and ... Selected Late and New Poems Selected Poems: 1963-2003 Aunt Lettuce, I Want to Peek under Your Skirt My Noiseless Entourage: ..." Master of Disguises by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-50453-7, ISBN: 0-547-50453-5 "And though many of the poems in Master of Disguises continue a style trend, they are also verbal tightropes off which a reader rarely falls, tightropes that demand—and deserve—a reader’s complete attention.” —Rattle" Weather Forecast for Utopia & Vicinity Poems, 1967-1982 by Charles Simic, Mark Strand Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2010 by Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-930794-83-5, ISBN: 0-930794-83-4 "An important collection of poems by one of America's most respected and honored poets, MacArthur Fellow and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.In each of Simic's poems, deceptively simple images and situations strike the mind, almost unawares, from an angle of incidence it never quite experienced before, affecting one with a kind of intellectual aftershock: the poem's true subject dawns on you a moment after you finish the poem, and suddenly, ..." MAH JONGG(1st Edition) Crak, Bam, Dot by 2Wice Arts Foundation, Patsy Tarr, Charles Simic, Tom Gold, Stacy Caddell, Christian Witkin, Baerbel Schmidt, Jens Umbach, Phil Toledano Paperback, 86 Pages, Published 2010 by 2Wice Arts Foundation ISBN-13: 978-0-9723886-3-4, ISBN: 0-9723886-3-X "Mah Jongg: Crak, Bam, Dot Mah Jongg a game more widely known than played or understood is a true cultural hybrid. With roots in ancient China, it made a lasting impression on American audiences in the 1920s and has endured as a cultural touchstone ever since. Part of this cultural hybridity derives from the experience of Jewish women who became closely aligned with the game by the late 1930s and developed the National Mah Jongg Leagu ..." Master of Disguises(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-547-39709-2, ISBN: 0-547-39709-7 "In his first volume of poetry since his tenure as poet laureate, Charles Simic shows he is at the height of his poetic powers. These new poems mine the rich strain of inscrutability in ordinary life, until it is hard to know what is innocent and what ominous. There is something about his work that continues to be crystal clear and yet deeply weighted with violence and mystery. Reading it is like going undercover. The face of a girl carr ..." Seriously Funny Poems about Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else by Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, David Bottoms, Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, Michael Collier, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Stephen Dunn, B. Fairchild, Beth Fennelly, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gluck, Albert Goldbarth, Robert Hass, Terrance Hayes, Tony Hoagland, Andrew Hudgins, T. R. Hummer, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Caroline Knox, Yusef Komunyakaa, David Lehman, Thomas Lux, William Matthews, Kevin Mcfadden, Campbell Mcgrath, Heather Mchugh, Peter Meinke, Phyllis Moore, Harryette Mullen, Lucia Perillo, Michael Ryan, Tim Seibles, Alan Shapiro, Charles Simic, Maura Stanton, James Tate, Robert Wrigley, Dean Young, Kevin Young, Kim Addonizio, Ginger Andrews, Nin Andrews, John Ashbery, Dorothy Barresi, Erin Belieu, Josh Bell, Charles Bernstein, John Berryman, George Bilgere, Richard Blanco, Daniel Borzutsky, Catherine Bowman, Jason Bredle, Geoffrey Brock, Christopher Bursk, Richard Cecil, Maxine Chernoff, Marilyn Chin, David Clewell, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Billy Collins, Gregory Corso, Justin Courter, Jim Daniels, Gregory Djanikian, Denise Duhamel, Martín Espada, Steve Fellner, Richard García, David Graham, Paul Guest, R. S. Gwynn, James Allen Hall, Mark Halliday, Jeffrey Harrison, Bob Hicok, Richard Howard, David Huerta, Bruce A. Jacobs, Rodney Jones, James Kimbrell, Galway Kinnell, Jennifer L. Knox, Kenneth Koch, Ron Koertge, William Logan, Jynne Dilling Martin, Adrian Matejka, Lynne Mcmahon, Richard Newman, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Frank O'hara, Sharon Olds, Lawrence Raab, Freeman Rogers, Aidan Rooney, J. Allyn Rosser, Steve Scafidi, Natalie Shapero, Julie Sheehan, Enid Shomer, Martha Silano, Gary Soto, Gerald Stern, Angelo Verga, Paul Violi, Charles Harper Webb, Susan Wood, Franz Wright, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Matthew Zapruder, Bill Zavatsky, Professor Adrian Blevins Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3569-8, ISBN: 0-8203-3569-X "Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, "Seriously Funny" ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfoolery to those that glow with quiet wit to ones in which a laugh erupts in the mi ..." Seriously Funny(Updated) Poems about Love, Death, Religion, Art, Politics, Sex, and Everything Else by Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, David Bottoms, Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, Michael Collier, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Stephen Dunn, B. Fairchild, Beth Fennelly, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Gluck, Albert Goldbarth, Robert Hass, Terrance Hayes, Andrew Hudgins, David Lehman, Thomas Lux, William Matthews, Caroline Knox, Tony Hoagland, Yusef Komunyakaa, Professor Adrian Blevins, Kevin Mcfadden, Campbell Mcgrath, Heather Mchugh, Peter Meinke, Phyllis Moore, Harryette Mullen, Lucia Perillo, Michael Ryan, Tim Seibles, Charles Simic, Maura Stanton, James Tate, Robert Wrigley, Dean Young, Kim Addonizio, Ginger Andrews, Nin Andrews, John Ashbery, Dorothy Barresi, Professor Billy Collins, Josh Bell, Charles Bernstein, John Berryman, George Bilgere, Richard Blanco, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Daniel Borzutsky, Catherine Bowman, Jason Bredle, Geoffrey Brock, Christopher Bursk, Richard Cecil, Maxine Chernoff, Marilyn Chin, David Clewell, Gregory Corso, Justin Courter, Jim Daniels, Gregory Djanikian, Denise Duhamel, Steve Fellner, David Graham, Paul Guest, R. S. Gwynn, James Allen Hall, Professor Kenneth Koch, Jeffrey Harrison, Bob Hicok, Richard Howard, David Huerta, Bruce A. Jacobs, Rodney Jones, James Kimbrell, Galway Kinnell, Jennifer L. Knox, Professor Frank O'hara, Ron Koertge, William Logan, Jynne Dilling Martin, Adrian Matejka, Lynne Mcmahon, Richard Newman, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Sharon Olds, Lawrence Raab, Freeman Rogers, Aidan Rooney, J. Allyn Rosser, Steve Scafidi, Natalie Shapero, Julie Sheehan, Enid Shomer, Martha Silano, Gary Soto, Gerald Stern, Angelo Verga, Paul Violi, Susan Wood, Franz Wright, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Matthew Zapruder, Bill Zavatsky, T. R. Hummer, Professor Erin Belieu, Professor Mark Halliday, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Alan Shapiro, Kevin Young, Martín Espada, Richard García, Charles Harper Webb, T. Hummer Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3087-7, ISBN: 0-8203-3087-6 "This is an anthology of irreverence and humor in the hands of our best poets. Can serious poetry be funny? Chaucer and Shakespeare would say yes, and so do the authors of these 187 poems that address timeless concerns but that also include comic elements. Beginning with the Beats and the New York School and continuing with both marquee-name poets and newcomers, "Seriously Funny" ranges from poems that are capsized by their own tomfooler ..." That Little Something(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2009 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603539-2, ISBN: 0-15-603539-1 ""That Little Something "is the superb eighteenth collection from one of America's most vital and honored poets. Over the course of his singular career, Charles Simic has won nearly every accolade, including the Pulitzer Prize, and he served as the poet laureate of the United States from 2007 to 2008.His wry humor and darkly illuminating vision are on full display here as he moves close to the dark ironies of history and human experience ..." Zen and Now(1st Edition) On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Vintage Departures) by Mark Richardson, Charles Simic Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-39069-1, ISBN: 0-307-39069-1 "Part travelogue, part meditation on an author and his work, Zen and Now is a tribute to a beloved American book and the landscape that inspired it.Since it was first published in 1974, Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance has become a modern classic, a beautifully constructed blend of travel narrative and philosophical inquiry that has moved generations of readers. One of those readers was journalistMarkRichardson ..." Sixty Poems by Charles Simic 110 Pages, Published 2008 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-54499-1, ISBN: 0-547-54499-5 "Collects sixty poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Poet Laureate of the United States, including "A Book Full of Pictures," "Paradise Motel," and "Late September."" Emergence of Memory(1st Edition) Conversations With W.G. Sebald by Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Winfried Georg Sebald, Charles Simic, Ruth Franklin Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58322-785-5, ISBN: 1-58322-785-7 "“The novelist and translator Lynne Sharon Schwartz has carefully rendered these subtle currents of belief and sensibility, moving always beneath an airy conversational style, in dexterous prose.”—Virginia Quarterly Review on A Place to Live and other selected essays by Natalia GinzburgWhen German author W.G. Sebald died in a car accident at the age of fifty-seven, the literary world mourned the loss of a writer whose oeuvre it was just ..." The Voice at 3 00 A. M. : Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-54632-2, ISBN: 0-547-54632-7 "Long hours of the night; St. John of the Cross And Blaise Pascal the cops in a patrol car. Do you have a favorite black hole in heaven? The fleeting moments know no care. Every day I discover serious new obstacles To my guaranteed pursuit of happiness. There was a funeral in my coffee cup tonight. I'm not just any black flea on your ass! I shouted to every god and devil I could think of. Infinity's ink has spilled over me And left ..." The Voice At 3 00 A. M. : Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, Published 2006 by Harvest Books ISBN-13: 978-0-544-31319-4, ISBN: 0-544-31319-4 Memory Piano (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06940-8, ISBN: 0-472-06940-3 "A volume in the Poets on Poetry series. Poets on Poetry collects critical works by contemporary poets, gathering together the articles, interviews, and book reviews by which they have articulated the poetics of a new generation.An eclectic array of essays, reviews, and memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles SimicMemory Piano is the latest contribution to the Poets on Poetry series from the brilliant and prolific Charles Simic. Th ..." Aunt Lettuce, I Want to Peek Under Your Skirt by Charles Simic, Howie Michels Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2005 by Bloomsbury Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-58234-461-4, ISBN: 1-58234-461-2 "This provocative, playful collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Simic and noted illustrator Michels is a saucy Valentine's treat.Charles Simic, a leading light in the world of poetry, here turns his attention-and imagination!-to Eros. Sensual and skillfully wrought, Simic's erotic poems are electrified by brilliantly graphic and lush illustrations by Howie Michels. Excerpts of this collaboration were featured in Tin House's ..." My Noiseless Entourage Poems by Charles Simic 80 Pages, Published 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-56381-7, ISBN: 0-547-56381-7 "Poems Charles Simic. CONTENTS I Description of a Lost Thing 3 Shading Exercise 4 Self-Portrait in Bed j To Dreams 6 The Gamblers Upstairs 7 Calamity Crier 8 The Alarm 9 My Noiseless Entourage 10 Fabulous Species and Landscapes ..." New York Essays (CANCELLED) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-100668-7, ISBN: 0-15-100668-7 Stories From The Blue Moon Cafe IV(1st Edition) SIGNED by Sonny Brewer, John Boyer, Rick Bragg, Andrea Hollander Budy, David E. Campbell, Marshall Chapman, Ryan Clark, Jim Dees, Ellen Douglas, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Robert St. John, Charles Simic, Daniel Wallace, Et Al . Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 2005 by Macadam/Cage ISBN-13: 978-1-59692-142-9, ISBN: 1-59692-142-0 "Following the success of 'Stories from the Blue Moon Café' volumes I, II, and III, we are pleased to serve up another hearty helping of Southern writing in this fourth edition. Offering the best in contemporary Southern fiction, from a tale inspired by a sculpture to another written by a popular Nashville singer and songwriter, along with essays by Pulitzer Prize winners and poems by up-and-comers, 'Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV' p ..." New and Selected Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award) by Michael Ryan, Charles Simic Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-40854-2, ISBN: 0-618-40854-1 "Michael Ryan’s New and Selected Poems is the first collection to appear in fifteen years from this acclaimed and masterly poet. Comprising fifty-seven poems from three award-winning volumes and thirty-one brilliant new poems, it displays the wit and passion he has brought to universal themes throughout his career. In both dramatic lyrics and complex narratives, Ryan renders the world with startling clarity, freshness, and intimacy.Ryan’ ..." Domestic Objects Past and Present by Rose Marasco, Charles Simic, Kim Grant Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Southern Maine ISBN-13: 978-0-939561-33-9, ISBN: 0-939561-33-6 Selected Poems 1963 To 2003(Updated) by Charles Simic Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2004 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22272-8, ISBN: 0-571-22272-2 "Serbian by birth, brought up under Nazi occupation and transplanted to America in his teens, Charles Simic has had the opportunity to distill a highly particular vision of the world, in which comic gaiety goes hand in hand with the ..." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry(Updated) by J. D. Mcclatchy, Robert Lowell, Charles Simic, Sharon Olds, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, W. S. Merwin, Rich Wilbur Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2003 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3093-4, ISBN: 1-4000-3093-5 "Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, this collection gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations. From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Gluck, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings. Other poets include: ..." The Metaphysician in the Dark (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09830-9, ISBN: 0-472-09830-6 "Charles Simic's quicksilver imagination, his masterly way with words, and his unalloyed love of life and language alike inform every page of this wonderfully wide-ranging collection. Again and again, Simic takes up a subject and turns it this way and that, showing us what we haven't noticed before, inviting us to share an infectious delight that turns everything, in the end, into poetry. It's a gift that has won him a coveted MacArthur ..." The Metaphysician in the Dark(1st Edition) (Poets On Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06830-2, ISBN: 0-472-06830-X "Charles Simic's quicksilver imagination, his masterly way with words, and his unalloyed love of life and language alike inform every page of this wonderfully wide-ranging collection. Again and again, Simic takes up a subject and turns it this way and that, showing us what we haven't noticed before, inviting us to share an infectious delight that turns everything, in the end, into poetry. It's a gift that has won him a coveted MacArthur ..." A Fly in the Soup Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-11150-3, ISBN: 0-472-11150-7 Charles Simic Selected Early Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2000 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1483-9, ISBN: 0-8076-1483-1 "" In this newly expanded edition entitled Selected Early Poems, to which the authorhas added twenty-seven poems and extensively revised others, we are treated ..." Summons Poems (Paperback) by Professor Deborah Tall, Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2000 by Sarabande Books ISBN-13: 978-1-889330-50-1, ISBN: 1-889330-50-7 "Donne "Bog" My thanks to Phillip Snyder for generously sharing his research on bogs "For This Is the Fall of the Year" "You might have starved while you were still your own ancestor" —John Ciardi in an NPR broadcast "Winter Solstice" "We do not know how to cry. . ." — an e-mail received in Ithaca, New York, from children in Bihac during the Bosnian War "Final Elsewhere" The phrase "final elsewhere" is from Susan Sontag's afterword ..." Selected Poems, 1963-1983(Updated) by Charles Simic Paperback, 229 Pages, Published 2000 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1240-8, ISBN: 0-8076-1240-5 "Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, this collection represents what many experts feel is Charles Simic's finest work. This expanded edition contains 33 revisions of many of the original collection's poems. Simic's imagery and meaning rely heavily and beautifully on line breaks and their rhythm. His phrases create their own separate thoughts between line breaks, easing the music of the poem into a slower, contemplative pace despite the to ..." Letters of Transit(1st Edition) Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss by Andre Aciman, Eva Hoffman, Edward W. Said, Charles Simic, Bharati Mukherjee Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2000 by New Press, The ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-607-4, ISBN: 1-56584-607-9 ""Moving, deeply introspective and honest" (Publishers Weekly) reflections on exile and memory from five award-winning authors. All of the authors in Letters of Transit have written award-winning works on exile, home, and memory, using the written word as a tool for revisiting their old homes or fashioning new ones. Now in paperback are five newly commissioned essays offering moving distillations of their most important thinking on these ..." Jackstraws(Updated) (Faber Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Faber And Faber Import ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20433-5, ISBN: 0-571-20433-3 Dime-Store Alchemy Pa by Charles Simic Published 2000 ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-680-3, ISBN: 0-88001-680-9 Jackstraws by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69171-8, ISBN: 0-547-69171-8 "In this new collection of sixty-two poems Charles Simic paints exquisite and shattering word pictures that lend meaning to a chaotic world populated by insects, bridal veils, pallbearers, TV sets, parrots, and a finely detailed dragonfly." Reflections in a Glass Eye(1st Edition) Works from the International Center of Photography Collection by Editor-Ellen Handy, Anne Hollander, Willis E. Hartshorn, Diane Johnson, Ellen Handy, Ann Lauterbach, Charles Simic, International Center Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1999 by Bulfinch Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-2625-4, ISBN: 0-8212-2625-8 "This nourishing book spans the incomparable collection of the International Center of Photography (ICP), the organization founded in New York City in 1974 by Cornell Capa in memory of his brother, Robert, the documentary photographer who was killed in Vietnam. Capa used the term "concerned photography" at the time, to distinguish the ICP's interests from fine-art photography, but the center has since become an umbrella organization for ..." The Best American Poetry 1999 by David . Lehman, Robert W. Bly, Coleman Barks, Elizabeth Bishop, Billy Collins, Russell Edson, Louise Bluck, Charles Simic, Philip Levine, Denise Levertov, Louis Jenkins, Jane Hirshfield Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1999 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-684-86003-9, ISBN: 0-684-86003-1 "The 1999 edition of The Best American Poetry will exceed the expectations of the many thousands of readers who eagerly await the annual arrival of this "truly memorable anthology" (Chicago Tribune). Guest editor Robert Bly, an award-winning poet and translator -- famous, too, for his leadership role in the men's movement and his bestselling book, Iron John -- has made selections that present American poetry in all its dazzling originali ..." Jackstraws(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 1999 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-100422-5, ISBN: 0-15-100422-6 "Charles Simic's new collection of sixty-two poems continues to startle. Whether he is writing of wild flowers "Drunk with kissing/The red hot summer breezes"; or of God, that "Boss of all bosses of the universe/Mr. Know-it-all, wheeler-dealer, wire puller"; or of rain drops "Which take turns listening/To each other fall intermittently/As they go around collecting memories," Simic creates powerful, fresh images that are at once slangy an ..." Master Breasts(1st Edition) by Francine Prose, Karen Finley, Dario Fo, Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1998 by Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-89381-861-6, ISBN: 0-89381-861-5 "A fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 111 pages; Description: 111 p. : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Photography of the nude --Breast in art." Weather Forecast for Utopia & Vicinity Poems 1967-1982 by Charles Simic Paperback, 54 Pages, Published 1998 by Barrytown Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-886449-78-7, ISBN: 1-886449-78-3 "-- Charles Stein. This is an elegantly designed and beautifully printed early book by Simic." Abelardo Morell(1st Edition) Face to Face: Photographs at the Gardner Museum by Charles Simic, Jennifer R. Gross, Jill S. Medvedow, Abelardo Morell Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1998 by Gardner Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-9648475-8-3, ISBN: 0-9648475-8-2 "Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic explores the love of imaging he and photographer Abelardo Morell share as both strive to reveal the ordinary in their work." The Best American Essays 1997 by Ian Frazier, Robert Atwan, Geoffrey C. Ward, Signed. Bernard Cooper, Frazier/Atwan, Cynthia Ozick, Richard Ford, Charles Simic, Dagoberto Gilb, And Others Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 1997 by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-395-85695-6, ISBN: 0-395-85695-7 "Ian Frazier's brightly eclectic edition serves as the perfect introduction to the extraordinary diversity of the new American essay. The Best American Essays features a selection of the year's outstanding essays, essays of literary achievement that show an awareness of craft and a forcefulness of thought. Hundreds of essays are gathered annually from a wide variety of national and regional publications. These essays are then screen ..." Poets on Poetry Ser. Orphan Factory : Essays and Memoirs by Charles Simic Hardcover, 115 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09663-3, ISBN: 0-472-09663-X 137 The Paris Review by George Plimpton, Donald Hall, Peter Matthiessen, Robert Silvers, Blair Fuller, Maxine Groffsky, Jeanne Mcculloch, Et Al. Plimpton, Susan Sontag, George Steiner, Rick Bass, E. L. Doctorow, Norman Mailer, Oliver Stone, Charles Simic, Carol Muske Paperback, Published 1996 by Random House Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-679-76875-3, ISBN: 0-679-76875-0 "Table of Contents--Number 146InterviewsMartin Adams--The Art of Fiction CLIFictionA.S. Byatt--Crocodile TearsGiles Foden--The Last King of ScotlandClaire Keegan--The Singing CashierWill Self--Tough Tough Toys for Tough Tough BoysFeaturesAlain de Botton--Drama or Melodrama The Man in the Back Row Has a Question VArtLucian Freud--EtchingsMalcolm Morley--Four DrawingsMarc Quinn--Budding MorphologyPoetrySimon Arr ..." Walking the Black Cat by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69169-5, ISBN: 0-547-69169-6 "A new volume of poems brings readers startling visions of the world in which we all live, exploring a haunted landscape on the brink in which the mundane and surreal, profane and sacred are indistinguishable In this latest collection of ..." A Trailside Guide(1st Edition) Winter Adventure (Trailside Guides) by Peter Stark, Steven M. Krauzer, Donald Justice, Stephen Kuusisto, Deborah Tall, David Weiss, Marvin Bell, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Donald Hall, Heather Mchugh, Mary Oliver, Charles Simic, And Many Others Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31400-7, ISBN: 0-393-31400-6 "There's more to winter than skiing—lots more. This unique handbook covers over two dozen cold-weather sports, from snowshoeing, snowboarding, sledding, ice-sailing, and winter camping to dog sledding, skijoring, animal tracking, igloo-building, and even how to make the perfect snow angel. Special sections treat staying warm, equipment, technique, safety, and tips for maximizing fun. Every winter adventurer will find something new here, ..." Frightening Toys by Charles Simic Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 1995 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17399-0, ISBN: 0-571-17399-3 Poets on Poetry Ser. The Unemployed Fortune-Teller : Essays and Memoirs by Charles Simic Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09569-8, ISBN: 0-472-09569-2 A Wedding in Hell by Charles Simic 96 Pages, Published 1994 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69172-5, ISBN: 0-547-69172-6 "Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” ..." Dime Store Alchemy(1st Edition) The Art of Joseph Cornell (Writers on Art) by Charles Simic Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 1994 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-348-2, ISBN: 0-88001-348-6 "Brilliantly exploring the life and work of American artist Joseph Cornell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Simic utilizes a series of short prose pieces that scavenge the dark corners of New York City by way of the nooks and crannies of his own imagination, creating the literary equivalent of Cornell's art. Photos." Creative Nonfiction, Volume 1, Issue 1 by Lee Gutkind, Mary Paumier Jones, Peter Chilson, Mimi Schwartz, Richard Goodman, Jill Carpenter, Carolyn Kremers, Christopher Buckley, Philip Garrison, Natalia Rachel Singer, Michael Pearson, John Mcphee, Charles Simic, Adrienne Rich, Gay Talese Paperback, 87 Pages, Published 1993 by Creative Nonfiction ISBN-13: 978-0-9637656-0-4, ISBN: 0-9637656-0-4 Prisoners of Freedom(1st Edition) Contemporary Slovene Poetry by Ales Debeljak, Charles Simic Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 1992 by Pedernal ISBN-13: 978-1-881613-00-8, ISBN: 1-881613-00-3 Hotel Insomnia(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 1992 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-142188-6, ISBN: 0-15-142188-9 Hotel Insomnia Poems by Charles Simic 80 Pages, Published 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69175-6, ISBN: 0-547-69175-0 "A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet mixes the haunted world of his East European memory with his American present in verses that fill the wee hours of the evening with angels, pigs, riddles, cemeteries, and dolls that smile. Simultaneous." Homage to a Cat As It Were: Logscapes of the Lost Ages by Vernon Newton, Kevin T. Mceneaney, Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1991 by Northern Lights Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-9621570-5-9, ISBN: 0-9621570-5-8 The Bandit Wind Poems (The Struga Series of Macedonian Poetry) (English, Macedonian and Macedonian Edition) by Slavko Janevski, Charles Simic Hardcover, 61 Pages, Published 1991 by Dryad Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-931848-76-6, ISBN: 0-931848-76-8 The Book of Gods and Devils(1st Edition) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 70 Pages, Published 1990 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-113455-7, ISBN: 0-15-113455-3 The Book of Gods and Devils by Charles Simic Published 1990 ISBN-13: 978-1-299-88778-7, ISBN: 1-299-88778-3 The Book of Gods and Devils by Charles Simic 80 Pages, Published 1990 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69177-0, ISBN: 0-547-69177-7 "Loneliness, loss, sadness, and mystery mark this wonderful volume of forty-nine poems by Charles Simic, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and praised as “one of the truly imaginative writers of our time” by the Los Angeles ..." Wonderful Words, Silent Truth Essays on Poetry and a Memoir (Poets On Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06421-2, ISBN: 0-472-06421-5 "Included in this collection of essays is an autobiographical sketch of the poet's early years in Yugoslavia during World War II" Wonderful Words, Silent Truth(1st Edition) Essays on Poetry and a Memoir (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-09421-9, ISBN: 0-472-09421-1 "Included in this collection of essays is an autobiographical sketch of the poet's early years in Yugoslavia during World War II" The World Doesn't End(1st Edition) Prose Poems (First Edition) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 74 Pages, Published 1989 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-198575-3, ISBN: 0-15-198575-8 The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic 88 Pages, Published 1989 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-54688-9, ISBN: 0-547-54688-2 "In this collection, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize, Charles Simic puns, pulls pranks." Antaeus(1st Edition) Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (No 61) by Daniel Halpern, Bill Clinton, Guy Davenport, Annie Dillard, Lawrence Durrell, Robert Frost, Ursula Le Guin, Jim Harrison, Norman Mailer, V.S. Naipaul, Joyce Carol Oates, Oliver Sacks, Charles Simic, Stephen Spender, Et Al, David Halpern Paperback, 442 Pages, Published 1988 by Ecco Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-202-7, ISBN: 0-88001-202-1 "A collection of her essays, A Concert of Tenses, was published by the University of Michigan. ... and Men and Angels. donald hall's book-length poem, The One Day, was published by Ticknor and Fields in September 1988. jim ... Her volume of essays and travel pieces, Dancing at the Edge of the World, will be published in January of 1989. norman ... William matthews' s most recent book of poems is Foreseeable Futures (Houghton Mifflin ..." Antaeus 59(1st Edition) by Daniel Halpern, Richard Ford, Madison Smartt Bell, Donald Hall, Stanislaw Baranczak, Calvin Bedient, Roy Blount Jr., Joseph Conrad, Guy Davenport, David Long, Joyce Carol Oates, Gail Godwin, Jonathan Holden, Mary Kinzie, Charles Simic, Josef Skvorecky Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 1987 by Ecco Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-144-0, ISBN: 0-88001-144-0 "Joyce Carol Oates Literature as Pleasure, Pleasure as Literature 1 have always come to life after coming to books. —JORGE LUIS BORCES It might be argued ..." American Odysseys Writings by New Americans by Charles Simic, Vilcek Foundation, Ismet Prcic, Daniel Alarcón, Téa Obreht, Ta Obreht Paperback, 591 Pages, Published 2013 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-806-1, ISBN: 1-56478-806-7 "American Odysseys is an anthology of twenty-two writers drawn from the shortlist for the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature. Including work by Dinaw Mengestu, Téa Obreht, Yiyun Li, and introduced by poet Charles Simic, this collection is proof, if any be needed, that the heterogeneity of American society is its greatest asset.American Odysseys is an anthology of twenty-two novelists, poets, and short-story writers ..." Unending Blues Poems by Charles Simic 64 Pages, Published 1986 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-547-69174-9, ISBN: 0-547-69174-2 "Thus we strolled to the corner Where a fallen angel runs a tavern. Its only waitress is my great love Who will die young and by her own hand. It will be spring, I told the mortician Over a drink, told him several times. He promised to show her ..." The Uncertain Certainty Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry (Poets on Poetry) by Charles Simic Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1986 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-06359-8, ISBN: 0-472-06359-6 "Provides a critical and autobiographical context for viewing Simic's poetry" Selected Poems, 1963-83 by Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1986 by Secker & Warburg November 1986 ISBN-13: 978-0-436-46487-4, ISBN: 0-436-46487-X Ballroom Dance Ser. Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic Published 1986 ISBN-13: 978-0-8490-3327-8, ISBN: 0-8490-3327-6 Unending Blues(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 58 Pages, Published 1986 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-192830-9, ISBN: 0-15-192830-4 "Poems deal with winter, tragedy, madness, love, death, dreams, science, afterlife, nature, and exploration" Selected Poems Nineteen Sixty-Three to Nineteen Eighty-Three by Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1985 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1130-2, ISBN: 0-8076-1130-1 Ballroom Dance Ser. Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic Published 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0-87700-749-4, ISBN: 0-87700-749-7 Selected Poems(1st Edition) Nineteen Sixty-Three to Nineteen Eighty-Three by Charles Simic Hardcover, 186 Pages, Published 1985 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1129-6, ISBN: 0-8076-1129-8 Weather Forecast for Utopia and Vicinity Poems, 1967 to 1982 by Charles Simic Hardcover, Published 1984 by Station Hill Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-930794-82-8, ISBN: 0-930794-82-6 TRANSLATIONS Experiments in Reading. Fascicle "A". O.ARS. 3. Editor: Don Wellman. by Don Wellman, Kirk Robertson, Cola Franzen, Klaus Peter Dencker, Charles Simic, Julien Blaine, Tom Mandel, Et Al., Charles Bernstein Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 1983 by O. A R S ISBN-13: 978-0-942030-04-4, ISBN: 0-942030-04-4 Weather Forecast for Utopia and Vicinity Poems, 1967 to 1982 by Charles Simic Hardcover, 56 Pages, Published 1983 by Barrytown/Station Hill ISBN-13: 978-0-88268-030-9, ISBN: 0-88268-030-7 Poetry Ser. The Chicken Without a Head : A New Version by Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1983 by Trace Editions, Portland, Or ISBN-13: 978-0-317-39880-9, ISBN: 0-317-39880-6 The Bandit Wind by Charles Simic Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0-931848-69-8, ISBN: 0-931848-69-5 Poetry The Chicken Without a Head : A New Version by Charles Simic Published 1983 ISBN-13: 978-0-317-39881-6, ISBN: 0-317-39881-4 Austerities Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1983 by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-436-46486-7, ISBN: 0-436-46486-1 Austerities Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 61 Pages, Published 1982 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-1044-2, ISBN: 0-8076-1044-5 "Poems record the author's observations on a wide range of subjects, including the natural world, city life, and his personal experiences" THE PUSHCART PRIZE Five(1st Edition) by Bill Henderson, David Plante, Seamus Heaney, Sherod Santos, Gerald Stern, Gerard Shyne, Frank Kermode, Bo Ball, James Wright, Michael Anania, George Hitchcock, Janet Kauffman, David Bromige, Lewis Hyde, Charles Simic, Bruce Weigl, Sherod San Henderson Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 1981 by Avon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-380-53041-0, ISBN: 0-380-53041-4 "Best of the Small Presses Bill Henderson. ft. (h. ih. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION: ABOUT PUSHCART PRIZE V n LEVITATION 29 by Cynthia Ozick JEAN RHYS: A REMEMBRANCE 43 by David ... WOMEN AT CHARTRES 136 by James Wright OF LIVING BELFRY AND RAMPART: ON AMERICAN LITERARY MAGAZINES ..." The Book of Blam(Reprint) (New York Review Books Classics) by Aleksandar Tisma, Charles Simic, Michael Heim, Michael Henry Heim Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2016 by Nyrb Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-920-8, ISBN: 1-59017-920-X "The Balkans: a seething cauldron of centuries-old racial hatreds and periodic massacres perpetrated by one ethnic group upon another. The newspapers fill with one atrocity after another, and eventually the mind and heart numbs to the sufferings of whichever unlucky group is being victimized this time. Perhaps the only way to truly appreciate the horror of the tragedy is to scale it down from the general to the specific, from the anguis ..." White A New Version by Charles Simic Paperback, 27 Pages, Published 1980 by Logbridge-Rhodes ISBN-13: 978-0-937406-03-8, ISBN: 0-937406-03-1 Classic Ballroom Dances(1st Edition) Poems by Charles Simic Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1980 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-0973-6, ISBN: 0-8076-0973-0 "Poems describe private worlds, fairy tale lands of observation, solitude, and ultimately, death" White by Charles Simic Published 1980 ISBN-13: 978-0-937406-04-5, ISBN: 0-937406-04-X Homage to Hat and Uncle Guide and Eliot Selected Poems by Tomaz Salamun, Robert Hass, Charles Simic, Joshua Beckman Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2005 by Arc Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-900072-13-7, ISBN: 1-900072-13-0 Brooms Selected Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 29 Pages, Published 1978 by Edge Press, Wales ISBN-13: 978-0-906040-02-7, ISBN: 0-906040-02-7 Nothing is Lost Selected Poems (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) by Edvard Kocbek, Michael Scammell, Veno Taufer, Charles Simic Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2004 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-11839-0, ISBN: 0-691-11839-6 "This is the first comprehensive English-language collection of verse by the most celebrated Slovenian poet of modern times and one of Europe's most notable postwar poets, Edvard Kocbek (1904-1981). The selections introduce the reader to the full spectrum of Kocbek's long and distinguished career, starting with the pantheist and expressionist nature poems of his early period and continuing through the politically engaged poetry written d ..." 1941 The Year That Keeps Returning by Slavko Goldstein, Michael Gable, Charles Simic Hardcover, 622 Pages, Published 2013 by New York Review Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-673-3, ISBN: 1-59017-673-1 "A New York Review Books OriginalThe distinguished Croatian journalist and publisher Slavko Goldstein says, “Writing this book about my family, I have tried not to separate what happened to us from the fates of many other people and of an entire country.” 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning is Goldstein’s astonishing historical memoir of that fateful year—when the Ustasha, the pro-fascist nationalists, were brought to power in Croatia by ..." Fine Press Poetry Ser. School for Dark Thoughts by Charles Simic Published 1978 ISBN-13: 978-0-931356-00-1, ISBN: 0-931356-00-8 Nothing is Lost Selected Poems (The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) by Edvard Kocbek, Michael Scammell, Veno Taufer, Charles Simic Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2004 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-11840-6, ISBN: 0-691-11840-X " This is the first comprehensive English-language collection of verse by the most celebrated Slovenian poet of modern times and one of Europe's most notable postwar poets, Edvard Kocbek (1904-1981). The selections introduce the reader to the full spectrum of Kocbek's long and distinguished career, starting with the pantheist and expressionist nature poems of his early period and continuing through the politically engaged poetry wr ..." Braziller Series of Poetry Charon's Cosmology by Charles Simic Paperback, 47 Pages, Published 1977 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-0843-2, ISBN: 0-8076-0843-2 Charon's Cosmology Poems (The Braziller series of poetry) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 47 Pages, Published 1977 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-0842-5, ISBN: 0-8076-0842-4 "Charon's Cosmology: Poems (The Braziller series of poetry)" Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky(1st Edition) Poems by Thylias Moss, Charles Simic Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2003 by Persea Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89255-157-6, ISBN: 0-89255-157-7 "A 1991 National Poetry Series selection. "One of the year's most powerful books of any genre...A joyful discovery, [it] contains poems that present the black American experience with heightened intensity...[with] language at once immediate and transcendent..."—Grace Shulman, The Nation" Evidence that We Are Descended from Chairs by Andrew H. Merton, Charles Simic, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer Paperback, 102 Pages, Published 2012 by Accents Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-936628-09-4, ISBN: 1-936628-09-0 "Evidence that We Are Descended from Chairs is an exciting debut collection of poetry by veteran journalist and essayist Andrew Merton. Former Poet Laureate of the United States Charles Simic provides an insightful foreword to introduce us to Merton's work." Mermaids Explained(1st Edition) Poems by Christopher Reid, Charles Simic Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2001 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-100106-4, ISBN: 0-15-100106-5 "Since 1976, Christopher Reid has been startling and delighting readers of poetry. His philosphic concerns are often expressed in small, domestic details, but, as with the Metaphysical poets he admires, the effect heightens his poetry's seriousness and impact. Reid finds significance in the marginal, the endangered, the apocryphal, and the absurd. His verse, which has earned him both the distinguished Hawthornden and Somerset Maugham Pri ..." Ploughshares Spring 1975 - Special Poetry & Poetics Issue by David Gullette, Kenneth Rexroth, Octavio Paz, Robert Pinsky, Richard Wilbur, Raymond Carver, Alice Mattison, Eamon Grennan, Charles Simic, Mark Strand Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1975 by Ploughshares, A Literary Journal ISBN-13: 978-0-933277-49-6, ISBN: 0-933277-49-0 Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk Poems by Charles Simic Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 1974 by George Braziller ISBN-13: 978-0-8076-0733-6, ISBN: 0-8076-0733-9 "Poems search for the spiritual essence of everyday emotional and physical experiences" Dark Things (Lannan Translations Selection Series) by Novica Tadic, Charles Simic, Introduction-Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2009 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-934414-23-1, ISBN: 1-934414-23-9 "Novica Tadic is Serbia’s leading poet and the linguistic heir to Vasko Popa. With this translation, US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winner Charles Simic brings the full range of Tadic’s dark beauty to light:I dream how on a flat surfaceI set down knives of various shapes and sizes.Already there are so many of themI can’t count them,or see them all. Someone’s being done inby those knives.Novica Tadic has won most major Serbian litera ..." White by Charles Simic Published 1972 by New Rivers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-912284-25-5, ISBN: 0-912284-25-0 The Land on the Tip of a Hair Poems in Wood, Selected and Carved by Wang Hui-Ming(1st Edition) by Wang Hui-Ming, Robert Bly, Charles Simic, David Ignatow, James Tate, Et. Al, Hui-Ming Wang Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1972 by Barre Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8271-7203-6, ISBN: 0-8271-7203-6 "Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 1 pages; Description: 1 v. (unpaged) 30 cm. Subjects: American poetry--20th century." Saul Steinberg Illuminations by Joel Smith, Charles Simic, Saul Steinberg Foundation Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-12179-7, ISBN: 0-300-12179-2 "Best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg’s extraordinary contribution to 20th-century art, which was that of a mode ..." The Prince of Fire An Anthology of Contemporary Serbian Short Stories (Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies) by Radmila Jovanović Gorup, Nadežda Obradović, Radmila J. Gorup, Radmilla Gorup, Charles Simic Hardcover, 371 Pages, Published 1998 by Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-4058-6, ISBN: 0-8229-4058-2 "Editors Gorup and Obradovic have collected stories from thirty-five outstanding writers in this first English anthology of Serbian fiction in thirty years. The anthology, representing a great variety of literary styles and themes, includes works by established writers with international reputations, as well as promising new writers spanning the generation born between 1930 and 1960. These stories may lead to a greater understanding of t ..." White [Signed and Inscribed] by Charles Simic Paperback, Published 1972 by New Rivers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-912284-26-2, ISBN: 0-912284-26-9 Dismantling the Silence (Braziller series of poetry) by Charles Simic Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 1971 by Jonathan Cape ISBN-13: 978-0-224-00594-4, ISBN: 0-224-00594-4 The Shout(1st Edition) Selected Poems by Simon Armitage, Charles Simic Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2005 by Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101118-6, ISBN: 0-15-101118-4 "Simon Armitage is one of Britain's most respected poets. He is considered Philip Larkin's successor in both the easy brilliance of his verse and the national acclaim he has received. His subjects have ranged from yardwork to politics, from the fidelity of dogs to the negotiations of lovers. A selection of poetry that is wry, unpretentious, and constantly inventive, The Shout collects Armitage's best work from the past three decades and ..." Words Are Something Else (Writings From An Unbound Europe) by David Albahari, Tomislav Longinovic, Charles Simic, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Toma Longinović, Ellen Elias-Bursaac, Tomaslav Longinovic Hardcover, 215 Pages, Published 1996 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-1305-3, ISBN: 0-8101-1305-8 "Set in the author's native Serbia, this collection of short stories reveals a vision transcending the narrow world of Serbian nationalism. David Albahari is concerned with the separation of people, but in a more universal sense than the tribal. He has the modern writer's obsession with our inability to express in words what is really meant; he even plays with self-reference, pointing to the inability of a reader to grasp the hidden cont ..." Words Are Something Else (Writings from an Unbound Europe) by David Albahari, Tomislav Longinovic, Charles Simic, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Ellen Elias-Bursaac, Tomaslav Longinovic, Ellen Ellas-Bursac, Toma Longinović Paperback, 215 Pages, Published 1996 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-1306-0, ISBN: 0-8101-1306-6 "Set in the author's native Serbia, this collection of short stories reveals a vision transcending the narrow world of Serbian nationalism. David Albahari is concerned with the separation of people, but in a more universal sense than the tribal. He has the modern writer's obsession with our inability to express in words what is really meant; he even plays with self-reference, pointing to the inability of a reader to grasp the hidden cont ..." The Gunter Grass Reader(1st Edition) by Helmut Frielinghaus, Günter Grass, Charles Simic, William Martin, Philip Boehm, Ga Nter Grass Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101176-6, ISBN: 0-15-101176-1 "Selected from the vast range of his work, the writings included in this anthology trace Günter Grass's development as a writer, and with it the history of a nation coming to terms with its past. Excerpts from Grass's major novels-from The Tin Drum to Crabwalk-are included, as are numerous short fictions, essays, and poems, many of which have never appeared before in English. Grass's gifts as an observer of and participant in the social ..." Anxious Moments by Ales Debeljak, Charles Simic Paperback, 78 Pages, Published 1995 by White Pine Press ISBN-13: 978-1-877727-35-1, ISBN: 1-877727-35-0 "poetry, Slovene, tr C Merrill, preface C Simic " George Herms Then and Now: Fifty Years of Assemblage by George Herms, Anthony Seraphin, Contributor-Walter Hopps, Contributor-Charles Simic, Charles Simic Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2003 by Seraphin Gallery ISBN-13: 978-0-9719289-0-9, ISBN: 0-9719289-0-8 "One of the founding members of the California Assemblage movement in the 1950s (alongside Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner and Jess), George Herms uses the most weather-worn, battered, junked-up materials for his assemblages, forging a style that was to greatly influence Pop art in America and presage Nouveau Realisme in France. Herms pushes the limits of assemblage to exciting extremes, making gentle, sometimes funny statements. Then and N ..." Death of New York City Selected Poems of Nina Zivancevic by Nina Zivancevic, Charles Simic Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2003 by Cool Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-1-887276-07-8, ISBN: 1-887276-07-6 "Charles Simic writes in his forward to the book that in spite of Zivancevic's strong connections to Paris, New York and Belgrade (her birthplace), "the voice that comes through in her poems is that of an exile, of someone who travels with ..." The Quest for Roots(1st Edition) The Poetry of Vasko Popa (Balkan Studies) by Anita Lekic, Charles Simic Hardcover, 178 Pages, Published 1993 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-1777-6, ISBN: 0-8204-1777-7 "This work analyzes and elucidates the principal motifs and images in Popa's work in relation to Yugoslav traditions of myth, time, and history. Popa's poetry reflects a fascinating synthesis of existential concerns and a primitivist belief in the transcendent dimensions of human existence. The pagan vision of man and time in Papa's principal collections signifies an attempt to compensate for the loss of faith which lies at the root of t ..." Devil's Lunch Selected Poems (Faber Poetry) by Aleksandar Ristovic, Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20008-5, ISBN: 0-571-20008-7 "The powerful and deeply moving work of the Serbian poet Aleksandar Ristovíc, published for the first time in the United states.Make me a long coat of heavy cloth, tailor,the kind that won't fray,and of a dark color,so no one will notice the cigarette ashes.Make the dark trousers of the same material,to last as long as I want them to,wearing them to visit many cities, villages,and other out-of-the-way places. * * * * *Make me a ..." The Selected Poems of Tomaz Salamun by Tomaz Salamun, Charles Simic, Intro Robert Haas Paperback, 93 Pages, Published 1991 by Ecco Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-161-7, ISBN: 0-88001-161-0 Ploughshares (Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter 1990-91): The Literature of Ecstasy by Gerald Stern, Leonard Michaels, Jennifer Rose, Charles Simic ., Alberto Alvaro Rios Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 1990 by Emerson College ISBN-13: 978-0-00-048447-5, ISBN: 0-00-048447-4 Pretty Happy(1st Edition) by Peter Johnson, Charles Simic Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1997 by White Pine Press ISBN-13: 978-1-877727-75-7, ISBN: 1-877727-75-X "Prose Poems Peter Johnson. JOEY Joey seemed better until he started calling everyone in our neighborhood black trash, even though we were all white. I didn't like Joey from the get-go. His pants were always too short. Then yesterday, he ..." The Selected Poems of Tomaz Salamun(1st Edition) by Tomaz Salamun, Charles Simic, Robert Hass, Intro Robert Haas Hardcover, 93 Pages, Published 1988 by The Ecco Press ISBN-13: 978-0-88001-160-0, ISBN: 0-88001-160-2 "Edited by Charles Simic. Introduction by Robert Hass Dedica autografa dell'autore ad un importante letterato italiano, datata 1989 (Inscribed and signed by the Author to an important Italian literary man, dated 1989). 8vo pp. 94 Rilegato mezza tela, sovracoperta (half-cloth binding, dust jacket) Ottimo (Fine)" Best of Intro by Charles Simic Published 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0-317-40883-6, ISBN: 0-317-40883-6 Title Best of Intro by Charles Simic Hardcover, 263 Pages, Published 1985 by Associated Writing Programs ISBN-13: 978-0-936266-06-0, ISBN: 0-936266-06-6 "Book by None" Night Mail Selected Poems by Novica Tadic, Charles Simic Hardcover, 120 Pages, Published 1992 by Oberlin College Press ISBN-13: 978-0-932440-60-0, ISBN: 0-932440-60-6 "Novica Tadic', born in 1949, has lived most of his life in Belgrade. One of the most respected Yugoslavian poets of his generation, Tadic "weaves poetry whose images are visible and abstract. A labyrinth of masterful short poems." (World Literature Today) Here masterfully translated by Yugoslavian-born poet Charles Simic." Best American Poetry, 1992(5th Edition) by Charles Simic, David Lehman Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1992 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-684-19501-8, ISBN: 0-684-19501-1 "lewis turco was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1934. ... A Family Album (1990) and Murmurs in the Walls (1992) won the 1989 Silverfish Review Chapbook Competition and the 1990 Cooper House Chap- book Competition, respectively. Turco ..." Night Mail Selected Poems by Novica Tadic, Charles Simic, Nicola Tadic Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 1992 by Oberlin ISBN-13: 978-0-932440-59-4, ISBN: 0-932440-59-2 "Novica Tadic´, born in 1949, has lived most of his life in Belgrade. One of the most respected Yugoslavian poets of his generation, Tadic “weaves poetry whose images are visible and abstract. A labyrinth of masterful short poems.” (World Literature Today) Here masterfully translated by Yugoslavian-born poet Charles Simic." The Best American Poetry(5th Edition) 1992 by David Lehman, Charles Simic Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1992 by Collier Books ISBN-13: 978-0-02-069845-6, ISBN: 0-02-069845-3 "An anthology of poetry features the best work work of poets, many well known, many never before published. Simultaneous." SOME OTHER WINE AND LIGHT(1st Edition) by Aleksandar Ristovic, Charles Simic Hardcover, 47 Pages, Published 1989 by Charioteer Press ISBN-13: 978-0-910350-11-2, ISBN: 0-910350-11-6 Roll Call of Mirrors Selected Poems of Ivan V. Lalic (Wesleyan Poetry in Translation) by Ivan V. Lalic, Charles Simic, Ivan Lalilc Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1988 by Wesleyan ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-1152-2, ISBN: 0-8195-1152-8 "Ivan V. Lalic is one of the most important Serbian poets of the postwar generation. In Roll Call of Mirrors the translator Charles Simic, a native Yugoslavian, captures these poems in Lalic's own idiom, He retains their spare beauty, from the lyrical intensity of the early poems –; by a poet "destined to burn" –; to his later love of sonnets, to his most recent =, more meditative work on "what geometry dreams," and on the art of the poe ..." Roll Call of Mirrors Selected Poems of Ivan V. Lalic (Wesleyan Poetry in Translation) by Ivan V. Lalic, Charles Simic, Contributor-Charles Simic Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 1988 by Wesleyan ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-2151-4, ISBN: 0-8195-2151-5 "Book by Lalic, Ivan V." Homage to the Lame Wolf(Updated) Selected Poems by Vasko Popa, Charles Simic Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 1987 by Oberlin College Press ISBN-13: 978-0-932440-22-8, ISBN: 0-932440-22-3 "Our first version of this selection from one of Eastern Europe's major figures sold out. The new version adds two sequences--"Give Me Back My Rage" and "Heaven's Ring"--as well as some previously unpublished sections of the justly famous series, "The Little Box." Simic and Popa are a perfect match. A book for surrealists, mythographers, postmodernists, scientists, and lovers of poetry and games. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize." The Bandit Wind by Charles Simic, Slavko Jovanevski Paperback, Published 1986 ISBN-13: 978-0-931848-70-4, ISBN: 0-931848-70-9 All Authors Charles Simic David Lehman Vasko Popa Gerald Stern Robert Hass Et Al Donald Hall Tomaz Salamun Sharon Olds Allen Ginsberg All Bindings Paperback Hardcover Unknown eBook All Editions 1st Edition 2nd Edition 3rd Edition 5th Edition Other Reprint Updated All Years 2019 - 2022 2013 - 2019 2007 - 2013 2001 - 2007 1995 - 2001 1989 - 1995 1983 - 1989 1977 - 1983 1971 - 1977 All Regions English German Spain French Italy Mexico Nigeria Malawi Japan Serbia Sweden Qatar Hungary Croatia Macedonia Norway