Here's the last poetry recommendation. Tao Lin's new book, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy , is really good. I like it a lot. You shoul...

A few of us at University Book Store loved The Book of Funnels . And, boy, we love Citizen Of , as well. Here's Hawkey at work: Blue Yod...

This is from Want from the wonderful Sarabande Books . Litany When any word is called for, say that I am of . When the tornado forms, that...

Tonight is the Dead Poets Memorial Reading at our U District store. That means today is your last chance to enter our Dead Poet Identificati...

DC Comic heroes and physicists collide in A. Van Jordan's amazing Quantum Lyrics . The Atom, Hawkman, and Green Lantern appear—as do Fey...

To celebrate Earth Day, here's a selection from Jorie Graham's new book, Sea Change , a book about nature out of balance: Here once...

This is from Sleeping It Off in Rapid City : Poetics I have loved the air outside Shop-Rite Liquor on summer evenings better than the Marin ...

From Filibuster to Delay a Kiss : Refrain The assorted men in white coats diagnosed me as lack of sleep but I've never slept eight hours...

The shelving has been piling up, so the recommendations had to wait. Today, we'll have three for you. The first is Shattered Sonnets Lov...

First, listen to Pam read some E.E. Cummings . Next, appreciate the interesting way E.E. Cummings is an interesting figure in literature bec...

And unflinching poem from The Executive Director of the Fallen World : Woman in the Summer Southern Night So depressed I thought Sleeping ou...

I would like to put up sections of a wonderful Thomas Lux poem—from his new book God Particles —even though doing so puts me in great person...

Because I was unable to post a poetry recommendation yesterday, today there will be two. First, a book of poems for young readers recommende...

Here's a recommedation from Jay, our Head Book Buyer: Monochords by Yannis Ritsos "A handsome volume of deceptively simple, yet el...

Another quick poetry recommendation from Brad in Used Books: "Doty's first selection from all his previous books of poetry is a maj...

First, a bit of a prose poem by James Tate . His new book is called The Ghost Soldiers . This is from "What I Learned from the Elves...

Today, our Used Book Buyer, Brad, would like to suggest you consider picking up a copy of New Selected Poems by Mark Strand . Here's wh...

The book BAD BAD by Chelsey Minnis (published by Fence Books ) begins with a series of prefaces. There are 68 of them, in fact. This is a l...

Here we go, poetry fans—a month of poetry suggestions. Like last year, I will do my best to write a little something every weekday about a b...

Merry National Poetry Month, everybody! To honor this most festive of festivals of a literary form, we're holding a contest. Below, you ...