Kevin Kantor

An collection published by Button Poetry.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Please Come Off-Book queers the theatrical canon we all grew up with. Kantor critiques the treatment of queer figures and imagines a braver and bolder future that allows queer voices the agency over their own stories. Drawing upon elements of the Aristotelian dramatic structure and the Hero's Journey, Please Come Off-Book is both a love letter to and a scathing critique of American culture and the lenses we choose to see ourselves through.

Please Come Off-Book

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Caroline Kennedy

Pages are like new but the cover has some shelf ware. Never read.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. Once you can express yourself, she wrote, you can tell the world what you want from it. Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mothers favorite poems by such renowned authors as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings, and Robert Frost. The book also includes a poem written by Jacqueline Kennedy and is illustrated with photographs of the Kennedy clan. This is a wonderful volume for reading aloud or by yourself and a meaningful gift or keepsake for Mothers Day.

The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Copyright is 1968
The cover is worn from age but binding is still firm and ver good condition. Previous owner made some notes on the inside, most are done in pencil. One side is in Spanish and the other side is the English translation. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

Nine Latin American Poets

Jorge Luis Borges

Texas

The Selected Works of Jorge Luis Borges

This book includes 118 earlier pieces never before translated, and moves through his more fantastic work to a later realism

Borges - A Reader

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Diary Of A Basketcase - Signed 

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Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. He delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.

You Get So Alone at Times

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Shaykh Qummi

Ali Qarai

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Washington

Volume One: Supplications and Periodic Observances

The is a book of prayers and devotional observances. Among the religious traditions of humanity the Imami Shi'ah tradition within Islam is unmatched in its rich corpus of devotional texts (du'a and ziyarah literature) handed down from the original leaders of the faith, the Prophet Muhammad and the Imams of his family, the Ahl al-Bayt.The Mafatih al-Jinan is the most popular manual of Islamic devotional observances and prayer-texts by Shaykh Abbas Qummi, which draws its contents from well-known, reliable sources. As a manual of devotional literature, the Mafatih al-Jinan follows a long tradition established by the Misbah al-Mutahajjid of Shaykh Tusi (d. 460/1067) and followed up in the works of Sayyid Ibn Tawus (d. 664/1265), Kaf'ami (d. 905/1499) and others. Most of the contents of the Mafatih are drawn from these earlier works. Since its publication, the Mafatih has enjoyed an uncontested popularity among Farsi-speaking Muslims, and its Arabic and Urdu versions are widely used by the devout in the Arab world and the Indian subcontinent.

Mafatih Al-Jinan: a Treasury of Islamic Piety (Translation and Transliteration)

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This antique book is a complete volume of poetical works by Percy Shelley. It is a hardcover book published by The American News Company in New York. It has some illustrations throughout. Pages are gilt edged.  The book was printed in 1883 and is an original copy.

The book cover shows signs of shelf wear and use. The title page is loose from the binding and  the front interior hinges are cracked. The original owner’s name is marked in pencil on front cover page. Please view photos for condition.


Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Florida

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Husk of Time: The Photographs of Victor Masayesva 

“Masayesva Jr, has created a rich body of video and photographic work that represents the culture and traditions of Native Americans” 

Oregon

The Photographs of Victor Masayesva 

Husk of Time 

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California

The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Around the void left by the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963, the poems in this collection speak, unleashing the strong emotions both before and after the moment of assassination. Poems take on the voices of Evers's widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of De La Beckwith's two wives. Except for the book's title,"Turn me loose," which were his final words, Evers remains in this collection silent. Yet the poems accumulate facets of the love and hate with which others saw this man, unghosting him in a way that only imagination makes possible.

Turn Me Loose

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This is a 1913 collection of poems written by southern poets and the subsequent themes reflecting southern society in the 1800s. Some notes written by the original owner are penciled throughout.


Virginia

Riverside Literature Series 

Southern Poems

Rupi Kaur

Untitled book by Anonymous. Untitled book by Anonymous.

milk and honey, the sun and her flowers, and Home Body

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Claudia Rankine

An American Lyric

* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Time Out New York, Vulture, Refinery 29, and many more . . . A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric. Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV-everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named "post-race" society.

Citizen

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Florence Welch

Lyrics and Poetry

Lyrics and never-before-seen poetry and sketches from the iconic musician of Florence and the Machine Songs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything to stop it, so it seems like a kind of useless magic.

Useless Magic

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Lang Leav poetry box set excellent preowned condition.

Poetry collection

Lang Leav poetry collection

David Whyte

1999 third printing by Many Rivers Press. Out of print. Excellent poetry from Whyte. The volume is in excellent shape, with no annotations and very, very minor shelf wear on the jacket. 

New Mexico

Poems by David Whyte

This is David Whyte's first book of poetry. Now in its fourth printing.

Songs for Coming Home

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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Ed Park

Selected Works

"Mastery over language that was borrowed, that was not her mother tongue, enabled Theresa Hak Kyung Cha to empathize with her viewer (her distant audience) as powerfully as any artist I know. In Exilée and Temps Morts I listen with fascination as her tongue exercises furtively and nimbly, convincing me that Cha would have been the exemplary artist of identity had she lived another ten years."--Byron Kim "Conceptual, poetic, visual, the writings of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha are radical and subtle responses to the artistic context of their time and reveal powerful areas of exploration to readers. Like few other contemporary collections, this book opens up new horizons in literature, art history, film theory, and linguistics, emphasizing the originality of a unique body of work that belongs both to history and to the present."--Elvan Zabunyan, author of Black Is a Color "Since its publication within weeks of her premature death, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée has attracted academic, feminist, literary, and cult followings. But despite the passion that erupts through its surface, it is in many ways an austere book. It withholds something--and purposefully so. This unexpected new collection of Cha's other, previously uncollected writings/inscribings offers something gentler, more intimate--and, though not less alienated, perhaps, the Cha we encounter in Exilée and Temps Morts is more playful. The works collected here resonate with vivacity and the luminous presence that was, and remains, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. "--Lyn Hejinian, author of A Border Comedy

Exilée and Temps Morts

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South Carolina

Barrack Room Ballads

R. H. Sin

Collection of short first-person poems about relationships.

Whiskey Words and Shovel Boxed Set Volume 1-3

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The best loved poems of the American people 

Ellen Hopkins

Identical

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Thena Smith

Includes CD graphics text, Mac/Win compatible. Disc contains JPEG and PNG￼ files. Never used. 

Massachusetts

Words to Decorate the Holidays

A perfect gift for any crafter, scrapbooker or person who appreciates beautiful poetry. A great combination that is sure to add the perfect Christmas adornment for any crafting project.

C Is for Christmas

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Dive into the feels with Rupi Kaur's “The Sun and Her Flowers”📖 
Perfect for young adults, this book speaks straight to the heart, covering love, heartbreak, resilience, and self-discovery. 💖 Despite some wear, it's still an amazing read! ✨

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Kevin Kantor

Please Come Off-Book

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Caroline Kennedy

The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Carlos Pellicer, Xavier Villaurrutia, Alfonsina Storni, Pablo Neruda, Luis Pales Matos, Jose Gorostiza, Vicente Huidobro, Cesar Vallejo, Octavio Paz

Nine Latin American Poets

Jorge Luis Borges

Borges - A Reader

Silvia Rosario

Diary Of A Basketcase - Signed

Charles Bukowski

You Get So Alone at Times

Shaykh Qummi; Ali Qarai

Mafatih Al-Jinan: a Treasury of Islamic Piety (Translation and Transliteration)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Victor Masayesva, Jr.

Husk of Time

Frank X. Walker; Michelle Hite (Contribution by)

Turn Me Loose

Charles W. Kent

Southern Poems

Rupi Kaur

milk and honey, the sun and her flowers, and Home Body

Claudia Rankine

Citizen

Florence Welch

Useless Magic

Lang Leav

Lang Leav poetry collection

David Whyte

Songs for Coming Home

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; Ed Park

Exilée and Temps Morts

Rudyard Kipling

Barrack Room Ballads

R. H. Sin

Whiskey Words and Shovel Boxed Set Volume 1-3

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The best loved poems of the American people

Ellen Hopkins

Identical

Thena Smith

C Is for Christmas

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Rupi Kaur

The Sun and Her Flowers