A collection of revised and expanded writings culled from the author's popular Washington Post Book World "Poet's Choice" column demonstrates how poetry respond

When Robert Haas first took his post as U.S. Poet Laureate, he asked himself, "What can a poet laureate usefully do?" One of his answers was to bring back the p

Poets choose their favorite poem from their ouevre. Ammons, Bly, Bukowski, Carruth, Carver, Dobyns, Eberhart, Edson, Forche, Gallagher, Gluck ... Donated by Wen

In this, her third collection of poems, Eleanor Wilner revises a number of our culture's central myths; invoking figures as diverse as Briar Rose and Miriam the