A rasa reader

This book is the first in any language to follow the evolution of rasa, or taste, the word Indian intellectuals chose to describe art's aesthetics. A Rasa Reader ranges from rasa's origins in dramaturgical thought—a concept for the stage—to its flourishing in literary thought—a concept for the page.

Adamantine

From odes to remarkable artists and activists, to a lyrical response to her own breast cancer treatment, Naomi Foyle’s third collection celebrates women’s tenacity and luster. Deploying a dazzle of forms from the sonnet to visual poetry, the book’s opening sequence honours the achievements of wom...

Clouds thick, whereabouts unknown

Compiled by a leading scholar of Chinese poetry, Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown is the first collection of Chan (Zen) poems to be situated within Chan thought and practice. Combined with exquisite paintings by Charles Chu, the anthology compellingly captures the ideological and literary nuance...

Forge

A muscular debut collection forged with rare confidence and power.

Ghost orchid

Horror vacui

Innovative debut collection mixing surrealism, autobiography, and elegy.

Last call: poems on alcoholism, addiction, & deliv

Groundbreaking anthology of poetry on substance abuse and recovery.

Legible heavens

New work from the National Book Award finalist.

Making the new lamb take

Winner of the 2006 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, judged by Michael Ryan.

Pure act

A biography of experimental poet and spiritual seeker Robert Lax, who inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac and many others. Using information and stories drawn from journal entries, letters, interviews and the author’s personal recollections, the book chronicles the development of Lax’s distinct...

Rain inscription

Rain Inscription gives vivid testimony to the paradox that human making is both lasting and fleeting.

Saint joe's passion

Fresh new voice in poetry.

Schtick

Poet Kevin Coval offers both tragedy and comedy in this stirring exposition on the Jewish American cultural experience.

The book of tiny prayer

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF 2021 BY SPIRITUALITY & PRACTICEWinner, 2023 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, Trade TypographicBearing witness to the first year of the COVID-19 pandemicWhen New York City went into lockdown in March 2020, spiritual leader Micah Bucey found the...

The cædmon manuscript

The Cædmon Manuscript is one of three extant anthologies of English Christian poetry produced in England before 1000 CE.

The rāmāyaṇa of vālmīki: an epic of ancient india, volume ii

This is the second volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic saga, the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki. Of the seven sections of this great Sanskrit masterpiece, the Ayodhyakāṇḍa is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and political ...

Virgin

“By leaning into the many registers of heartbreak, Sotelo makes something incredibly beautiful.”—Ross Gay

What we ask of flesh

Through biblical re-tellings, narratives, and lyric poems, this young African-American poet examines and heals wounds of flesh and spirit.