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Selected Poems

By: James Tate

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of exquisite poems by “a poet of mad wit and stunning anecdote. Tate is now in the fullness of his powers” (Julian Moynahan, author of Sisters and Brothers). Selected Poems, James Tate’s award-winning collection and his first British publication, gathers work from nine previous books, from the Lost Pilot which was a Yale Younger Poets selection in 1967, through his 1986 collection Reckoner. He is a most agile poet in a precarious world. Life is alarming and absurd, but properly considered that absurdity reveals, often with laughter, the something else by which we live. The poems are about our world, our wrecked, vexed love for it. Tate has been described as a surrealist. If that is what he is, his surrealism issues in a vision of a world delivered back to itself by his unillusioned subversion and candor. “This volume performs a valuable service by drawing together the best of Tate’s work from many individual collections, some of them now quite rare. It allows us finally to take the measure of his genius: passionate, humane, funny, tragic, and always surprising and mind-delighting. Not unexpectedly, it confirms his standing as one of the finest voices of his generation” —John Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet “He has the rare ability to be very, very funny on the page.” —The New York Times Book Review

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819574503

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9780819574503

Return to the City of White Donkeys

Poems

By: James Tate

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Return to the City of White Donkeys

Poems

By: James Tate

In his fourteenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James Tate continues exploring his own peculiar brand of poetry, transforming our everyday world, a world where women give birth to wolves, wild babies are found in gardens, and Saint Nick visits on a hot July day. Tate's signature style draws on a marvelous variety of voices and characters, all of which sound vaguely familiar, but are each fantastically unique, brilliant, and eccentric. Yet, as Charles Simic observed in the New York Review of Books, "With all his reliance on chance, Tate has a serious purpose. He's searching for a new way to write a lyric poem." He continues, "To write a poem out of nothing at all is Tate's genius. For him, the poem is something one did not know was there until it was written down. . . . Just about anything can happen next in this kind of poetry and that is its attraction. . . . Tate is not worried about leaving us a little dazed. . . . He succeeds in ways for which there are a few precedents. He makes me think that anti-poetry is the best friend poetry ever had.

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Harper Collins

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0060750022

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9780060750022

Lost River

By: James Tate

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Lost River

By: James Tate

New poems by Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Yale Prize winner.

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Sarabande Books

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1889330841

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9781889330846

Worshipful Company of Fletchers

By: James Tate

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Worshipful Company of Fletchers

By: James Tate

Masterfully drawing on a variety of voices and characters, James Tate joyfully offers his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his "Selected Poems.

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0880014318

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9780880014311

The Ghost Soldiers

Poems

By: James Tate

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The Ghost Soldiers

Poems

By: James Tate

A fifteenth collection of poems by American poet James Tate, featuring nearly one hundred selections that showcase his sense of the absurd.

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0061436941

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9780061436949

Dome of the Hidden Pavilion

New Poems

By: James Tate

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Dome of the Hidden Pavilion

New Poems

By: James Tate

The seventeenth book of verse from one of America’s finest and most acclaimed contemporary poets—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Capturing his inimitable voice—provocative, amusing, understated, and riotous all at once—the poems in Dome of the Hidden Pavilion demonstrate James Tate at his finest. Innovative and fresh, they range in subject from a talking blob to a sobering reminiscence of a war and its aftereffects. Though they are diverse in scope, a theme of dialogue and communication—and often miscommunication—links these poems. Accessible yet subtly surrealist, filled with dark wit, dry humor, and a deceptive simplicity, Dome of the Hidden Pavilion confirms Tate’s continuing relevance as one of the most celebrated American poets of the modern age.

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0062399233

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9780062399236

Constant Defender

By: James Tate

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Constant Defender

By: James Tate

Poems deal with history, art, the relationship between men and women, nature, death, and marriage

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088001041X

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9780880010412

Memoir of the Hawk

Poems

By: James Tate

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Memoir of the Hawk

Poems

By: James Tate

Memoir of the Hawk creates a world populated by hundreds of characters, believable and strange, tugged at the edges by the unexpected. In the privacy of their homes, who can save them from themselves? In the forests and hills and on the beautiful lakes, what could possibly be wrong? Even in the sweet hometown, with its kindly police, menace lurks in a thousand disguises. Mystery and magic surround this metropolis of the imagination. Once again, James Tate has given us a world of surprising pleasures: ... lost in the interstellar space between teacups in the cupboard, found in the beak of a downy woodpecker, the lovers staring into the void and then jumping over it, flying into their beautiful tomorrows like the heroes of a storm.

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Ecco

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006093543X

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9780060935436

Shroud Of The Gnome

By: James Tate

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Shroud Of The Gnome

By: James Tate

Speakers in James Tate's poems are and are not like those we know: a man's meditation on gardening renders him witless; another man traps theories and then lets them loose in a city park; a nun confides that "it was her / cowboy pride that got her through"; a gnome's friend inhabits a world where "a great eschatological ferment is at work. "Shroud of the Gnome" is a bravura performance in Tate's signature style: playful, wicked, deliriously sober, charming, and dazzling. Here, once again, one of America's most masterful poets celebrates the inexplicable in his own strange tongue.

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0880015624

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9780880015622

Distance from Loved Ones

By: James Tate

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Distance from Loved Ones

By: James Tate

Clear and insightful poetry on our relationship to the given world.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819511919

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9780819511911

Shroud Of The Gnome

By: James Tate

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Shroud Of The Gnome

By: James Tate

A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the William Carlos Williams Award in 1992 for his Selected Poems, the poet presents a collection of playfully imaginative work voiced by such eccentric speakers as a cowgirl nun and a gnome's friend.

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0880015616

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9780880015615

The Best American Poetry 1997

By: James Tate

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The Best American Poetry 1997

By: James Tate

Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Best American Poetry is the one indispensable volume for readers eager to follow what's new in poetry today. Sales continue to grow and plaudits keep coming in for this "high-voltage testament to the vitality of American poetry" (Booklist). Selected by prizewinning guest editor James Tate, the seventy-five best poems of the year were chosen from more than three dozen magazines and range from the comic to the cosmic, from the contemplative to the sublime. In addition to showcasing our leading bards -- such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, and Mark Strand -- the collection marks an auspicious debut for eye-opening younger poets. With comments from the poets themselves offering insights into their work, The Best American Poetry 1997 delivers the startling and imaginative writing that more and more people have come to expect from this prestigious series.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439105979

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9781439105979

Introduction to Andrew Tate

By: Gilad James, PhD

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Introduction to Andrew Tate

By: Gilad James, PhD

Andrew Tate is a British-Kazakh professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was born on December 1, 1986, in Washington D.C. and grew up in London, England. Tate began practicing martial arts at the age of six, and he has always had a passion for combat sports. He started competing in kickboxing when he was 18 years old and has since become a world champion in multiple organizations, including the World Series of Fighting and Enfusion. Tate also gained international attention when he competed and won in the 2016 series of the TV show Celebrity Big Brother, where he was known for his controversial and confrontational personality. In addition to his successful fighting career, Tate is also a successful businessman, owning several companies, including cryptocurrency trading firm Tate Global. He uses social media extensively to promote his businesses and brands, as well as his fighting career and personal life. He has gained a large following on platforms like Instagram and Twitter, where he often shares his views on politics, social issues, and personal motivation. Tate has also released various books on topics such as self-improvement, business, and combat sports.

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Gilad James Mystery School

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235967904X

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9782359679045

To Conquer the Air

The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

By: James Tobin

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To Conquer the Air

The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

By: James Tobin

From award-winning author and historian James Tobin comes the story of one of America's greatest personal and national tales: the Wright brothers' hard-won triumph in the race for flight.

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0743255364

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9780743255363

History Mysteries

By: James C. Klotter

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History Mysteries

By: James C. Klotter

Four true stories of unexplained deaths and disappearances from Kentucky’s past. Historians are like detectives—and some historical events are like cold cases that haven’t been solved yet. This concise, clearly written book presents the stories of four mysteries of Kentucky history: • The disappearance of James Harrod, who told his wife he was going hunting in 1792 and never returned • The unknown fate of “Honest Dick” Tate, the nineteenth-century Kentucky State Treasurer who ran off with a fortune in stolen funds • The battlefield death of Indian chief Tecumseh • The assassination of William Goebel, who died four days after being sworn in as governor In this enjoyable trip through the past, Kentucky State Historian James Klotter offers clues—but leaves the solutions to the reader.

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0813137926

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Gloves Gone By

Heavyweight Boxers from the Glorious Era 1960 to 1980

By: James Amato

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Gloves Gone By

Heavyweight Boxers from the Glorious Era 1960 to 1980

By: James Amato

The heavyweight boxing scene may have enjoyed its most competitive time period in the decades 1960 to 1980. Champions like Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frazier, Foreman and Holmes roamed the landscape. There were also many legitimate contenders who were more than willing to meet each other to earn a title shot. This led to many entertaining and unforgettable wars that shaped the division. The book Gloves Gone By has focused on the boxers of this era and why they were so much a part of its memorable success.

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1546214119

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9781546214113

Modern Impact and Penetration Mechanics

By: James D. Walker

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Modern Impact and Penetration Mechanics

By: James D. Walker

Indispensable treatise on the mechanics of extreme dynamic events, including impact, shocks, penetration and high-rate material response.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108497101

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Branded Nation

The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld

By: James B. Twitchell

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Branded Nation

The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld

By: James B. Twitchell

Branding, says James Twitchell, is nothing more than commercial storytelling; brands are the stories that are associated with products. (For example, the special taste of Evian, says Twitchell, is in the brand, not the water.) Branding has become so successful, so ubiquitous that even institutions that we thought were above branding, antithetical to branding, have succumbed. Such cultural institutions as religion, higher education, and the art world have learned to love Madison Avenue or lose market share. Of course, most ministers, university presidents, and museum directors will insist that branding has nothing to do with them, but as Twitchell brilliantly demonstrates in this witty, insightful examination of three of our most important cultural institutions, wherever supply exceeds demand branding follows. The rise of the megachurch epitomizes branding in religion. From its inception the megachurch was designed not to compete with other churches but to bring in the "unchurched," especially men, worshippers who might otherwise be home watching television or strolling through the mall on a Sunday morning. The megachurches have been phenomenally popular, none more so than Willow Creek Community Church, just south of Chicago, one of the oldest megachurches, which Twitchell analyzes in Branded Nation. Colleges and universities have embraced branding as they have grown more alike. Especially among the top schools in the country, the student bodies, the faculties, often even the campuses themselves are practically interchangeable. What distinguishes each school is the story it tells about itself. Now every institution of higher learning has its image organizers, its brand managers, usually in the admissions or development offices, whose job it is to make their institution seem different from all the rest. Even museums, with their multimillion-dollar Monets, have seen the advantages of branding. The blockbuster exhibitions often put familiar paintings in a new context, that is, they provide a new narrative, branding the art. Museums keep expanding their stores, placing them not just near the entrance on the ground floor but throughout the museum, in the galleries themselves. Some museums, such as the Guggenheim, even franchise themselves, turning the institution itself into a brand. In short, high culture is beginning to look more and more like the rest of our culture. In perhaps his most subversive observation, Twitchell doesn't condemn the branding of cultural institutions. On the contrary, he believes that branding may be invigorating our high culture, bringing it to new audiences, making it a more integral part of our lives. Not since Bobos in Paradise has there been such a trenchant, provocative analysis of our world.

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0743271610

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9780743271615

Kenneth Clark

Life, Art and Civilisation

By: James Stourton

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Kenneth Clark

Life, Art and Civilisation

By: James Stourton

The definitive biography of this brilliant polymath--director of the National Gallery, author, patron of the arts, social lion, and singular pioneer of television--that also tells the story of the arts in the twentieth century through his astonishing life. Kenneth Clark's thirteen-part 1969 television series, Civilisation, established him as a globally admired figure. Clark was prescient in making this series: the upheavals of the century, the Cold War among others, convinced him of the power of barbarism and the fragility of culture. He would burnish his image with two memoirs that artfully omitted the more complicated details of his life. Now, drawing on a vast, previously unseen archive, James Stourton reveals the formidable intellect and the private man behind the figure who effortlessly dominated the art world for more than half a century: his privileged upbringing, his interest in art history beginning at Oxford, his remarkable early successes. At 27 he was keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean in Oxford and at 29, the youngest director of The National Gallery. During the war he arranged for its entire collection to be hidden in slate mines in Wales and organized packed concerts of classical music at the Gallery to keep up the spirits of Londoners during the bombing. WWII helped shape his belief that art should be brought to the widest audience, a social and moral position that would inform the rest of his career. Television became a means for this message when he was appointed the first chairman of the Independent Television Authority. Stourton reveals the tortuous state of his marriage during and after the war, his wife's alcoholism, and the aspects of his own nature that he worked to keep hidden. A superb work of biography, Kenneth Clark is a revelation of its remarkable subject.

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Vintage

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038535116X

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Entanglements

Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends

By: James Patrick Kelly,Mary Robinette Kowal,Nancy Kress,Rich Larson,Sam J. Miller,Annalee Newitz,Suzanne Palmer,Cadwell Turnbull,Nick Wolven,Xia Jia,Ken Liu,Lisa Yaszek

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Entanglements

Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends

By: James Patrick Kelly,Mary Robinette Kowal,Nancy Kress,Rich Larson,Sam J. Miller,Annalee Newitz,Suzanne Palmer,Cadwell Turnbull,Nick Wolven,Xia Jia,Ken Liu,Lisa Yaszek

Science fiction authors offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology. In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships—in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows series considers the effects that scientific and technological discoveries will have on the emotional bonds that hold us together. The strange new worlds in these stories feature AI family therapy, floating fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. A co-op of mothers attempts to raise a child together, lovers try to resolve their differences by employing a therapeutic sexbot, and a robot helps a woman dealing with Parkinson's disease. Contributions include Xia Jia's novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer Ken Liu; a story by Nancy Kress, winner of six Hugos and two Nebulas; and a profile of Kress by Lisa Yaszek, Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech. Stunning artwork by Tatiana Plakhova—"infographic abstracts” of mixed media software—accompany the texts. Contributors James Patrick Kelly, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, KenLiu, Sam J. Miller, Annalee Newitz, Suzanne Palmer, Tatiana Plakhova, Cadwell Turnbull, Nick Wolven, Xia Jia, Lisa Yaszek

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MIT Press

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026253925X

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9780262539258

The Stock of Available Reality

R.P. Blackmur and John Berryman

By: James D. Bloom

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The Stock of Available Reality

R.P. Blackmur and John Berryman

By: James D. Bloom

This study links two long and troubled modern American literary careers and explores the politics of reading in Anglo-American criticism and poetry. Examining three decades of poetry and prose by both writers, the author documents their partisan affiliations with and disaffections from acknowledged literary masters and prevailing critical conventions.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838750664

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