Poetry

Departure: Poems
Paperback
"An important poet...beyond the achievement of all but a double handful of living American poets."—Harold Bloom

Metamorphoses: A New Translation
Paperback
"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post

Desesperanto: Poems 1999-2002
Paperback
One of our strongest poets of conscience confronts the dangerous new century with intelligence, urbanity, and elegiac humor.

Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958-1989
Paperback
"The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."—Booklist

Call Me Ishmael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals
Paperback
"Ali's ghazals are contemporary and colloquial, deceptively simple, yet still grounded in tradition....Highly recommended."—Library Journal


