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Ai, a Steadfast Poetic Channel of Hard Lives, Dies at 62

Ai

Ai (1947-2010) is the author of eight books of poetry, including the National Book Award–winning Vice. In 2009 she was named a United States Artist Ford Fellow. She was a professor at Oklahoma State University.

Ai

Awards

Winner — National Book Award, 1999

Books by Ai

The Collected Poems of Ai
Ai, Yusef Komunyakaa
Hardback, 2014
“Ai is a truthteller picking her way through the burning rocks of racial and sexual lies.”—Joy Harjo
The Collected Poems of Ai
Ai, Yusef Komunyakaa
E Book, 2013
“Ai is a truthteller picking her way through the burning rocks of racial and sexual lies.”—Joy Harjo
Greed
Ai
Paperback, 1995
Greed for money, power, sex, and love is the theme of this volume of dramatic monologues by the poet theNew York Times Book Reviewhas called "one of the most singular voices of her generation."
Vice: New and Selected Poems
Ai
Paperback, 2000
Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry.
Dread: Poems
Ai
Paperback, 2005
A searing collection of poems about America's loss of innocence from the National Book Award-winning author of Vice.
No Surrender: Poems
Ai
Hardback, 2010
A searing new collection from a master of the poetic monologue.
No Surrender: Poems
Ai
Paperback, 2012
"Smart, funny, angry, political, and utterly poetic . . . both haunting and humorous." —The Rumpus
Dread: Poems
Ai
E Book, 2013
A searing collection of poems about America's loss of innocence from the National Book Award-winning author of Vice.
Vice: New and Selected Poems
Ai
E Book, 2014
Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry.
No Surrender: Poems
Ai
E Book, 2013
"Smart, funny, angry, political, and utterly poetic . . . both haunting and humorous." —The Rumpus