The Mad Farmer Poems
WENDELL BERRY

Wendell Berry has become “mad” at contemporary society. Gleaned from various collections of this amazing American voice, the poems take the shape of manifestos, insults, and Whitmanic ravings that are often funny in spite of themselves. The whole is a wonderful testimony to the power of humor to bring even the most terrible consequences into an otherwise unobtainable focus.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-59376-176-9 | Cloth | $25.00

Window Poems
WENDELL BERRY

Inspired by the endless hours spent looking through his studio window, Berry’s Window Poems elegantly considers all that passes through his familiar frame. His trademark fascination with the fecund land surfaces through these delicately rendered landscapes, seasons, and wildlife. Beautifully understated yet expansive in its scope, this volume captures both Berry’s brilliant eye and boundless heart.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-59376-156-1 | Cloth | $23.00

Subduing Demons in America
Selected Poems 1962–2007
JOHN GIORNO | EDITED BY MARCUS BOON

This is the first career-spanning collection of poetry from one of the leading figures in the Beat, New York School, and Factory art and poetry scenes, and one of the pioneers of the open celebration of queer sexuality in poetry. From his Pop Art–influenced poems of the 1960s, to his pared-down punk/hip-hop performance pieces of the 1980s, and beyond, this definitive record charts the course of a true poetic radical.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-204-9 | Trade Paper | $19.95

Kissing Dead Girls
DAPHNE GOTTLIEB

Fusing together pornography and postfeminist theory, transcript and tell-all, these poems and flash prose pieces reach off the page in search of what is to be known—to the masses, to the Other, and to the self. Using poetic inappropriacies, Kissing Dead Girls delves into historical paragons and examines what makes them such powerful dreamscapes among the mundane of the everyday.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-365-9 | Trade Paper Original | $15.95

Now & Then
The Poet’s Choice Columns, 1997–2000
ROBERT HASS

From 1997 to 2000, former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Hass wrote the nationally syndicated column “Poet’s Choice” which featured poems relevant to current headlines written by well-known poets as Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Robert Frost. Now & Then is a collection of these columns that serve as a symbol of the continuing importance of poetry in our daily lives and a celebration of poets whose work transcends time.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-436-0 | Trade Paper | $16.95

In the Time of Assignments
DOUGLAS A. MARTIN

In the Time of Assignments is the first full-length poetry collection from critically acclaimed novelist Douglas A. Martin. The work is divided into three parts, each with a geographical marker indicating the narrator’s evolving identity, from the formative, Red State landscape that colors the first section through the widening horizons, growing sexual awareness, and crush of experience found in the final two.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-360-4 | Trade Paper Original | $17.95

No Sleep Till Brooklyn
New and Selected Poems
KEVIN POWELL

The poems in Kevin Powell’s newest collection encompass everything from his early role as a renowned slam poet (and original cast member of MTV’s Real World) to his current incarnation as a poet operating away from the scene. Within this rich tapestry of musings, confession, and introspection, Powell weaves issues like racism, black self-hatred, and gender violence with his own anguished revelations about sex, love, and misogyny.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-369-7 | Trade Paper Original | $15.95